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Men's League Needs More Players
The Men's League can use more players this season. The first day is Thursday, June 3rd. If you would like to join, please call the Club House (693-6424) or put your name on the sign-up sheet on the bulletin board. Since we need to make the teams up, the deadline to add your name is Wednesday by noon. Members and non-members are welcome to join!
MSGA Tournament
The MSGA (Maine State Golf Association) is holding their weekly tournament at Naples this coming Friday and Saturday (June 4 & 5). All amatuer members of golf clubs affiliated with the MSGA are welcome to play if they have a current GHIN handicap.
We are expecting over 200 players during the two day tournament.
The course will be open for public play after 2 pm each day.
The Maine Blues Festival will be back for its 5th year and Naples Golf Course will be participating again with the "New Blues Revue" band playing on our deck from 5-7pm. Come and join us for dinner, drinks and some beautiful music on the deck overlooking the golf course.
New Blues Revue is the traditional host of the MBF All-Star Jam . Led by Jerry Smith on guitar and vocals, the New Blues Revue also features seasoned pros Krister Rollins on guitar, Jason Young on drums, Dave Engel on bass, and John Whitney.
For more information on the Maine Blues Festival, go to : www.mainebluesfestival.com
For more information on the New Blues Revue band, go to: www.myspace.com/newbluesrevue
Course Maintenance Update
Rick Bouchard and his crew have been busy on a variety of projects on the course. One of the extensive projects that Rick has been working on is getting the irrigation fully functioning on the back nine. Many irrigation heads throughout the back nine have not been working properly, and he has been repairing or replacing them one by one.
All the fairways and tees have been fertilized this past week, and all the greens will be top dressed on Wednesday June 2nd.
We are almost done with the Grub Season. Rick and his crew have been busy each day cleaning up after the grub damage and reseeding. As mentioned in the last newsletter, all of the fairways will be treated for grubs in late June or July, which should significantly reduce the problem for next year.
The courses condition is very good and the crew is working very hard to improve it even further.
Flowers / Brush Clearing Day
We are planning another day for finishing planting the rest of the flowers on the back nine. We also would like to have a brush clearing day where we can start removing the brush that have been growing between the fairways on 12, 13, 14, and 15.
If you would be willing to volunteer for a half day between 10 am and 3 pm to help with flower planting and/or brush clearing, please let Bob Caron know. We will be setting a date very soon.
Upcoming Events
June 1 President Cup begins (all members invited to play)
June 1 Tuesday Night Scramble (5pm)
June 2 Women's League begins (5pm)
June 3 Men's League begins (5pm)
June 4/5 MSGA Tournament - all MSGA members are invited
June 8 Tuesday Night Scramble (5pm)
June 11 Sebago Lake Region Chamber of Commerce Outing - to sign up go to www.sebagolakeschamber.com
June 15 Tuesday Night Scramble (5pm)
June 19 Bridgton Chamber of Commerce Outing - to sign up contact the Bridgton Chamber at 207-647-3472 or on our website under Golf Events.
June 19 Blues Festival- Live music on the deck 6-8pm
June 20 Father's Day Special- bring the dad in your family and he plays and rides for free
June 22 Tuesday Night Scramble (5pm)
For a more complete list of upcoming events, check out our calendar on our website at naplesgolfcourse.com
Chambers' Golf Tournaments
Both the Sebago Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Bridgton Lakes Region Chamber of Commerce are having fund raising golf tournaments at Naples Golf & Country Club in June.
The Sebago Lakes Region C of C is having their "10th Annual Chamber Golf Open" on Friday June 11. You can find more information and sign up form on the chambers website: http://www.sebagolakeschamber.com/2010_golf_brochure.pdf
The Greater Bridgton Lakes Region C of C is having their 2 day "Lake Region Open" on Friday June 19 at Naples and Saturday June 20 at Bridgton. You can find more information and sign up form on our website on the Events page: http://naplesgolfcourse.com/_docs/golfevents/LakeRegionOpen.pdf
You not only support your local chamber of commerce and all the good work that they do, but you can have a great time as well!
Tournament & Handicap Committees
The Tournament and Handicap Committees for NGCC met for the first time this past week on Thursday. So far we have on the Tournament Committee: Wayne Newbegin, Graham Payne, Don Jacobson, Russ Sweet, and Allen Faraday. And on the Handicap Committee we have Jim Semple, Keith Hodgden, Jim Macklin, Ernie Whitman, and Paul Whitman.
If you are interested in one of these committees, please call or see Bob Caron. We would like to get more women members represented on them.
We will have our second meeting on Friday June 4th at 6 pm at the club house.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions on the NGCC email newsletter, please contact Allen Faraday @ allen@naplesgolfcourse.com.
Employee Focus
Stephen Randall
Stephen Randall is now in his 3rd season here as cook at Naples Sandtrap Grille. Stephen has 30 years experience in the food service industry and has worked in many recognizable restaurants such as Dimillo's, Village Cafe, David's Oyster Club, and Charlie's on the Causeway. He also worked at Bushmaster Firearms for 4 years.
Stephen is originally from Portland, though he has lived in Naples for the last 23 years and is the courses next door neighbor. He is an avid outdoorsman and enjoys fly fishing, fly tying, and boating. He also enjoys gem and mineral prospecting, though his greatest love is cooking.
Stephen "loves cooking and being creative." His original motivation for becoming a cook was "working in a warm place, and where there was food!".
President's Cup
Starts June 1
The President's Cup is open to all members and is an individual 18 hole, gross score tournament. The game can be played anytime during the month of June and must be played with another member to verify the scorecard. There is a $10 fee which must be paid prior to the round being played. Watch for the announcement on the bulletin board.
Bob Caron's Pro Shop
Now through Father's Day, all golf bags are 10% off.
New logo'd sweatshirts in stock. Now priced at $25.
If you don't see what you want, we can special order to meet your needs. Be sure to check our competitive prices on golf clubs before you travel to the big box stores.
New inventory arriving daily. Check us out!
NGCC Weekend Sweeps
All golfers can participate as long as you have a MSGA handicap.
1st Low Gross: Russ Sweet
2nd Low Gross: Tom Hughes
1st Low Net: Dick Wedgewood
2nd Low Net: Wayne Newbegin
Driving Range
Members receive a 20% discount on Practice Range tokens for buckets of balls. You can purchase the tokens in the Pro Shop. Or you can pay $5 per bucket at the ball machine ($1 or $5's only-no coins or change)
Members - $4 per bucket
Guests - $5 per bucket
Wifi Hotspot
The Club House and deck is now a free wifi hotspot. So if you have some work to do or want to check your email on your own laptop while eating lunch or having a drink, you can do that. The password for our guest network is golfnaples.
The results of the Tuesday Night Scramble, Men's League, Women's League, and other tournaments will be in the news letter weekly beginning next week.
Don't tell anybody, but it's Bob Caron's Birthday on Wednesday!