THE MAD POST
Thursday, April 15th, 2021
Driving Range & Course Opening Postponed
Apr 15
GM – Mad Post April 15th, 2021
On behalf of all the staff at Mad River I hope you and your families are doing well during this ongoing crisis. We are all anxious to see you and get the 2021 season started!
Weather permitting, we plan to open the course on Wednesday April 28th and the tee sheet for booking, starting on the 21st.
Last summer the pandemic clearly demonstrated how important golf was to our physical and mental well being. Despite the ups and downs over the past twelve months, we’ll be back onto the course and enjoying the Club and safely socializing with our friends again.
Apr 14
Golf Course Report - Spring 2021
Overview
The golf course has come through the winter season extremely well, all fine turf areas are very healthy, and free from either damage caused by ice or snow mould, coming out of the winter season. We encountered significant snow mould pressure this season, likely due to the fact that the ground never really froze prior to being insulated by significant snow cover. Untreated areas in our rough were hit hard by snow mould, we expect these areas will make a full recovery.
Apr 13
Golf Operations Update - Head Professional Carl Penfold
The Masters concluded on Sunday with Hideki Matsuyama winning by one shot over Will Zalatoris. Hideki becomes the first Japanese born male to win a major championship. This is a great accomplishment for himself and Japan, it is hard not to draw comparison to Mike Weir’s victory in 2003 when he had the entire country pulling for him.
There were 61 entries into the Mad River Majors Pool this weekend. Of the 61 entries, only 4 members had Hideki on their team. Congratulations to Tom Reeve for winning this weekends pool. Not only did Tom have Hideki, he also picked Will Zalatoris to finish with a team total of 26 under par! Finishing in second place was David Allen at -21. Rounding out the top three was Charles Magwood at -20.
Congratulations to our winners in the pool this weekend. A reminder that the PGA Championship will be played May 20
th – 23
rd at Kiawah Island. If you would like to join the pool, please contact Carl in the Golf Shop.
Apr 12
F& B News - Michelle Larcher
Hello Members!
We can’t wait to see you and to share with you the positive changes to Food & Beverage planned for 2021. Chef Otta and I would like to thank you for taking the time to provide feedback through the survey last year as it was a great tool to assist us in planning for this season. You Spoke. We Listened. Our plan includes improvements to our training, speed of service and in our communication with you. We have sourced a new supplier to elevate our bread offerings and are bringing back the weekend BBQ starting May 22nd (weather permitting) along with a feature beverage tent.
Apr 11
Membership Director - Sandy Higgins
Opening day is fast approaching and the excitement is in the air! Each member exchange is charged with the possibilities that another golf season brings forth.
As a Club we are grateful that golf is a permitted activity during the pandemic. While Mad River has successfully completed its membership drives over the past two years, and excelled to have a wait list of more than 50 potential new members, we acknowledge that not every sport has been as fortunate during these unusual times. We are especially thankful for the opportunity to enjoy a round of golf with family and fellow members in our breathtakingly beautiful surroundings here at the Mad.
Apr 10
Ladies Captain's Report - Susan Quigley
Hello Everyone
The countdown is on to opening day!
Good News-Match Play is back this year. If you would like more information, and to sign up, contact Jan Atkinson-Hall
[email protected] regarding 4 ball match play or Carolyn Smith
[email protected] for singles match play. There has been a great deal of interest already – don’t delay sign up soon!
Stay tuned for updates on more ladies events to come!
Are you ready? I saw a great golf workout routing that LPGA star Mel Reid uses to get in shape. Thought it might be of interest to you. Great for improving mobility and power.
Enjoy!
Apr 09
Men's Captain Report - Pierre Lemaire
Welcome back everyone!
For those of us who stayed in Ontario this past winter, we are even more excited than usual to get back to playing golf on our wonderful course, late April.
As many of you will recall, in a normal year, we would have a Men’s Opening Day with a breakfast and presentation of new members and the itinerary of the events for the season, however, this year we must adhere to the government regulations and guidelines to keep us all safe. May I remind you that during COVID time, the different health measures are absolutely mandatory; mask, social distance, frequent hand washing or the use of hand sanitizer.
Apr 08
Mad River 2021 Junior Programming - Ryan Rinneard
This year we will again introduce instructional programming to help each, and every member improve their games, but for the purposes of this message, I would like to address Junior Programming to allow parents to begin planning their summer for their Junior Golfers.
Apr 07
Former Mad River Member John R. Wiggins has passed.
WELCOME THESE NEW MEMBERS!
Sean Kelly
Sean grew up in the Collingwood area since he was 3 yrs old and still calls it home. He is excited to join Mad with a good bunch of his friends and his 2 children. “It was always a treat to play Mad in years prior as a guest, but I am really looking forward to calling it my home course going forward.” Sean has spent the last 21 years in insurance and investment planning working with his family at The Co-operators. Recently he was promoted to Manager of their two locations in Collingwood and Wasaga Beach. Sean has two children, Regan age 14 and in her first year at CCI in Collingwood and Matthew age 12, who is in Gr. 6 at Nottawa PS.
Eric & Carole Giroux
Eric and Carole purchased a property in Mulmur and joined Mad River at the end of the 2020 season. Both are avid golf players and are looking forward to becoming active members of the Mad River community
Eric is an investment banker and has been at Bank of America (formerly Merrill Lynch) for 21-years
Carole is a corporate director serving on both for profit and non for profit boards (currently CDIC, Humber River hospital and U of York)
Their son Jean recently completed his masters in Counseling Psychology and is building his practice in the GTA
Steve Shamie & Sheena MacAskill
Over the years, Steve and Sheena have had the good fortune to golf with many friends at Mad River, and are now very excited to be new members. “We are looking forward to enjoying the beautiful course and exploring the Creemore area this summer, with the goal of eventually purchasing a retirement property.” Steve is a senior partner at the law firm Hicks Morley and Sheena is also a lawyer and Career Coach. They have 3 adult girls; Jane age 30, Jen age 28, and Ali age 26. Everyone is looking forward to hitting the links at Mad River!
Liann Pincott
Liann purchased a house in Mulmur in August 2020, having spent time in the area for over 15 years while her sons went through the racing program at Mansfield Ski Club. They look forward to building memories with family and friends at their new country property. As avid golfers and with a house now close by, the family welcomed the opportunity to join Mad River. Liann’s sons, Jack de Lange, 23 who works in Toronto at Salesforce and Eric de Lange, 20, a 3rd year student at Queen’s look forward to spending lots of time at the club during the summer season. The family are also members of Rosedale Golf Club.
Liann is VP, of Business Development at Burgundy Asset Management having spent most of her career in Financial Services in both Montreal where she grew up and Toronto.
David & Martha Shaw
David and Martha Shaw and fourth son Nicholas are very much looking forward to becoming part of the Mad River community.
Relocating from both Toronto and Muskoka, the Shaws have recently purchased a property called Sheldon Mill and will be using it as their principal residence.
“We are excited to be joining so many of our close friends who are current members of the club and who urged us to be part of the special Mad River membership.”
The Shaws have four sons , David ( Dana) , Kip ( Elizabeth) Stephen ( Jessie) and Nicholas who is the only family member living in the area. They are also very fortunate to have 9 grandchildren.
As active people in supporting their various communities David and Martha know how integral it is for clubs to have a passionate membership who uphold the values of the people they are interacting with on a social basis.
Martha , David and Nicholas are keen to become part of the golfing community at Mad River.
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