July 2016 Newsletter - Juniper Golf Course

July | 2016
Juniper Golf Course
Redmond, Oregon
Juniper Newsletter
APRIL BOUNTY DINNER
AND SPRING OPENER
The View kicked off the Spring
Opener on Friday evening with a
Bounty Dinner. Travis put on his
“chef’s hat” and hand carved the
rosemary rubbed prime rib,
served along with grilled lemon
thyme chicken.
Lunch the next day was a southern fried feast of, buttermilk marinated fried chicken, succotash,
potato salad and hot apple crumble.
MOTHER’S DAY
MAY BOUNTY
May’s Bounty Dinner was a Tap
Take Over with Wild Ride Brewery.
Owner and head brewer Paul
Bergeman was on hand to facilitate
a guided beer tasting. The night
featured five special beers which
our kitchen team pared with five
different dishes to create a unique
Bounty Dinner experience. Several
guests won growlers filled with their
favorite Wild Ride beer and a
special bottle of Brain Bucket Bourbon Barrel Aged IPA.
Keep an eye on our tap handles for
the next few weeks as we will be
Mother’s day brunch was a huge
success. Our guests were treated
to a buffet that included: salmon,
quiche, prime rib, biscuits and
gravy, 5 different salads, desserts
and more! Several Key Club
volunteers were on hand to help
the kids create a hand drawn card
and a potted plant as a present
for their moms.
rotating in many of the beers we
tasted during the dinner. Brain
Bucket Bourbon Barrel Aged IPA is
also available by the bottle.
*Remember these dinners are also
open to the public, so invite your
friends!
JUNE BOUNTY DINNER
COUNTRY BBQ
We broke in our new patio with a
Country BBQ. The evening started
at 5 pm with a cocktail hour.
Followed by a BBQ dinner of chicken and ribs, cowboy baked beans,
potato salad, corn, and cobbler for
dessert. After dinner, we were treated to Western Swing dance lessons
with dance instructor, Steven
McNeil of Dusty Rose Dance
Studio.
During dinner, Lexi from the Bright
Side Animal Shelter helped us
auction off a unique firework watching experience for the Fourth of July
and we raised over $300! On July
4th we will be creating an exclusive
outdoor living room, in the parking
lot facing the Fairgrounds. Complete with comfortable seating for
six, coffee tables, cozy blankets.
This will be the best place in Redmond to watch the show!
All proceeds from the auction will go
to the animals at Bright Side Animal
Shelter.
FOURTH OF JULY
Thank you to all who showed up for
our firewroks viewing! It was a great
day and night and we cannot wait
until next year!
Juniper Newsletter
From “The Pro”
How about that Central Oregon
weather? We had a high of 98 on
June 5th and a low of 24 on June
15.
Talk about extremes.
Anyway, we’ve been busy when
the weather has co-operated.
We are in the meat of our season.
The July 4th sweepstakes,
Division. We have two teams that
are going to the CourseCo Championship in Pullman. Kerry Cowgill,
Steve Dietz, Jon Corbett and Tyral
Petersen will team with myself and
Matt McGowan, Mike McGowan,
Ken Johnson and Andrew Fitch will
go with Travis Kane.
Junior golf has just started. If you
have a junior that you wish to get
started in the game, come on out
and get them involved. Stuart
Allison will be heading up our junior
program this year. Call if you have
any questions.
Hey! How about the remodel?
Quite a different look and more
Ladies Member-Guest, Men’s
Club Championships and our
home & home event with Eagle
Crest will give you lots to play in
July.
August will bring the
Man-Gal, Central Oregon Amateur and the Ladies Club Championships. The major events in
September are the Labor Day
sweeps, the Juniper Best Ball,
and the Deer Widows Invitational.
Be sure to check out the website
for exact dates and entry blanks.
As for our past events, congratulations to the Men’s club for
winning the Juniper Cup from the
Crooked River Ranch guys in our
annual home & home matches.
Kerry Cowgill and Ken Johnson
won the low net “A” division of the
Juniper Chapman. Paul Coon
brought in son-in-law Marcus
Dale to take low net in the “B”
communication and we will continue
to try to get better. We are using the
electronic means available with
email and social media. Sometimes
I think we forget some of the old
fashion ways of posters, mailings
and phone calls. If we aren’t reaching you in one way or the other, let
coming as they finish the decorating. A lot was done in three short
days. The response has been
quite positive with the new look and
the new menu. Travis and Ahja
have been going full speed ahead
to get everything in place for this
upcoming season. Plan on coming
out to the club on the 4th of July as
they prepare an outdoor living room
to watch the fireworks.
Communication is something we
continue to try to improve. I know
we fail from time to time but we
understand the importance of good
us know and we will try to come up
with something that reaches you.
My hope is to start some more
membership activities. As my job
duties change and more time is
created, you will start to see some
additional membership activities.
Nine hole events, bingo, card
games, marbles, movie nights and
food. Who knows what will be
coming your way? Stay tuned. My
wife has even got me in front of a
Mah Jong game or two.
The first day of summer just pasted
by so we have the next three
months of summer. Now is the time
to be playing golf in Central Oregon.
Get out here and get those golf balls
in the air.
Til next month.
Bruce Wattenburger, PGA
Juniper Newsletter
The General Manager’s Desk
Whew - A lot has gone on over
these past five months!!! The
best part…the season is just
getting started. Who has seen
the recent updates to the clubhouse and patio? CourseCo’s
dedication to the future success
of Juniper, scripted a one hundred thousand dollar check for
this project to take place. The
end result has received rave
reviews. So, if you haven’t seen it
– I am inviting you to come by and
take a look. Juniper now has the
best environment in town to
socialize with your friends and
family.
With growth, there are new faces
in and around the facility. Continuing into the season, there will
be more additions to the team.
Please take the time to introduce
yourself to the recent/new hires. It
may take a couple of interactions
for everyone to recognize each
other by name. Though this is the
first step of creating great longstanding relationships.
I NEED YOUR HELP. We’ve all
heard about the outside audit
conducted last year for the facility.
One of the items on that list was
accounting for each person who
played golf.
Over the recent
months observing the standard
operating procedures, it has come
to my attention that many do not
register at the golf shop. So we
need everyone’s help here. We
need groups to check in appropriately with the staff at the golf shop
counter. This will allow future audi-
tors to be satisfied with their audit
process. I am more than willing to
assist this process. I NEED YOUR
HELP.
There are more activities to come
here in the next few months. Ahja
and her team has more activities
planned up their sleeve. For example – Fourth of July viewing party,
Wine Tasting, Movie night and the
Block Party just to list a few. Bruce
and his crew have golf events as
well – the Man Gal, Club Championships and making its return…the
Central Oregon Amateur. Keep an
eye out for flyers and entries posted
around the clubhouse along with
emails and social media posting. As
well, look for online registration
available through the website.
- Travis Kane, PGA
Maintenance Department
processes do a great job of opening up the turf and letting it breathe.
The big goal here is to get oxygen
into
the
profile. No
oxygen,
no
turf.
T h e
disruption
to play is very minimal but the benefits are far reaching. On the off
topdressing week we will be either
topdressing tees or verticutting
approaches. Some great processes to say the least. When labor and
weather allow we will be continuing
to use our new fairway verticutter.
The initial results from the fairways
we did in April are very promising.
On May 10 Juniper hosted
37 very active and energetic 7th
and 8th graders from Central Christian School for our Spring First
Green program. I had three stations
set up this go around with labs
pertaining to moss, lichens, fungi
(oh my!), critters in the soil, and
critters in the water. The weather
was great and the kids may have
actually learned a thing or two about
all the great things the creatures
that we see and don’t see do to help
us live on this planet.
Greetings from the maintenance
shop! It has been a busy and
eventful spring and Mother
Nature has been very kind to us
with some occasional rain. I know
it stinks for playing but the grass
sure likes it. The golf course is
holding up well and despite my
frustration with native area weeds
things are pretty darn good at the
moment.
We are well under way
with our modified topdressing and
aerification program. Every two
weeks we apply a very light
amount of sand to greens and
approaches. At this time we also
either aerify with our planet air
machine or with needle tines on
our walk behind aerifier. These
Summer is here and with
that a break from the frost. Come
on out to play and enjoy the new
goings on in the clubhouse when
you get a chance. We would not be
here if it was not for your patronage.
- Kurt Noonan
May 21-22
June 11
June 18-19
July 25-26
July 30-31
August 13-14
September 10-11
September 24-25
October 24-25
Juniper Chapman
CourseCo Championship Qualifier
Central Oregon Scramble
Central Oregon Junior
Juniper Club Championships
Juniper Man-Gal
Juniper Best Ball
Juniper Deer Widows Invitational
Season Closer
$150 Per Team
$250 Per Team
$250 Per Team
$240 per Team
$35
Enter through OGA
$330 Per Team
No Charge
$250 Per Team
$150 per Team
Scramble
Ladies - Best Ball
Men’s - Best Ball
Couples - Chapman
36 Hole Individual Stroke
Individual Stroke
3 Player Team - Scramble
4 Player Team - Scramble
Men’s Chapman
Scramble
Format
Two couples per team 11 AM Shotgun
10 AM Shotgun
Tee Times
Saturday-Tee Times.
Sunday Shotgun at 8:30
Tee Times.
First day play at Meadow Lakes. Second day
at Juniper. Tee times.
8:30 Scramble each day. No Gender
restrictions on team.
Tee Times
Tee Times
Two couples per team. 10 AM Shotgun
Details
Entry forms for the Juniper events are typically available 4-6 weeks in advance of the event unless otherwise noted.
Entry to USGA, PNGA, OGA and PNWPGA Events are available through their respective organization.
Check our website (www.playJuniper.com) for entry forms and information or call the golf shop at 541-548-3121.
April 16
Dates
Season Opener
Event
Estimated
Entry Fee
2016
Tournament Schedule
Juniper Golf Course