Molson Muskoka Chair Winner! Congratulations to Janice Ellerby for winning our contest. Enjoy your new chairs!

Facilities Cleaning Day - August 14th Vespra Hills Golf Club takes your health and safety seriously. On August 14, 2020 the golf course will be closing early to enable us to do a thorough and deep cleaning of our buildings, carts, equipment, locker rooms, washrooms and other common areas.  The Golf Course will be open for you to book tee times throughout the morning with the last available tee time being at 12:00pm. The Lawn and Snack Bar will be open for you to enjoy food and refreshments before, during, and after your round and will close at 5pm. The Patio will not be open on August 14th. As you are aware, we are constantly cleaning, sanitizing and wiping down surfaces and on August 14th we are going to go one step further. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but as COVID-19 is still a very big concern in our everyday lives, we want to take this opportunity to ensure that we are providing the safest environment that we possibly can. We look forward to the second half of the 2020 season and we will resume “normal” operations on Saturday, August 15, 2020.

From the Golf Shop From the Golf Shop We’re heading into what looks to be a great weekend for our Club Championship. We have close to 100 players participating which is outstanding. I know several of the players are a little nervous about playing in the event, mostly related to knowing the rules of golf.  This is an interesting topic and if I could sum it up in one statement, I would say: “It’s not about knowing all the rules of golf, it’s about knowing how to find the right ruling”. The rules book is still quite large, and it would be unreasonable to ask all players to memorize this, however, showing a general curiosity and taking the time to visit the USGA Rules site would really get you on the right path.  They have a particularly good FAQ section that addresses many of the questions that we hear in the golf shop.  This weekend, if you are stuck and aren’t sure how to proceed, play two balls and we will get the ruling to you during or after the round. We are heading into the second half of the golf season here at Vespra Hills, and it has been quite a different year on many levels.  We are now starting to see the impact of more rounds on the course and some noticed mid-season relaxation on club rules adherence.  The employees here have all been reminded to do their part to help some members with dress code, pace of play, and etiquette.  Over the next little while, please be receptive to the employees when they ask you to tuck your shirt in, keep up with the group ahead, fix your divot, have all 4 wheels on cart paths, turn your music down a little, wear your hat forward, etc.  They are helping to keep the culture at the club focussed on courtesy, discipline, and integrity.  We know that there is always room for the employees to keep on improving how we enforce these policies and deliver the services to the members.  We also ask the membership to be self regulating and to do the right thing.   We’re all in this together. Vespra Hills is an incredible facility and is becoming a better club each and every day.  Best of luck to all competitors this weekend. Chris McNair 

This Week's Features

Congratulations to Our Men's Senior Team! Over the past two weeks, players from Vespra Hills Golf Club and The Barrie Country Club competed in a Ryder Cup format, home and home two day tournament. Our Vespra Hills Men's Senior team took the lead 8-4 at Vespra Hills on July 21st before winning the second match today 7 1/2 to 4 1/2 at The Barrie Country Club. Congratulations to John Alpaugh, Morgan White, Dan Coates, Doug Dunn, Jim Watson, Dennis Kavanagh, Mike Bell and Kent Osborne.

Upcoming Events Ladies Challenge Cup Bring Your Best Scramble Players can register on golf genius or through our Member Page on our website 

Bunker Tutorial Check out this week's new video content as Vespra Hills Playing Professional, Branson Ferrier, demonstrates varying techniques to help players out of green-side-bunkers.

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