Submitted by Sean May, Senior Assistant Superintendent



After a busy golf schedule in July, we have officially made it to the halfway point of the golf season. Your grounds team has performed at a high level all season and has over come a lot of adversity repairing the bunkers and the golf course multiple times in July. So far, the start of August has alluded to some good grass growing weather with some cooler nights and ideal daytime temperatures. The precipitation levels for the month of July & early part of August are as follows:

2021	2022	2023
July – 140 mm	July – 53 mm	July – 185 mm
August – 33 mm	August – 153 mm	August 12 mm (as of August 6th)

 
Our team is looking forward to preparing your golf course for this weekends club championships. There is always an extra bit of excitement preparing for member events. Following the conclusion of club championship weekend, we will be executing the golf course aeration, which is in turn setting the golf course up for success this fall, winter and next year.

Submitted by Karen Franklin, Ladies Captain
 

Today is Tuesday August 8, 2023
 
Tuesday August 8
Game: Play your own ball (NGL: front nine Stableford points)
Clinic:  Tips for going through a pre-shot routine
Don’t forget your $5 for the Skins challenge.
 
Upcoming Events:
Tuesday August 15
Game:  5 clubs only
Rule:  Cart path relief
Don’t forget you $5 for the skins challenge.
  
Thursday, Friday, Saturday August 10, 11, 12:  CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP
Thursday evening: Horse Race ( shoot out) - Come out and enjoy a fun evening of a friendly shoot-out, complete with drinks and snacks.
Friday –Afternoon start.  Choose to play stroke play from the purple tees or Stableford from the red tees.
Saturday – Morning start.  Enjoy a drink and snacks after the event.
The cost for the three days is $40.
 
Thursday August 24 – Tips and Sips (4:30-6:30)
This will be the last Tips and Sips event of the season.  August 3 and August 31 are cancelled.
 
Tuesday August 29 – Charity Event
The online sign-up is open! Come out and support “My Friend’s House”.

Monday September 11 & Tuesday September 12th - MADheim
Registration opens Wednesday Aug 9 at 9 am for MADheim.  More details will follow.



 

FOUR BALL MATCH PLAY UPDATE:

Congratulations to all in Groups C, D and E who have completed their round robin matches well in advance of the August 22nd deadline.  We will soon be able to launch the playoffs.  Stay tuned for further details.  Thanks to all who have participated and good luck going forward in the post season.

Your Commissioners, Carolyn Smith and Jan Atkinson Hall
 

Thank you Mad River Golf Club.

I wanted to say a huge thank you to you and your entire team for hosting the Mid-Am last week. I have said to many that it was one of the best player experiences I have ever had, and that was all thanks to the club, the course, the food, the hospitality and the volunteers. You really made it something different and special.  

The course was incredible, and while I still didn't figure out the greens by the third round, I feel very lucky to have played a course that was such a fabulous and fair test of golf.  Your grounds crew did an outstanding job of having the course in absolutely perfect shape for us. 

 All the little things you did really added to the experience, the player reception, the headcover gift, the greeters as we entered the property really make us feel like elite level competitors. 

I had heard nothing but positive things about Mad River before last week, and it lived up to everything and beyond! Thank you for taking on hosting the first ever stand alone Mid-Am event. As someone in this demographic, it was so nice to have a special event in the Canadian Competitive golf landscape that was just for us, you set a high standard for any future hosts 🙂

 I hope you have a great rest of your summer!

Jessie Mercer
 

Submitted by Ang De Lorenzi, Men's Captain

Submitted by Ryan Rinneard, Director of Instruction

The Opportunity of a Lifetime
 
 J o i n a n U p c o m i n g S h o r t G a m e C l i n i c


As a golf coach, I am particular about choosing mentors, and for the past three years, I have been working tirelessly to get one of golf ’s top Tour Coaches to Mad River for an opportunity of a lifetime for not only the select few that could attend but also for myself so that I may continue to learn from the best of the best.

James Sieckmann has been a Tour Caddy, an aspiring Tour Pro, and a Tour Coach for the better part of 35 years. He is an advisor to the Titleist Performance Institute as their Short Game Guru and Golf Digest’s #1 Short Game Coach in America which is why I chose him to visit.

For the attendees, the opportunity to learn from the game’s best left everyone on a high, inspired to work on their games, and grateful to have the opportunity to spend two hours with two coaches at their home club.