August 2003 Newsletter

Golf Tournaments / Results

Congratulations to the Club Championship winners. Steph Schenfeld repeated as Women’s Club Champion with a 78 and Judy Monson won the Women’s Senior Championship shooting an 84. Kyle Matzen successfully defended his Men’s Club Championship shooting 5 under par for 45 holes including a 6 under par 66 on Sunday. Gene Capps won the Men’s Senior Championship and Bill Gilson won the Men’s Super Senior Championship.
Tournaments this month include the Sole Survivor on Sunday August 3rd. This shootout is a fun event to watch. The Husband & Wife Club Championship on Sunday August 17th (look for the sign-up sheet in the clubhouse). One of the most popular events of the year is the Labor Day Tournament held on Sunday August 31st and Monday September 1st. A hog roast (6 pm) and the Calcutta Auction (7 pm) will be held on Saturday August 30th. A current handicap is needed for this tournament so be sure to post all your scores.

Family Golf Evening

There will be a Family Golf Evening on Sunday August 10th at 4:30 pm. The cost will be only $5 per family and golf activities with prizes will be available for families with kids of all ages and skill levels. The plans include:
* Child care available for non-golfing children
* Putting and chipping contests for the youngest golfers.
* Others play up to nine holes as a family with the number of holes determined by interest level.
* $1 hotdogs and $2 hamburgers
Come on out and play along with your kids. Advanced sign-up is required and this first event will be limited to about 15 families ( 60 people assuming 2 kids per family) to ensure a good experience for all.
This event was planned to help families with younger children get more involved in the club. Having events like this will also make our club more attractive to new members. Thanks to the Crains, Saylers and Staudachers for planning and hosting this event. Family evenings like this could be held for families once or twice a month like 2-Balls are held for couples if the interest is there. If you would be willing to host a family evening let someone on the board know.

Wednesday Rule Change

In order to allow the course to be open for additional play, particularly for juniors, and to increase revenue during non busy times the board has approved the following rule change effective after August 1, 2003 for golf on Wednesdays:

"From April 1st until September 30th only women may tee off after 12 noon on Wednesdays. Men and juniors who tee off before 12 noon may finish that 9 hole round. The clubhouse will be open to all until 3 pm."


Men’s Lockers

If you have a locker and have not yet paid the fee to the Men’s Golf Association please do so by August 15th if you want to keep your locker. At that time locks will be removed from unclaimed lockers and the lockers will be made available to others who want them. See Karl Bachof or Kasey Kiplinger to pay your fee or to get a locker.

Play Golf With The Course Superintendent

The Greens Committee is starting a new program to have members play golf with Superintendent Joe Burke. There will be a sign-up sheet in the clubhouse for this. Joe has indicated that Thursdays at 4 pm is a good time for him to play, but other times can be arranged. Sign-up to golf nine holes with Joe and learn about what he is doing on the course.

Indianola Country Club on the WEB

Just a reminder that the newsletter is now available on the Indianola Country Club website at www.IndianolaCountryClub.com. If you would like get the newsletters from the site rather than receive a paper copy please fill out the form included with this newsletter. Also if you would like your name or phone number removed from the website you can do that on the form as well.

Dress Code

With the hot weather of late, some people have forgotten that our dress code prohibits tank tops and muscle shirts. Please make sure that you and your guests are dressed appropriately.

Practice Shots

Some of you are in the habit of warming up by hitting practice shots from around #1 blue tee across #4 fairway into the woods. With the development going on east of # 4, this practice is now prohibited. Please use the practice net to warm up.

Membership Changes

Welcome new members Travis and Erika Johnson. We now have 283 golf and 9 social memberships.

AUGUST 2003 CLUB ACTIVITIES

 

FOOD SERVICE HOURS:
Lunch: Daily 11:00 am - 2:00 pm
Dinner: Wednesday 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Thursday 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm

*** The Outside Grill will be open on Tuesday nights during league and on a trial basis on some weekends for those who want to grab a quick bite between nines.

Don’t Forget About Happy Hour: Monday - Friday 4-6 pm