Dear Members,

I hope all of you enjoyed great food and good times with all your loved ones during Thanksgiving. As we approach Christmas, I wish all of you good will and happy times. Please remember to be generous to our employees at the club. Each year we take donations for the Employee’s Holiday Bonuses. You can donate cash, write a check, or charge to your account. See or email Nathan in the office to make arrangements, nathan@coldspringsgolf.com. Our employees work very hard to make our experience the best it can be.

As a reminder, please use the “Comments” link on our website for communications directly to the Board of Directors or CLICK HERE. The link is the best way to ensure your input is heard. My ears are always open as well. If you track me down at the club, I am always open to listen to your questions, concerns, and compliments to our staff.

Also, as a reminder, it is imperative that ALL golfers check in at the Pro Shop prior to teeing off. We are tracking all rounds of golf. We will be using the data to make vital decisions on membership types and when to limit the “non-proprietary” membership sales. It is also vital that we capture all revenue. We need to know when guests are playing and the type of membership of each player (i.e., Try Me, Annual, Sunset, Proprietary, etc.).

And lastly, please be considerate of other members by canceling tee times that will not be used, as soon as possible.  As the course fills up, the tee times are getting more difficult to manage and get everyone out. We don’t want to write a policy that imposes penalties for “No shows”, however, we have had to turn members away due to a full tee sheet. When members fail to show up, this is a tee time that may have been used by the members who were turned away. We even heard rumor of members making more than one tee time, with the intent of using only one. This is unacceptable. Again, please be considerate and kind to your fellow members. After all, it is the Holiday Season!!!

With that, I wish you ALL a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!! Cheers!!!

Sincerely,

Russ Hasemeier, President

DEAR MEMBERS,

Happy Holidays and a big thank you to all the members for an extremely great year for the Club. It’s hard to believe that another year has flown by, and December is already here.

We will soon be getting ready to welcome in the New Year, and a very exciting new year it promises to be.

We start the month with a booked December. Mike and Melissa have been busy promoting the club for outside events, if you have not booked your holiday event at the club, please do so soon. We are quickly running out of dates.

To all our members that have contributed to the employee’s holiday fund a heart felt thanks. Cold Spring members have always been so generous, and all the employees wish to thank you.

For those of you with credits on your credit book, now is a great time to spend some of those credits in the Pro Shop. We have a golf shop stocked with great gifts for golfing family members, and you may find a few items marked down for the holidays.

As most of you know the Solar project has passed, and the club is currently organizing a team of members to supervise the project moving forward. We will keep you posted as they begin construction and advise you as to any updates that may occur.

Please have a safe and happy holiday season. We are looking forward to another successful year at the club in 2022.

Chris Mitchell, General Manager

Happy Holidays!

Please consider doing some of your holiday shopping at our Pro Shop! We have a good selection of apparel and equipment that will certainly make a loved one happy.

Please keep the following in mind as you enjoy golfing at Cold Springs:

Thank you for your patience as we work to be as accommodating and fair as possible to ensure a positive and enjoyable experience for all.

Score: 205   Pays $74.00 Each $19.00

Gary Baldock; Bob Durand:

Arnie Sotelo; Phil Boydstun

Score: 206  Pays $48.00 Each $12.00

Jim LaBerge, Russ Anders

John Huntsman; Phil Rowe

Score: 217   Pays $24.00 Each $6.00

Gary May; Jim Suhoza:

John Nieheus; Bob Hendricks

Senior Of the Month (Low Net)   Pays $20.00

Gross Score: 87   Handicap:20   Net:67

Russ Anders

Senior of the Month (Low Gross)  Pays $20.00

Score:86

Jim Ryerson

Closest to the Pin Pays $10.00

Distance: 9” 4.5”   Hole # 8

Bob Durand

Number of Participants: 20

Score: 210   Pays $113.00 Each $28.00

Chris Vlamis; Alan Baumann:

Russ Anders; Mike Worley

Score: 210   Pays $75.00 Each $19.00

Bob Durand; First name, Don Huber:

Dennis Dalton; Don Coats

Score: 215   Pays $37.00 Each $9.00

Jim LaBerge; Gary May:

John Huntsman; Gary Logan

Senior Of the Month (Low Net)   Pays $20.00

Gross Score: 82   Handicap:15   Net:67

Ron Cooper

Senior of the Month (Low Gross)  Pays $20.00

Score:79

Jeff O’Donnell

Closest to the Pin Pays $10.00

Distance: 31” 11”   Hole # 12

Bob Durand

Number of Participants: 28

Dear Members:

For this month, due to the very wet conditions on the course, I have decided to re-cycle a previous rule. Once again, I’ve chosen a rule that frequently arises at Cold Springs. Some might argue that it only happens in the winter. I would argue back that they probably don’t hit the ball with a high trajectory, or they are not hitting our highly watered fairways. Either way, at some point, everyone at Cold Springs is going to encounter an Embedded ball. Embedded ball relief falls under Rule 16.3.

The first determination required for Embedded Ball Relief is that the ball must be in the General Area, which means not in; a Penalty Area, Bunker, or Putting Green. Most people are aware that on the putting green, you may mark, lift, clean, and replace on the repaired spot according to Rule 13.1c(2).

You may not take relief, if the ball is embedded in sand in a part of the General Area that is not cut to fairway height or less, or when interference by anything makes the stroke clearly unreasonable, such as the ball lies imbedded in a bush.

A player’s ball is Embedded only when it is in its own pitch-mark made as a result of the players previous stroke, and part of the ball is below the level of the ground. It is not considered Embedded, if the ball was pushed into the ground by someone stepping on it, or if it was driven straight into the ground without becoming airborne, or if it was dropped in taking relief under another rule. Here is a diagram indicating when a ball is Embedded:

In concluding whether the ball is Embedded, it must be reasonable to conclude that the ball came to rest in its own pitch-mark. If the player sees the ball hit, bounce forward then spin back. When the player arrives at the ball, he or she sees that it is embedded in the only pitch-mark in the area. Since it is reasonable to conclude the ball spun back into its own pitch-mark, the player may take relief. However, if the player sees the ball hit and bounce forward over a hill where it could not be seen, it is not reasonable to conclude that the ball is embedded in its own pitch-mark and is not allowed relief under 16.3b.

In taking relief, the player must properly drop the ball in the relief area. Below is a diagram indicating the correct relief area, followed by a link to a video on how to properly drop a ball.

For properly dropping a ball see the following link. I will cover what to do for improper drops in a later article:

So, the next time you’re in a team paly format, remember- It’s against the rules to stand in your partners line of play.

Again, please feel free to email me at hasemeier911@gmail.com or catch me at the club over beverages, and I’ll try to answer your questions. If I don’t have the answer immediately for you, I’ll get it, and get back to you.

I wish ALL of you the Happiest of Holidays. Please be kind to each other.  😊

We are very fortunate to have a group of members who have volunteered to be a part of “work parties” and take on some projects that have needed attention. Specifically, the bridge on the left side of #9 fairway needed reinforcement, the willows needed removal on #15 for player safety, and the railing on #7 between the blue and white tees needed major repair and replacement. My apologies for not having the names of all of the participants but a special thanks to Mike Mohr who has spearheaded a lot of the work.

Work will be performed in the near future that will remove several dead trees as well as some that are posing safety hazards. In addition, THE tree on #15 will be receiving some pruning to remove weight on the upper portion of the canopy. We were advised by an arborist that the greatest threat to the tree was the excess weight on the top and that pruning was required. He further indicated that construction of a wall around the base of the tree was probably not something that would be effective.

As usual, please take some additional time to repair pitch marks on the greens - even those you didn’t create! The course is in great condition and our kudos to Doug and his fantastic crew.

After a deep tine aeration, it took a few additional sand applications to get the greens leveled out and all seemed to recover and fill fairly quickly this fall. We were able to get all the tees thatched and over seeded with cool season perennial rye grass just in time to get a good drenching of rain. Hopefully that is not just a big early show in the rain season and not much later. The length of delay on the automatic frost delay “shot gun starts” depends on how cold it gets, whether there is cloud cover and what maintenance tasks we need to get done before play starts. Outside of general leaf and storm debris clean up, we have gotten through all our fall season work and we can try to get on to some other projects.

Holiday Greetings Everyone!

I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving and are anticipating a joyful Holiday Season.

While the year is winding down, I want to take this opportunity to extend a huge thank you to the 18-hole ladies’ group for a fantastic year. We saw our membership grow, both within the club and our group. Many of us participated in the myriad Open Days and Legacy Tournaments despite some lingering Covid restrictions and new procedures. No matter, we just went out and played to the best of our ability—and came home with our share of medallions.

I especially want to thank my Board for all their hard work this year. It takes time and dedication to do what they so capably do. I could not have done my job without their help. Co-Captain, Krin Presson, handled our Guest Days and was there any time I needed her to step into my shoes. Secretary, Carol Yates, took copious notes during all our meetings and didn’t miss a single item. Treasurer, Laurie Tennant, had her Excel spread sheet calculating all year and kept the balances in the positive. Tournament Chair, Heidi Matlack, did a yeoman’s job of scheduling (and sometimes re-scheduling) all our weekly tournaments, as well as special events. Working closely with Tyler in the pro shop, play always came off without a hitch. My thanks to each of you!

The Committee chairpersons also deserve recognition: Heidi Matlack oversaw Handicapping for the group. She kept everyone up to date and provided valuable information on issues within the WHS. Susie Hendrix oversaw our Eclectic tournament and kept track of all those scores! Debbie Koski was assistant tournament director and along with Heidi Matlack handled additional aspects of our Tuesday play as well as 2022 calendar planning. Member advisor was Helen Glenn, and she was kept busy with all the new members we had join during the year. Gloria Gaetano handled our Invitational with a very special event in June and was ably assisted by Muriel Oreno and Krin Presson. Rosemary Authier was our historian…with a history. I think she has been in this job since the beginning securing photos of our Aces, as well as being at all the special events. Pro Points and Putts has been under the direction of Ellen Page, and she has been busy keeping track since our first Tuesday in January going all the way through the end of November this year. No small feat. Birdies and Chip-Ins has been supervised by Elaine Boggess. She has kept track of these gems since the beginning of the year and will get our binder in shape for 2022 when we start anew. Elaine has also had the huge job of taking care of our Roster/Calendar. With all the information in there, it took a lot of hours and effort. Thank you all!

Closest to the Pin #17-Muriel Oreno (5’6”); Low Putts-Heidi Matlack (26)

1st flight: 18 Hole Nassau: Elise Wilson-Net 64, Heidi Caldwell-Net 75

Front nine Nassau: Sharon Wilson-Net 37

Back Nine: Linda Robbins-Net 40

2nd flight: 18 Hole Nassau: Carol Yates-Net 64, Karen McCaughern-Net 76

Front Nine Nassau: Gloria Gaetano-Net 36

Back Nine: Jenny Hayworth-Net 37

Each winner received a $10.00 gift certificate. Congratulations, everyone!

Nov 16: Casual Guest Day combined with Ace of the Month: Due to the rainout on the 8th, we combined the AOM with a casual guest day.

Flight 1 - HC: 4-21 

Low Gross (83) - Heidi Caldwell 

Low Net (72) - Krin Presson 

2nd Low Net (73) - Muriel Oreno 

Flight 2 - HC: 22-25 

Low Gross (96) - Carol Yates 

Low Net (73) - Heidi Matlack 

2nd Low Net (77) - Debbie Koski

Flight 3 - HC 27-33 

Low Gross (101) - Susie Hendrix 

Low Net (73) - Debbie Brink 

2nd Low Net (74) - Gloria Gaetano 

3-way Card Off for ACE, all with a Net 73 and our

November ACE of the Month: Susie Hendrix (Net 73) 

Fun format where low handicap player scores on the odd holes, higher handicap player score on the even holes.

Flight 1 - Combined Team HC: 26-46 (6 teams)

Low Net (74) - Krin Presson & Elise Wilson 

2nd Low Net (76) - Heidi Caldwell & Heidi Matlack 

Flight 2 - Combined Team HC: 51-57 (6 teams)

Low Net (74) - Gloria Gaetano & Karen McCaughern 

2nd Low Net (79) - Debbie Koski & Susie Hendrix 

Congratulations, everyone

Our Ace of the Year tournament saw 11 ladies vying for the Ace of the year honor and having her name placed on the plaque on the “Winners Wall.” Results will be published in the January Mulligan

No organized golf, but our Holiday Luncheon is on Tuesday Dec 14th. Bev Edwards has arranged for a very special meal by Chef Mike. Our Annual Awards and Special Recognitions will be given out at that time. Deadline to sign up is Dec. 5th. Guests are welcome and the signup sheet is in the ladies lounge.

Happy Holidays, everyone!

To all ladies of Cold Springs — we invite you to come on out and join us for the next Ladies Saturday Tournament! We encourage everyone with an 18-hole handicap, no matter your ability to play. The object of the Ladies Saturday events is to have fun and meet fellow golfers. Look on the bulletin board by the side door of the Pro Shop for the sign-up sheet. Please check the website for upcoming tournaments: Click Here password: coldsprings

Razzle Dazzle - Chris Bailey & Helen Glenn

Tombstone - Denise & Rick Blake

Tombstone - Howard Penn & Sandy VanderPol

Tombstone - Sue & Shaun Verner, Laurie & John Tennant