Golf Shop Newsletter
We’re gearing up for a fun season on the golf course and even though it may look little different at the start, we’re still going to have a good time at the club with fun events, strong leagues, and lots of good programs to get involved in.
Let’s start off with some updates on the Men’s and Ladies Leagues. The Ladies league will continue to be on Tuesdays with a change for it to be a 5:30 PM shotgun each week, starting on May 5. We may need to start the year with spaced out tee times to abide by government regulations, however once some normalcy has returned, we’ll get back to the 2020 plan. We’ll be adding a year long team element to the ladies’ night, and some fun add-on games like skins, and ringer board/birdies and chip-ins that is specific to Ladies Night play. All at no extra fee, included in the annual fee of $125.
Men’s Nights has a few subtle changes planned that mostly revolve around the team league, sponsorship, and gross/net individual play. Teams will now play against each other in a weekly round robin which should be much more fun and help to get some healthy rivalries started. The sponsorship program is now setup where you can sponsor a whole team for $1500. It becomes your team to brand, motivate, outfit with uniforms, host a team BBQ night, and more. There are only 8-10 sponsorships available, so reach out right away. We’ll be ensuring there are gross and net prizes each week, and more formats to enjoy throughout the season.
The Men’s and Ladies Member Guest events last year were outstanding, and they’ll be bigger and better as we move forward. The Ladies event is now on July 15 and you may now create your own foursome. The Men’s even has been moved to July 17/18 which is a great time frame to move into. Bring out your guest on the Thursday prior and now you have 3 days of fun at the club.
We saw an incredible surge at the end of last year with The Masters event getting everyone excited to try and qualify. This year-long points system is now coined as The Road to the Masters. Each member event (not leagues), will have points available for you to earn and ultimately position you to qualify for The Masters in late September. So, get signed up for all the events, and try and win the coveted green jacket.
We have plenty more planned for this year and we know we can build nicely upon last year’s great participation from the membership. Thank you to all who did play last year, and we wholeheartedly welcome more members to join in the fun. With all that has occurred these last few weeks, this is going to be a good year to come together and enjoy being part of a strong community.
You may wonder how we can do some of these things if we have restrictions on group settings, and that’s understandable. Thankfully we have incredible golf event software in Golf Genius which will allow us to do all event management and scoring electronically. We’ll get you all up to speed on how to enter scores on your smart phone, and how to follow live leader boards as the events progress. We have a creative group here at Vespra Hills, and we’re going to make it fun for all. We may have to run things a little different from the original plan, but we’ll make it work and have fun doing it, together.
The Golf Shop is currently receiving stock for the upcoming season and we’re developing methods on how to safely get you into the new clothing, equipment, and other products safely and efficiently. The FootJoy, Adidas and Nike lineups this year are brilliant, so while we might not be able to get close to each other, we’ll certainly be looking good from afar (the story of my life, haha).
There is much more to come, so stay tuned and we hope to see you all soon.
Chris McNair
Head Golf Professional
Vespra Hills Golf Club
