Wi l s o n C o u n t r y C l u b January 2015 Mark your calendars for a fun evening of mouth watering all you can eat Prime Rib & Seafood Buffet! The chef has composed multiple sides to choose from. Adults are $16.00 & Children are $10.00. Seating will be available in GroverвЂ™s Grill and the Clubroom. Make your reservations now! www.wilsoncc.org 1 www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub Inside this issue: Clubhouse вЂў (252)-291-3815 PresidentвЂ™s Note 3 G.M. Message 4 Golf 8 Tennis 10 Membership Drive 11 Greens 12 Calendar 14 GroverвЂ™s Grill Food Service Bar & Counter Service Mon Tues Wed-Sat Sun Mon Tue-Sun Closed 11:30AMвЂ”6:00PM 11:30AMвЂ”8:00PM 11:30AMвЂ”5:00PM 12:00PMвЂ”7:00PM 9:00AMвЂ”Dusk* Club Room Mon , Tue & Sat WedвЂ”Fri Sunday Brunch Sunday Champagne Brunch Buffet Closed 5:00PMвЂ”8:00PM 11:30AMвЂ”2:00PM 11:30AMвЂ”2:00PM (Last Sunday of each Month) *Hours subject to change with inclement weather or if business warrants Golf в—Џ (252) 291 - 1144 Pro Shop Mon 11:00AM - 5:30PM TueвЂ”Sun 7:30AM - 5:30PM Golf Course Mon 12:00PMвЂ”Dusk TueвЂ”Sun 8:00AMвЂ”Dusk Range Mon TueвЂ”Sat Sun 12:00PMвЂ”Dusk 8:00AMвЂ”Dusk 8:00AMвЂ”5:00PM Tennis в—Џ (252) 291 - 6199 Pro Shop Mon Closed Tue-Fri 9:00AMвЂ”5:00PM Sat 9:00AMвЂ”3:00PM Sun 1:00PMвЂ”4:00PM Courts Daily DawnвЂ”Dusk Business Office в—Џ (252) 291 - 3815 MonвЂ”8:30AM-4:30PM Brad Bourret General Manager www.wilsoncc.org TuesвЂ”FriвЂ”8:00AMвЂ”5:00PM SaturdayвЂ”SunвЂ“ Closed Kim Clark Tennis Pro Reid Hill PGA Golf Pro Craig Clemmer Greens Superintendent 2 We believe that members come first at Wilson Country Club, and that belief is вЂњtop of mindвЂќ in all we do. We are so proud to serve at WCC. Please let us know if there is anything more that we can do to make your membership the best experience on the planet. Remember, you donвЂ™t belong to the Club, it belongs to you. Becky Roberson Special Events Coordinator Daniel Cotty Director of Food & Beverage www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub PresidentвЂ™s Message By: Dr. Jerry Woodard What a wonderful time to be a member of Wilson Country Club! Our centennial year is packed full of events. There are events aimed to attract all ages and all interests of our membership and their families. Our kickoff party is January 23. Be sure to place that date on your calendar. In addition, be sure to look over our entire calendar of events scheduled for 2015, because I know you will be impressed. As the year unfolds, we will be reviewing our history and вЂњgoing back in time вЂњwith some of our activities. If you have not obtained your magnet and event calendar, please stop by the office and get them. Please remember our annual stockholders meeting scheduled for February 26. The election of three new members of the Board of directors will be announced at the meeting, assuming we get enough votes for the proposed slate. The names of three nominees recommended by the nominating committee along with a brief вЂњbioвЂќ are being sent to each of the stockholders for their review. If you are unable to attend the meeting, please mail your vote or proxy prior to the meeting. As a reminder, the bylaws were changed in 2014, and the vote is either an up or down vote for the proposed slate. The bylaws require that we receive votes that represent at least 30 % of the stock that is held by our membership. This has been difficult to obtain at times in the past, therefore PLEASE VOTE. I believe we have a particularly strong slate of candidates. My thanks to Bob Matthews and his committee for selecting the candidates and to the candidates for agreeing to have their names placed on the ballot. If not before, I hope that by the time of our annual meeting, the evaluation, and investigation of our accounting irregularities, first identified in late November, 2014 will have been essentially completed, and we will be able to give a final report. This has been a particularly difficult and time consuming process and we thank you for your patience and understanding. A special thanks to our General Manager, Brad Bourret, his front office staff, Jody Barnes and Dorothy Strahley, and our Treasurer Ken Hyde for the many, many hours they have devoted and continue to devote to unraveling the accounting problems. Although 2014 was in many ways a challenging and at times difficult year, it was still a year filled with many fun activities and accomplishments. We all should be aware of how well our entire management and staff performed within the restraints of a very tight budget. We enjoyed numerous traditional and new golf, tennis, pool, and social functions. Among the accomplishments in 2104 are: Lawson Maddox and his committee developed a well-designed strategic plan for our future; Bob Matthews developed and improved written policies and procedures for us to follow; and Robin Williams and her committees have planned a wonderful year of activities to celebrate our 100th anniversary . Let us all celebrate and enjoy our special centennial year and I look forward to seeing and celebrating the many events with you. www.wilsoncc.org 3 www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub General ManagerвЂ™s Message By: Brad Bourret Happy New Year! On behalf of all of our staff, let me say we are all looking forward to a Great year with all of our Centennial Events. I also sincerely have appreciated the overwhelming amount of support from our membership in the last two months, it has meant a lot to all of our staff here at the club. December was a very eventful month at the club. The past 45 days we hosted over 180 attendees at our Thanksgiving Buffet, over 200 attendees at our Breakfast with Santa event, 120 attendees at our Holiday Jazz Brunch and over attendees at our New Year Eve Buffet Dinner. A very special THANK YOU to Nikki Nemer for all of her help in making the clubhouse look so very festive for the Holidays. Also a very special THANK YOU to Dave Duley and John Wright for their help with our repair projects. As you know WCC is celebrating our 100 Year Anniversary in 2015 and what a year it will be. Robin Williams is the Chair of our Centennial Committee and we have a full year of events scheduled throughout the year that you will enjoy. Our Centennial Celebration beings with our Kickoff Party featuring Backyard Groove on Friday, January 23rd. Please get your friends together and make your reservations soon as we expect HUGE turnout. If you have not yet picked up your 2015 Social Calendar magnet, please pick them up at the Administrative Office. With our Centennial Celebration we have just announced our 2015 Centennial Membership Drive. There has never been a better time to bring in your friends, family, and coworkers to the club. 2015 will be a very special year to be a member of WCC. Please mark your calendar for our Annual Stockholder Meeting on Thursday, February 26 th beginning at 6:00 PM. A review of the prior year, introduction of the 2015 new Board Members, a review of our finances for 2014, latest membership levels, highlights of the upcoming year and a question and answer will be presented. Celebrating your birthdays and anniversaries are becoming very popular at the club. When you come to the club to celebrate your birthday or anniversary you will receive the percentage off the price of your lunch or diner that corresponds to your age or how long you have been married. When you make your reservation just inform what you are celebrating. For example, if it is your 55th birthday you receive 55% off the price of your entrГ©e; if you are celebrating your 20 year anniversary you both will receive 20% off the price of your entrees. www.wilsoncc.org 4 www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub January July Friday, 23rd: Opening Kick Off Party February Saturday, 4th: Fabulous Family Cook Out & Pool Party & Firecracker Golf Tournament Monday-Friday, 13th-17th: Super Kids Summer Camp Saturday, 14th: ValentineвЂ™s Day Dinner Tuesday, 19th: Happy Hour & Oyster Roast August Saturday, 8th: Family Parent/Child Golf Tournament Saturday, 29th: Family Pig PickinвЂ™ Party & Movie Night at the Pool March Friday, 13th: ACC Tournament & St. PatrickвЂ™s Day Party Featuring Stone Age Romeos September April Thursday, 10th: Happy Hour& Oyster Roast Friday, 11th: A Night of Elegance: Dinner on the Courts Saturday, 4th: Breakfast with the Easter Bunny Saturday, 11th: Tennis Member/Guest Tournament Tuesday, 15th: Ladies Member/Member Golf Friday, 25th: Centennial Dinner on the Patio Friday, 24th: Centennial Dinner on the Patio Saturday 25th-26th: Remember When Men &Women Saturday-Sunday, 26th-27th: Great Gatsby MenвЂ™s Member/Member Golf Tournament Member/Member Golf Tournament Saturday, 26th: Great Gatsby PartyвЂ“ Entire Membership Saturday 25th: Taking You Back Dance Party invited! May October Thursday, 7th: Lets Celebrate All Day Centennial Charter Anniversary Party Tuesday, 19th: Ladies Member/Guest Golf Monday, 25th: Memorial Day Family Carnival & Pool Party AND Men & Women Golf Tournament Saturday-Sunday, 3rd-4th: MenвЂ™s & WomenвЂ™s Club Championship Golf Tournament Friday, 30th: Adult& Child Costume Halloween Party November Friday, 6th: Centennial Legacy Dinner Thursday, 26th: Thanksgiving Harvest Feast June Friday, 4th: Centennial Happy Hour Friday-Sunday, 19th-21st: Through the AgesCentennial MenвЂ™s Member/Guest Golf Tournament Monday-Friday, 22nd-26th: Super Kids Summer Camp www.wilsoncc.org December Saturday, 12th: Breakfast with Santa Saturday, 19th: A 1900вЂ™s Christmas Party Sunday, 20th: Holiday Jazz Brunch Wednesday, 31st: What a Year New YearвЂ™s Eve Bash 5 www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub A Letter from Robin Williams Hey everyone and Happy New Year! This is going to be a wonderful year at Wilson Country Club. The Centennial Committee has been working hard on events, dinners, drink and food specials, and additional goodies to celebrate. We have included something for everyone. Our big kickoff party will start the year. We hope you can join us Friday, January 23. Backyard Groove will help us begin the year in style. Check out monthly activities on your refrigerator magnet and join us! Centennial Chair Robin P. Williams Start off the New Year right with the Kick Off Centennial Party! Bring your friends and dance the night away with BackYard Groove! There will be food and drink specials with the band performing at 8pm. The price is $18.00 per person with a member sign bar. Also, commemorative Centennial items will be available for purchase. Make your reservations today! Food Menu: Pork Carving Station, Shrimp Wonton, Chicken Tempura, Assorted Cheese Balls, Spinach & Artichoke Dip Dessert Bar: Make Your Own SвЂ™Mores www.wilsoncc.org 6 www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub What is Happening in the Club Rock your favorite jersey and come have a great time watching the Super Bowl in GroverвЂ™s Grill! Wear any jersey from any team and get your first beer or glass of house wine for free! The drink and food specials are listed below! Party starts at 5:30 and kick off is at 6:30pm! We will be hosting a chili competition! So show off what you have!! Make your reservations today!! Craft Beer: Bottle: $3 Bucket: $16 Captain & Cokes:$5 Wings: $.60 each any flavor Pizza: $10 any toppings Hot Dogs: $ 3 Burgers: $5 Domestic Beer: Bottle: $2 Bucket: $9 Treat that special someone in your life with a very special dinner for two at Wilson Country Club! This dinner is a 4 course meal! Dinner reservations can be made between 5:30 and 8:00. Live music will serenade you through your meal. The meal is $100 per couple and $140 per couple with a Wine Pairing to accompany the meal! Please make your reservations today! Menu Appetizer for 2 Baked Brie with Fresh Fruit Compote and Grilled Bread Or Savory Crab Dip with Grilled Flat Bread Soup or Salad Lobster Bisque Or Gala Apple and Beet Salad Entrees Chicken Valentino Paired with pancetta and corn risotto topped with sautГ©ed Swiss chard Pan Seared Black Angus Filet Mignon accompanied by herb roasted fingerling potatoes and sautГ©ed Swiss chard Roasted Half of Duck paired with maple cornbread stuffing and roasted corn and asparagus Pans Roasted Sea bass atop pancetta, corn infused risotto, and buttery asparagus Dessert Chocolate CrГЁme Brule Or Classic Banana Split www.wilsoncc.org 7 www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub Wilson Country Club Golf Shop Staff Reid Hill PGA Head Golf Professional Josh Price Assistant Golf Professional Kyle Norville Assistant Golf Professional Golf Shop Hours of Operation Monday 11:00am-7:00pm Tuesday-Friday 8:00am-7:00pm Saturday-Sunday 8:00am-7:00pm In an effort to encourage the membership to continue fixing ball marks, we have provided you with some factual information that may interest you. Unrepaired ball marks take at least two to three weeks to properly heal, leaving behind unsightly, uneven putting surfaces. On the other hand, a repaired ball mark takes only half the time to heal. Beginner or pro, it is your responsibility as a golfer to fix your own ball marks. If you are truly a steward of the game, youвЂ™ll fix any others you see while your partners are putting as well. www.wilsoncc.org Reid Hill PGA Golf Professional ProвЂ™s Corner As the weather outside continues to cool off, we want to ensure that our golf swings do not. Finding even a few minutes a day to hit the range, roll putts on the carpet of your living room, or even chip balls in your back yard will help us maintain proper form and feel. Thanks to all of you for your continued support and confidence in me and my staff. I am very blessed to be afforded the honor of being your golf professional. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday season and I am very excited about 2015!! I cannot wait to see you at the club. Best regards, M. Reid Hill, PGA Tip of the Month As we experience weather or rain in which it is unpleasant to play golf here, we notice that many of you are taking your talents on the road. People often consult the golf shop after their trips and we are noticing one shocking similarity. We have to know what type of grass we are playing on prior to playing the golf course for lower scores. Root systems have different lengths, thus different resistances when a golf club is passing through it. This in turn means the way we make our shot selection changes based off the type of grass we are playing that day. Learn more about the types of grasses you normally play on and it will help you to lower your score by choosing a more reasonable shot for that specific grass. 8 www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub www.wilsoncc.org 9 www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub Kim Clark Tennis Professional TENNIS PRO SHOP HOURS OF OPERATION Monday Tuesday-Friday Saturday Sunday Winter Hours November-February Pro Shop Closed----- - Courts open for Play. 9am-5PM 9am-3PM 1PM-4PM An exciting and innovative new program is coming to WCC in spring 2015. Asst. golf professional Josh Price and tennis pro Kim Clark are going to incorporate golf, tennis, physical fitness, and nutrition into a weekly clinic. Josh and Kim will be with the juniors the entire clinic. Details as to date, time, format, and sign up will be in the February newsletter. Everyone is invited out to the Tennis Courts to participate in our Saturday morning Round Robin. No need to RSVP, simply show up and a round robin will be organized. This start time will be through March 2015. The last 3 months we have been averaging 12 plus players. Come join the fun. USTA SPRING LEAGUE WE now have pickleball at WCC. The lines have been painted on the hard courts and we 2 nets, 8 rackets and balls available to members for play. Courts will be open for play until 9 PM. For your convenience 4 rackets and balls will be available at GroverвЂ™s Grill for member use. You must check out the equipment with a member www.wilsoncc.org 10 Registration for spring tennis league begins January 1st вЂ“February 3rd. If you would like to play league and have not previously played or are a new WCC member and would like more info contact Kim Clark 291-6199. www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub www.wilsoncc.org 11 www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub Craig Clemmer Golf Course Superintendent Many of you know that we have been making a strong effort at holding down expenses the last few months. Because of this we have held off on doing our winter work that ultimately shapes things up and betters the course for the coming year. We are behind on the list of jobs that I had planned on accomplishing and we probably will not get it all completed this year. However, that is what drives this operation. I am always looking for ways to better the course and playability while still operating within our budget. In essence, I will never be caught up on the course work and should not be if we want to continually improve the course. We have been operating with less man power the past few months while still getting some minor tasks completed. Most of our work has involved leaf cleanup, which is a major undertaking; raking bunker weekly and picking pine cones in some high impact areas. Obviously this doesnвЂ™t sound like a lot, but it really is when you consider that my menвЂ™s hours have been scaled back to no more than 30 per week and we are technically operating with one less than we have ever had before. When you factor in the rains and adverse weather in which my men canвЂ™t work, you get a real picture of the overall impact to our operation as well as to the employees on a personal level. For the next few weeks we will be making a strong push to get some things done on the course. The first thing we will strive to accomplish will be to get some limbing done on the right hand side of #12, to the left of 14 tee and also a few going down the right hand side of 13 fairway. Once we get that done we will be taking down three trees to the left of 17 that affect the tee shot when the gold and white tees are to the far left of the tee box and even more so when the pin is on the far left of the green. We will be doing this work within our current labor parameters so it may take some time to achieve completion. While we do not anticipate making any great strides this year, we should at least make some positive impacts on the course in some areas where the effects will be highly visible. On another note, I hope that all of you had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I look forward to seeing you all on the course in the very near future. Regards Craig Clemmer Golf Course Superintendent www.wilsoncc.org 12 www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub Board Of Directors President, Jerry Woodard Vice President, Larry Todd Join us as we travel around the world each month to try new wines from exotic locations! Secretary, Mary Lou Skinner Treasurer, Ken Hyde Pool Chair, Tom Purinai Just $25 a month, you will receive 2 unique bottles of wine from different regions of the world! There is a $10 Uncorking fee to drink your wine at the Club! Financial Chair, David Lohr To sign up, contact the administrative office! Golf Rules & Tournaments Chair, Kent Williams 252.291.3815 Social Chair, Mary Lou Skinner House Chair, Larry Todd Greens Chair, Clint OвЂ™Hara Tennis Chair, Tom Rhodes Membership Chair, Ken Hyde Ex-Officio, Bob Matthews Club Contacts Brad Bourret General Manager [email protected] 252.291.3815 ext. 226 Daniel Cotty Executive Chef [email protected] 252.291.3815 ext.227 Reid Hill, PGA Head Golf Professional [email protected] 252.291.1144 ext. 229 Craig Clemmer Golf Course Superintendent [email protected] 252.291.1220 Kim Clark, USPTR/USPTA Head Tennis Professional [email protected] 252.291.6199 ext. 247 Jody Barnes Membership Coordinator [email protected] 252.291.3815 ext. 224 Becky Roberson Event Coordinator [email protected] 252.291.3815 ext. 222 Dorothy Strahley Marketing Coordinator [email protected] 252.291.3815 www.wilsoncc.org 13 DonвЂ™t Forget to Use Our Birthday/ Anniversary Discount!! When it is your birthday or anniversary, we want to celebrate with you! We will give you the % off your entrГ©e that matches your age or the year of your anniversary! Just let us know when you call to make your reservation!! www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub January 2015 SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT 1 2 3 Food Minimum Rotation: A-G Quarter Begins: Jan., Apr., July, Oct. H-O Quarter Begins: Feb., May, Aug., Nov. P-Z Quarter Begins: Mar., Jun., Sept., Dec. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Seafood Specials in the Clubroom & in GroverвЂ™s. Prime Rib Buffet Clubroom Closed Welcome Back Beer & Burger Night GroverвЂ™s Grill open until 8pm 18 19 Ala Carta Office Open from 8:30am to 4:30pm Brunch available in Clubroom and in GroverвЂ™s 11:30-2pm 25 26 Champagne Brunch available in Clubroom and in GroverвЂ™s 11:30-2pm Office Open from 8:30am to 4:30pm www.wilsoncc.org 20 Pizza and Wing Specials until 8:00pm. 27 Pizza and Wing Specials until 8:00pm. 21 22 Wine Down Wednesday 28 23 Beer & Burger Night 29 Wine Down Wednesday 14 Beer & Burger Night Opening Kick Off Party for Centennial 24 GroverвЂ™s Grill open until 8pm 30 31 Seafood Specials in the Clubroom & in GroverвЂ™s. GroverвЂ™s Grill open until 8pm www.facebook.com/wilsoncountryclub