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Christmas Scramble 2018
20 Teams competed in our end of year Christmas Scramble with the usual festive spirit! Thanks to our sponsors for the day The Shahdag Ski resort, Chabiant Wines of Azerbaijan and Garmin who presented gifts for the prize winners. As usual the event attracted a lot of competition for the best (fancy) dressed team. A bottle of wine was awarded to Ewan Drummond for his Santa outfit and Steve Baker for his Elf costume. However it was defending champions Nick Hore, Steven Parkes, Bryan Thomas and Callum Stewart that kept their title for another year!
 
Meanwhile on course it was an inform Susie Drummond who won Nearest The Pin on the 10th & 17th Holes along with the longest drive on the 9th hole. Danny Lee was the remaining longest drive winner with his fine strike at the 12th Hole.
 
Our 2018 Christmas Scramble Champions! are Richard Mackie, Robert McEwan, John Salins, and “Pitching Pete the Putting Diamond, Hollingworth” with a 4 under par 68 gross, 59.5 net. The winning team were awarded with one overnight stay at the Shahdag Ski resort and a bottle of Chabiant Wine.  The runners up were Chris Wood-Woolley, Tadeus Herrold, Jason Lenihan, Raymond Irving – 68 gross, 60.2 net winning a Dreamland Voucher, Garmin Goodie Bag and a bottle of Chabiant Wine. Our final end of season honours went to the team of Nariman Mannapbekov, Kestutis Jankauskas, Andrzej Jankowski and Grant Watson - 70 gross, 60.9 net winning a Dreamland Voucher and a bottle of fine Chabiant wine.

Best Wishes!
In signing off for 2018 we wish all our members a blessed festive season and we look forward to catching up in 2019!!!
Christmas & New Year Holiday – Opening Times
The team look forward to welcoming you over the Christmas and New Year Holiday season. Please see below our daily opening times with the tee sheet open for bookings – reservations@dreamlandgolfclub.com
2019 Membership Program
We would like to take this opportunity to thank all our members past and present for their support to creating the fun and spirited club we have enjoyed in 2018. It’s been great to host so many competitions, see handicaps reduce and welcome new players to the winner’s podium. A special mention must go to our Azerbaijani players who have transitioned from players to Winning Champions! during 2018. With events such as the Turkish Airlines World Amateur Golf Cup, The GEC Open, The Azerbaijan Open and the Club Matchplay being won in fine style – we look forward to welcoming more local players to the sport in 2019.
 
Click below for the renewal fees for the coming 2019 season. You will see marginal increases in individual and corporate memberships however with our aims of bringing more player through our Academy program prices have remained unchanged for the third season running. As with last year we are pleased to offer individuals a 6 month membership from January to 30th June to help players who maybe uncertain of their work situation beyond the summer.
 
Orhan and his team will be in contact this week to understand your preferences and how he and his team can best assist. For further contact or any questions please email  Membership@dreamlandgolfclub.com
On Course Update December
The agronomy team have been busy into December with favourable weather still giving growth on all grass surfaces. In the back ground they have been working on small projects that you may have noticed as you enjoy your round on the course.
 
Bunker Renovations  – the boarding around bunker faces is in place to support new grass while it settles and takes root. There are a few areas that had become damaged from summer stress and lack of irrigation coverage which need replacing.
 
Catch Basins  across the whole course on driving range have now been raised level with the soil surface. These had become low from years of sand applications and settlement. The benefit for golfers is that, even in these low areas the balls will have less chance of becoming trapped on a grate and will tend to roll over them now. For us it keeps mowing easy and reduces damage risk to our machinery.
Our Landscape areas are being added to with the creation of new olive tree groupings using locally sourced hazel nut kernel mulch to help break up the vast areas of rough and enhancing the aesthetics. The new Olive trees can be expected to be added over winter to better mature our landscape and break up and divide holes which are largely open. The grass removed to create these mulch beds in used to repair cart path edges damaged from cart and machinery traffic, and on that note we kindly ask that you use the paths without cutting corners and park on the paths next to tees and greens to help protect these surrounds from damage (and give yourselves good lies around greens on grass not worn thin from cart traffic).

These are just a few of the projects going on through winter with more planned in the New Year – details to follow. 
Dreamland Team Meeting
A recent staff gathering was the perfect chance to discuss the 2018 season, look at 2019 improvements and eat delicious cake! “It was nice to share the successes of 2018, not least that fact that Baku is now holds a worthy top 100 position (80th) in the Golf Resorts of Continental Europe publication. In discussing the opportunities for next year, the team were introduced to our winter customer service training plans and encouraged to share new ideas for the club” - commented Phil Jones – General Manager.
Saturday 8th of December 2018 – Saturday Roll Up Results
Despite cold playing conditions 34 members participated in last week’s Saturday Roll Up. Wade Droney took first place with 3 under par 39 points. Darren Thomson’s 1 under par 37 points were enough for him to take second place. There was a tie for third place with Paul Winkle and Dana Smith both scoring 1 over par 35 points. In order to determine third place winner, it required us to look at their back nine scores. After countback Paul took third place with 18pts vs. Dana’s 15 inward points which kept him outside of leader board this week.
 
Last Saturday was a record for the number of 2’s with 7 players achieving a Birdie on a par 3’s, so unfortunately not a huge pay-out for your member account. Alan Ferguson and Bruce Ferguson birdied the 10th hole, Elman Rzayev birdied the 13th, John Salins, Sean Harrison and Wade Droney birdied the 17th hole and Paul Winkle birded both 10th and 17th holes to put 2 on their scorecards.
Winter Eclectic Series
Thanks to those who have signed up for the Eclectic Winter Series, given some questions this weekend we have provided further updates to this fun series:
  • You can sign up and start anytime between now and March 2019
  • To give the Eclectic your best try you should complete 10 rounds of golf within that time – at times to suit you!
  • The Eclectic is designed to be great fun – your 10th round should indeed be your dream round – the lowest gross score you may ever score in your golfing career!
  • For those who have never played an Eclectic Game it’s WELL worth the participation.
We look forward to more entrants this coming week.
Retail News
Stuck for a gift idea this Christmas? Call by the Golf Shop and collect a gift voucher for that special golfer in your life. Simply choose the value you wish to gift and the team will prepare without delay. 
 
Look out for the new Winter Ranges in store from PING, Ralph Lauren and some new Galvin Green pieces. 
During winter mid-week days (non-tournament days) we will operate an on course drinks service via the course ranger / beverage cart. The Café T Lakeview will be open for restroom access daily however the bar area will not be in operation. 

Due to Monday – Wednesday evenings being quiet at the Golf Academy we will stop serving food at 5pm. The Bar will be available for drinks as usual until last balls at 8.30pm. The Clubhouse Lounge and Restaurant are open till 9.00pm during the weekdays so players can pop over if they wish to have food after their practice. 
ACADEMY NEWS
Two Minute Tips
This week Alex discusses a top tip to help you you with nervy short putts. Please feel free to send Alex any requests you may have and he will do his best to get them posted in the newsletter over the coming weeks.  alex.day@dreamlandgolfclub.com
Arccos Caddie
Winner of three-straight Golf Digest Editor's Choice Awards for "Best Game Analyzer", ARCCOS features 14 sensors – one for every club in your bag - and access to golf's Smartest Caddie, powered by Artificial Intelligence. Golf's first and only fully-automatic shot-tracking system records and analyzes every shot you hit. It provides "plays like" distances to any point on the course and tour analytics to help you make smarter decisions to shoot lower scores. 
User Benefits:
•  Get Artificial Intelligence-powered caddie advice for every shot, on every hole
•  Know your exact distance to any point on the course
•  Learn precisely which club to use in every situation
•Identify your actual strengths and weaknesses
ARCCOS really is an easy way to improve your game. To understand more about these benefits please see the following link:
In conjunction with the launch of this fantastic product to Dreamland, Head Professional Alex Day is offering a customized lesson package. Through access to player’s online data, Alex will analyse player’s individual on course performance FREE for a month and then tailor 3 x 50 minute sessions covering Driving, Iron Play, and Short Game. In addition Alex shall offer a FREE 2 hour on course session ensuring the course management skills are in check. This package is perfect for the season end to highlight and provide focus on what needs most attention over the coming winter months.
  • ARCCOS Caddie - 595AZN (565AZN with member discount)
  • ARCCOS Caddie with lesson package – 995AZN
Stocks are limited with only 2 pieces remaining. Please contact a member of the Academy team to purchase.
17th Golf Mad Pro Am
Due to popular demand and the success of last year’s trip, Dreamland's Golf Professional team have opened up more places to participate in the 17th Golf Mad Pro Am. Please see attached flier for details. To register for this great event and follow in the footsteps of the European Tours leading Professionals please contact Alex Day on  alex.day@dreamlandgolfclub.com or +994 50 983 8 172
Pre-Owned Clubs For Sale – More Stock Needed!
Please find below the link to our Pre–Owned selection of golf equipment which we have on offer with the Golf Academy Team. Alex, Kamran or Emma are delighted to allow you to trial any of the items at the Driving Range, as you can see many of the leading brands are featured. If you have any clubs that you wish to sell the team are happy to prepare valuations.
It is SKI TIME!!!
Pik Palace Hotel Shahdag
Discover the winter magic at Pik Palace Hotel this winter with skiing, great food and magnificent views over the surrounding nature.

Park Chalet Hotel Shahdag
Azerbaijan’s definitive five-star ski destination devoted to heightening the senses and nurturing moments of family fun awaits you with exiting festive season offer. Get into the spirit of the winter season

For more information please contact +994 12 310 0009,
Dreamland Golf Club | +994 (0) 12 404 7 404 | reservations@dreamlandgolfclub.com |