Tee to Green

MARK YOUR CALENDAR 03/01 Comfort Food Night 03/01 Family Bingo 03/03 Fresh Fish Friday 03/08 Burger Night 03/08 Family Bingo 03/10 Kid’s Movie Night 03/10 Fresh Fish Friday 03/11 Steak Night 03/15 Taco and Fajita Night 03/15 Family Bingo 03/16-18 St. Patrick’s Specials 03/18 Bridge Game Day 03/22 Burger Night 03/22 Family Bingo 03/24 Fresh Fish Friday 03/25 Frostbite Scramble 03/25 Prime Rib Night 03/29 Burger Night 03/29 Music Bingo 03/31 Fisherman’s Catch Dinner 04/01 Kid’s Cooking Class 04/01 NCAA Final Four Party 04/05 Burger Night 04/07 Fresh Fish Friday 04/12 Asian Night 04/14 Fresh Fish Friday 04/15 Grab and Go Breakfast 04/15 & 04/16 Bloody Mary and Mimosa Bar 04/15 Easter Egg Hunt 04/15 Easter Weekend Dinner Specials 04/16 Easter Brunch 04/19 Burger Night 04/22 Steak Night 04/28 Welcome Back Party 04/29 Men’s Opening Day Tournament 04/30 Ladies Opening Day Tournament

Sunday Evening Specials 4:30 pm to 6:30 pm

March, 2017

Member Newsletter for Kings Creek Country Club

One Kings Creek Circle ~ Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 ~ 302-227-7172

www.kingscreekcountryclub.com

MISSION STATEMENT

Kings Creek Country Club is dedicated to providing superior country club amenities of exceptional

value, including golf, tennis, fitness, and swimming facilities and programs; a first class dining

experience and consistent service excellence, in a warm, relaxed atmosphere for the enjoyment

of our members and their guests.

MUSIC

Bingo Night

Wednesday

March 29th

7:00—9:00 PM

Great Fun and Prizes!

Call the Clubhouse for your Reservation.

Club News John J. Feole, Club Manager

Welcome New Members

Stephen and Susan Spence

Chris and Lori Schell

John and Kortney Andrews

Dick and Joan Repetto

David and Lesley Corydon

Jim and Jeannie Miller

Michael and Maria McGuiness

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Dear Kings Creek Members,

Three weeks until spring! The weather has been mild and we’ve enjoyed several great weekends of pretty full tee sheets. Soon the season will be upon us. I know many of you are anxious to begin another season of golf. There’s been a buzz in the air and we continue to hear a great deal of positive feedback from the membership regarding our club events. Thank you for your support and comments for the variety of events, the quality of food, service provided by the staff, and how thrilled you have been that we’ve maintained a very active calendar during the winter months. Membership support of nearly all of our special events has been outstanding for this time of the year!

March is sure to be a fun month! We are looking forward to Fresh Fish Fridays, St. Patrick’s Day specials for three days, and Wednesday night specials. Music Bingo on the 29th is sure to be a blast, as DJ Tim will feature bingo cards with a variety of musical genres. Feel free to sing along and dance to the tunes while you’re playing bingo. Come on in early and have one of Chef Phil’s delicious burgers. We will also feature a Kid’s Movie Night on March 10

th in the casual dining room. Yes, we will continue to schedule the

ever-popular Prime Rib and Steak Nights monthly, and we’ll finish the month with Fisherman’s Catch. Another full month of awesome dinners and activities!

One important note regarding the dress policy and denim (jeans) in the clubhouse. The Board of Directors has approved a change and has relaxed the dress policy allowing denim in all dining rooms on Wednesday and Thursday evenings. Happy Hour nights are so popular we are filling the other dining rooms with members and guests. All other nights, denim is acceptable in the Eagles Nest only.

Since the launch of the membership promotions in February, we’ve been extremely busy sending out membership information and providing tours of the club, which has resulted in several new memberships. Great results for the month of February! Thank you to all that have sponsored new members. These promotions are crucial to the future and success of Kings Creek Country Club. Again, there is no limit to the number of new members you can sponsor with your voucher form, and you will receive a credit for each on your monthly statement. We also have a new junior membership program for juniors up to the age of 40. You will find the new junior membership information and voucher promotion forms in our weekly email blast, in the lobby of the clubhouse, or please email me at jfeole@kingscreekcountyclub.com and I’ll forward one to you and the prospective new member.

Your feedback is very important to me. Please feel free to stop in and share your club experience with me. You will always find my door open.

See you at the Club!

John

John Drumheller, Food and Beverage Manager

Food and Beverage

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" ‘It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in the light, and winter in the shade.’ " - Charles Dickens Of late, it has seemed as though the “shade” has revealed teases of summer as well as the “light.” Having a 70 degree temperature on February 25th for the Kid’s Indoor Winter Carnival certainly surprised me! But the kids enjoyed it, we propped the doors open, had great fun and games inside, and put the bounce house outside for the kids to bounce, romp, play and thoroughly enjoy themselves. A special thank you goes to our Server Chrissy for her extraordinary effort and creativity in making this a terrific time for the kids. This event was just one of several in February that helped fill the Club with a great energy as Members took advantage of new opportunities to use the Club. We had a wonderful Valentine’s celebration with dinner specials and a sold out Saturday night of dining with wonderful live music from Aimee Gusky. We had an Asian night and another Taco and Fajita night and both were both big hits. We had a Spirits Tasting of High West Whiskey and Bourbon that was also a big success. I hope that Members will continue to be as supportive as they have been all winter long, in turning out for the events we have planned for March and throughout the Spring. Thank you to one and all! We can plan and promote till we’re blue in the face, but it still takes the enthusiasm and participation of the Membership to make everything go! Speaking of events in March, on 4 of the 5 Fridays in March, Chef will be featuring Fresh Fish Fridays. He will be doing specials on each of those Fridays featuring, you got it, fresh fish with various preparations to enjoy. I know that Chef is known for his steaks, but I guarantee you that the fish that comes out of our kitchen is every bit as good! On Friday the 10th of March, we will feature a Kid’s Movie Night. It will begin with a kid friendly buffet and be followed by a kid friendly movie in the casual dining room. Kids can bring a comforter or sleeping bag and a pillow to get comfortable on the floor and enjoy the show. We will have popcorn and candy, and like all of our recent kids’ events, a good time! Another new event scheduled in March is Bridge and Board Game Day. We had a Recreational Bridge Day in January that was very well received, so we’re bringing it back in March with a slight modification. The idea is simple: Get a couple of Bridge groups, or in Mrs. Pearce’s case, 5 groups, (Thank you Mrs. Pearce: it’s wonderful to know I can always count on your support!), and come to the Club and enjoy some recreational Bridge with friends. However, in March we’re also inviting anyone who wants to bring his/her favorite board game, and a friend or two or three, and come to the Club and enjoy playing that game. In fact, I’ll issue a challenge: anyone who brings a chess board and can beat me, I will personally buy your lunch! So come on out on the 18th, play your favorite game(s), and enjoy a delicious lunch. Speaking of deliciousness, Chef will again be running St. Patrick’s Specials on the 16th, 17th, and 18th of March. And if I’m not mistaken, he may know something about Irish specials. Yes, Winnie Sewell and Helene Guilfoy, I have Guinness in cans AND on tap. One of the last new events I want to highlight in March is Music Bingo on Wednesday, March 29th. We are having a regular Wednesday night Burger Night, but, from 7:00-9:00 we are having Music Bingo. There will be a DJ playing songs, and the bingo card is filled with song titles rather than letters and numbers, and you mark your card accordingly. There are sample cards on the promo tents on the tables in both dining rooms and the Eagles Nest. I’ve seen a video of this at another venue and the people were having a blast! I know a few people are already on board and I would love to see a whole bunch more come out and make it a great event. In addition to the new and special events in March, we are also having both a Steak Night and a Prime Rib Night on the 11th and 25th respectively. If you can’t find a reason to come to Kings Creek in March, or multiple reasons for that matter, you ain’t tryin! Cheers!

John D. P.S. Just a heads up for planning purposes: Saturday April 1st will feature a Kids’ Cooking Class in the morning and a NCAA Final Four Party that night!

Membership News

Full Vouchers are available at the Clubhouse If you know anyone interested in

Membership, please pass this information on to them.

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Kevin Wiest, PGA Golf Professional

Golf News

Frostbite Scramble – Saturday, March 25 – 9:30 am shotgun start

On Saturday, March 25, we will be holding our first event of the season, the Frostbite Scramble. The format is a

four-person scramble. You may sign-up as a foursome or individually and we will pair you up with other players. The

cost for the event is $45 plus cart for members and $105 inclusive for guests. Please remember that if you would like to

bring a guest they must have a valid USGA handicap or they will play at a 0 handicap. Entry includes a continental

breakfast (8:30 am), lunch, and prizes after golf. You may sign up on ForeTees or by calling the golf shop at

302-227-8953. We hope to see you there!

Member Opening Weekend Events

To kick off our 2017 season we have a full weekend of events planned. This year we introduce our Mixed Member-

Member tournament on Friday with our Men’s and Ladies opening tournaments on Saturday and Sunday respectively.

Below are details for the events. We hope that you will participate and make this weekend a successful start to our season.

These events are open to our members only.

Mixed Member-Member – Friday, April 28 – 12:00 pm shotgun start

This event is a two-person event (one male and one female member). You may sign up as a team or individually and we

will try to find you a partner for the event. We will be playing a Pinehurst Alternate shot format. Both golfers on the team

hit drives. You then switch golf balls. Golfer A hits Golfer B’s ball, Golfer B plays Golfer A’s ball. After the second shots

are hit, determine which golf ball is in the best position. Select that golf ball and pick up the other. Alternate shots until

that ball is holed. We will use 60% of the A player’s handicap and 40% of the B player’s handicap to determine your

team handicap. Entry for the event is $40 plus cart. This will include lunch and prizes. Since the Welcome Back Party

will be that evening, we will not have any food after golf as part of the event.

Congratulations to Chris Krueger for being named the Golf Coach for Cape Henlopen golf team

Chris Krueger has been named the Head Golf Coach for the Cape Henlopen golf team for the 2017 season. George

Bushby, Assistant Golf Professional at Rehoboth Beach Country Club and Samantha Purple, School Teacher at Cape

Henlopen, will be his Assistant Coaches. Rehoboth Beach Country Club is the team’s home course but Kings Creek has

always allowed the team to come over and practice occasionally or host a match at our course if there are conflicts on

their schedule with course availability. This will have little impact to Chris’ schedule at Kings Creek as practices and

matches are at 3:30 pm in March and April. Brendan and I are available for those looking for that late afternoon lesson in

the early spring. Please take a moment to stop by and congratulate Chris on this accomplishment!

Spring Mailing

Please be on the lookout for our spring mailing which will include a Member Privileges sheet. This sheet lets us know the

following: if anyone in the membership is in need of a bag tag, handicap, bag storage, a locker, would like to join the

Hole-In-One club, sign up for the VIP program in the golf shop which allows you to purchase anything in the golf shop or

Men's Opening Day Tournament Ladies Opening Day Tournament

Saturday, April 29 Sunday, April 30

8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast 8:00 am Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00 am Shotgun start 9:00 am Shotgun start

1:15 pm Scoring, Lunch and Prizes Format: 4 person ABCD Scramble - sign up individually

Format: Two man teams - One Better Ball of Partner’s Cost: $60.00 plus cart

Gross and Net prizes Info: Pairings will be formed by a computer

Cost: $60.00 plus cart generated ABCD pairing. Team handicaps are generated

Info: Sign up as a two person team or let the golf shop to be as close as possible to other teams.

pair you with another individual. Seniors (50+) Please note: If you cannot play in the event but would

and Juniors (15 and under) may play from a like to attend the lunch, please sign up in the golf shop.

forward set of tees with a reduction in handicaps. The Ladies Golf Association Spring Meeting will take

This event is open to members only. place at the end of lunch.

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Ball marks - also called pitch marks - are the bane of smooth-putting and healthy greens on golf courses. They're the

little depressions, or craters, sometimes made when a golf ball lands on the putting surface. Repairing those little

depressions is very important. Equally important is doing it the right way. Because while many golfers fail to repair

ball marks, there are also many well-meaning golfers who do "repair" the pitch marks, incorrectly. A ball mark can

cause the grass in the depression to die, leaving not just a scar but also a pit in the putting surface that can knock

well-struck putts offline. Repairing a ball mark restores a smooth surface and helps keep the grass healthy. Repairing a

ball mark incorrectly, however, can actually cause more damage than not attempting to repair it at all. A fresh ball

mark repaired by a player takes only FIVE SECONDS. A freshly repaired ball mark will completely heal in

TWENTY FOUR HOURS. A fresh ball mark left unrepaired for only one hour requires FIFTEEN DAYS TIME

before the ugly scar has satisfactorily healed. PLEASE REPAIR ALL BALL MARKS. Here is our recommended

way of repairing ball marks.

Winter Sale All Juniors, Ladies, and Men’s tops, bottoms, outerwear and headwear are

now

35% off VIP members receive 45 % off retail pricing

Clearance Rack merchandise now

50% off VIP members receive 60% off retail pricing

Select Clearance Rack merchandise now

60% off VIP members receive 70% off retail pricing

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Titleist’s Spring Promotion for the Prov1 and Prov1X golf balls runs from March 16 until April 16, 2017

Buy 3 dozen or more of the new 2017 Pro 1 Regular or Prov1X golf balls and receive 1 dozen FREE!

The following provides an overview of the Pro V1 Loyalty Rewarded promotion for 2017.

Promotion

Golfers who purchase 3 dozen Titleist Pro V1 or Pro V1x golf balls will receive 1 dozen of the same ball type at No

Charge.

This promotion is available via the following 3 options:

OPTION #1 – Free Personalization (Imprint only; logos not available under this promotion) with Standard Play

Numbers (1-4 or 5-8)

(You can put your initials or a name or phrase. Ex: KW or you can say something like "Don't slice it!" it's up to you)

All dozens to be the same ball type and personalization must be the same imprint and ink color. Available ink colors

include: black, blue, red, green and pink. 17 characters per line, up to 3 lines.

Available in both low numbers (1 to 4) and high numbers (5 to 8).

OR

OPTION #2 – Free Personalization with all the same Play Number

Golf balls to be imprinted with all of the same # (00, 1-99). A slight upcharge fee of $1/dozen applies for the same

number, golf balls to be personalized at no additional charge with the imprint of the golfer’s choice

All dozens to be the same ball type and personalization must be the same imprint and ink color. Available ink colors

include: black, blue, red, green and pink. 17 characters per line, up to 3 lines.

OR

OPTION #3 – Free Personalization with Standard Play Numbers (1-4) with Pink Sidestamp and Pink Play Number

All dozens to be the same ball type and personalization and play number must be in Pink. 17 characters per line, up to

3 lines.

Available in only low numbers (1 to 4).

Pricing

Pricing for Option 1 & 3 = $49.99 a dozen/$149.97 for three dozen plus one free

Pricing for Option 2 = $52.99 a dozen/$158.97 for three dozen plus one free

VIP Pricing for Option 1 & 3 = $46.99 a dozen/$140.97 for three dozen plus one free

VIP Pricing for Option 2 = $48.99 a dozen/$146.97 for three dozen plus one free

Please call the golf shop at 302-227-8953 or email me at kwiest@kingscreekcountryclub.com to place your order today.

Club Fitting

We have started receiving a lot of our fitting and demo clubs.

If you have never been custom fit before, I want to let you know that we

have a state of the art launch monitor that we use for fitting you to the right

equipment to match your game. As you can see in the picture, this launch

monitor tracks your actual ball flight. It gives us your carry distance, total

distance, and ball spin. It gives us many different numbers to help decide

which is the right equipment for you. It is also a great tool in determining

how far you are hitting your clubs. Stop guessing how far you might be

hitting your clubs and actually find out! This is a tool that Chris, Brendan,

and I will be using in our teaching as well as the Club Fitting. We are going

to be scheduling fit days where you can sign up and try all of the new

equipment or just test yours. You can also just give us a call to schedule a

time to be tested.

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Become the next success story! It is attainable....Just look at Jen Falcone, Katie Heintz, and Sheree Davis 2016 highlights Jen’s highlights:

#2 most improved player at Kings Creek Handicap index dropped from 27.0 to 19.3 Participated in March short game program including boditrak weight shift mat Despite injury in Spring came on strong to cut 8 shots off her game

Katie’s highlights:

#3 most improved player at Kings Creek Handicap dropped from 26.9 to 19.5 Participated in March short game program including boditrak

weight shift mat Cut 7-8 strokes off her game in 1 year

Sheree Davis:

#4 most improved player at Kings Creek Handicap dropped from 25.3 to 19.1

5-8 more shots this year Jen, Katie, and Sheree!!! Shout out to Carson Rowe!! He gets the bullseye of the week award!! Still time to sign up for the short game program Save the dates: Fridays: March 3, 10, 17, 24, 31 Saturdays: March 4, 11, 18, 25, April 1 8 lesson program with 11 dates available Cost:$250 (or join a coaching program and it's included)

Learn the proper weight shift Use bounce correctly Become a Level 4 bunker player Show off to your friends Chip better than Tiger!!

More dates have been added for the short game program! There will be some in April!! No excuses!!! Let's get you to a level 5 short game player

Chris Krueger, PGA Professional, Certified PGA Instructor

Director of Instruction

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Superintendent’s Report Mark Haschemeyer, Golf Course Superintendent

With all the unseasonably warm weather recently we’ve gotten to enjoy a fair amount of winter golf. Here’s a great article that explains some of the unusual visual characteristics of winter putting greens.

Why Do I Have Blueish-Purple Greens?

Pete H. Dernoedon, Ph.D.

Frosty nights in late autumn bring about pronounced physiological changes in plants. In creeping bentgrass and annual bluegrass, especially on golf greens, leaves may develop a purple, reddish or grayish-blue (wilt-like appearance) color. These colors persist all winter and into early spring. The discoloration may be uniform in some cultivars (especially Crenshaw), but frequently the various shades of purple, red or blue-gray appear in circular patches. These patches constitute different clones (genetic variants) within the bentgrass polystand. In annual bluegrass on greens during winter, some perennial biotypes can develop a purple color, while the annual types remain green. As individual plants grow, the more aggressive biotypes dominate in a natural selection process to produce circular patches (i.e., segregated clones). These patches are not unlike the circular areas of discolored turf associated with some diseases. The purplish-blue discoloration can be misdiagnosed as red leaf spot disease. If discoloration is due to frost, the underside of leaves will retain their green color. The purpling and blue-gray color from frosts is especially prominent in Penncross greens, but similar color changes appear in older stands of most other bentgrass cultivars. As previously noted, a similar purpling can occur in perennial biotypes of annual bluegrass. Segregated clones also can turn red or purplish when treated with plant growth regulators like Cutless (fluprimidol) and Trimmit (paclobutrazol) during autumn and spring when applications coincide with frost. Trimmit can cause severe damage to areas sodded with bentgrass up to two years after installation. Cold temperatures trigger the red, blue and purple color responses. When nights are cold and frosty, sugars are not completely translocated out of leaves and accumulate. There are several types of sugars (especially glucose), which chemically bind with anthocyanins. Anthocyanins are pigments and their function in plants is unclear. The word "anthocyanin" is from Greek: anthos = "flower” and kyanos = "dark-blue". Anthocyanins provide the red, purple and blue colors in flowers. They also are expressed in the foliage of trees during cool to cold and bright weather to provide the spectacular colors in autumn leaves. Anthocyanins always are present in leaves, but normally are masked by chlorophyll. Creeping bentgrass and perennial biotypes of annual bluegrass experience a similar accumulation of anthocyanins during cold weather. Frost denatures the green chlorophyll, thereby exposing the anthocyanin pigment. These colors may intensify and persist throughout winter months and slowly disappear in mid-spring after turf begins active growth. Spoon-feeding during mild periods in early spring will speed growth and green-up.

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Hours of Operation for March

DINING

Main Dining Room Dinner Seating: Wednesday - Saturday: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm Eagles Nest Monday: Closed Tuesday - 11:00 am to 3:00 pm Wednesday - Sunday 11:00 am to 8:30 pm

FITNESS CENTER

Monday: Closed Tuesday: 7:00 am to 4:30 pm

Wednesday - Sunday: 7:00 am to 7:00 pm

POOL

Closed for the season

GOLF

Golf Shop: Monday: Closed Tuesday - Sunday: 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Driving Range: Monday: Closed Tuesday - Sunday: 9:00 am to one hour before sunset Golf Course: Monday: Closed Tuesday - Sunday: 9:30 am to dark