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RYDER
CUP
Straight Shooters
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2016
The 7th Annual Rivercrest Ryder Cup took place
on August 6th. This year we had a full field of 144
players competing. We played on a hot day
that only heated up more once the competition
got under way. At the top of the leaderboard
we had the PARtenders and the Mihnions who
played their last 9 holes head to head and finished 1-2 in one of the closest Ryder Cups in the
events history. We would like to thank all of the
participants of this years Ryder Cup!
RY D E R C U P R E S U LT S
Champions - PARtenders (159.6)
Barb Menseck, Delia Keys, Diane Lucki, Michelle Goveia
Toni Barbine, Deb Wilkins, Sue O'Brien & Angie Yanocha
Runners-Up - The Minhions (159.9)
Bill Booth, Mike Perrone, Marty McGuckin, Ted Bierer,
Matt Bierer, Bo Singh, Bill Artosky & Jamie Wolsky
Sultans of Swing
Third Place - The Misfits (165.9)
Mike & Trish McGarry, Larry Kessler, Hector Escobar,
Vic Worry, Bill Green, Glenn Dotterer & Lisa Klein
Congrats to the PARtenders
Pony Rides
1:30pm
to
4:00pm
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Adults & Kids $15++
Carnival Snacks & Fare
Face
Paiting
Live Kids Entertainment
Glitter Tattoos
R I V E RC R E S T C H A R I T Y S P O N S O R S
TY CLA
EXECUTIVE SPONSOR $5000
CSL BEHRING
EXECUTIVE SPONSOR $5000
BRANDYWINE LIVING
DINNER SPONSOR 1500
TRAVELERS
FOOD STATION SPONSOR $1500
SB CONRAD
$
CART SPONSOR 1000
HOLE SPONSORS
1. HILTON GARDEN INN, OAKS
19. SOLTEX INC.
2. JON ARDITO ENTERTAINMENT
20. EVERGREEN LANDSCAPING
3. CTO ARTISTS
21. JUSTIN BARTOMOLUCCI, CFP
4. EBE EVENTS & ENTERTAINMENT
22. SWEET ASHLEY’S CHOCOLATE
5. SOMMERFIELD DESIGNS
23. BO SINGH
6. PETALS LANE
24. JACK GILL
7. BLUE MOON FLORIST
25. MIKE & ASHLEY FUSARELLI
8. CAMPLI PHOTOGRAPHY
26. PHILIP GABRIEL
9. CHRIS HENSEL PHOTOGRAPHY
27.
10. DUCA STUDIOS
28
11. VALLEY CREEK PRODUCTION
29
12. MASTER'S BAKER
30
13. BRANDYWINE LIVING
31
14. ALLISON CARBONE TEAM
32
15. SB CONRAD
33
16. RON BLACK INSURANCE
34
17. CHESTERBROOK DENTAL
35
18. SCHAFFER SOUND
36
$
THANK YOU TO ALL OUR SPONSORS!
The RiverCrest Charity is closer to its goals
thanks to every sponsorship. Join your fellow
members and promote your business while
also supporting local charities.
Contact Seth Lejeune at
[email protected] for more info.
September 1st Deadline
SEPTEMBER 2016
THE PRESERVE
PA G E 3
TEXAS
HOLD’EM
August Winner... Nick Carras
Nick Carras has very quickly made this a very
interesting poker season. Eric Neily was seemingly a lock for the winner of the cumulative
poker points, but with a couple nice months
under his belt, Nick is making a run. This should
shape up to be a very interesting Fall. Always on
the 3rd Wednesday of the month, come out and
test your skills your fellow members.
SEPTEMBER 9TH
James Jayko
SEPTEMBER 16TH
Dave Joyce
OCTOBER 7TH
James Jayko
NEXT HOLD’EM
Wednesday, September 21st
OCTOBER 14TH
Minh Dang (WEATHER PERMITTING)
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Friday, September 30th @ 5:30pm
FIREPIT PATIO & DINING TERRACE - NO SIGNUPS REQUIRED
“CHEERS”
SEPTEMBER 2016
THE PRESERVE
PA G E 4
THE ROAD TO RECOVERY
The weather this season has been unrelenting and came to
a pinnacle the past few weeks. Excessive rainfall followed
by intense heat and humidity has wreaked havoc on the
fine turf throughout the property. This combination is a
superintendent’s worst nightmare and no matter what
preparation one uses Mother Nature always has the last
word. Right before aerification, damage could be seen on
many soil based areas that received too much rainfall followed by oppressive heat. These cool season plants can
only be asked to survive under these conditions for a short
while. This coupled with an untimely breakdown of our irrigation system has increased the damage.
Fear not, cooler, less humid weather is on the way to
reducing the severe stresses the plants and staff have
been enduring as we begin the recovery phase.
Aerification is one of the most valuable tools a superintendent possesses as it creates a passage for vital oxygen
to enter the rootzone and eliminates the noxious gases
created as plants die and decompose. Aerification reduces
compaction which slows water entering the rootzone but
also makes a column for already saturated soil to move
away from the plants while increasing evaporation. We
Drastic recovery in the aerified approach compared to the fairway.
completed Dryject on greens, managed to aerify the
approaches on 1,2,4, and 6 and they have begun healing.
Unfortunately (but looking back now, a blessing) the
weather forced us to abandon the rest of the approaches
and tees due to extreme wilt beginning by late morning in
the blazing sun. I say a blessing because if the weather
had been nice we would have continued and then with our
irrigation system going down it would have been disastrous.
Once the heat and humidity reduce we will immediately
begin punching to finish approaches and tees. We will be
adding seed, sand and a good shot of fertility to aid in
recovery. The worst areas on a few fairway edges will also
be aerified, seeded and coupled with fertilizer. The fairways
will be finished in mid fall along with a spray to
reduce/eliminate the fairy ring. This will also be completed
next spring.
Please check out our blog for a great article from Steve
McDonald. He is one of the foremost turf consultants in
the mid-atlantic region.
Spring aerification holes still doing well in a
wet-wilt damaged area on 8 app
SEPTEMBER 2016
THE PRESERVE
PA G E 5
SEPTEMBER TOURNAMENTS
TOURNAMENT
DATE
September 8
Ladies Member-Guest
September 23
RiverCrest Invitational
September 15
September 24
September 26
19th Hole
RiverCrest Charity Classic
RiverCrest Invitational
Course Closed for Member Sponsored Event
MEN’S LEAGUE RESULTS
This season’s Men’s League has come to an end. We started the
year with 32 teams of 2 players. We split the teams up in 4 divisions
with 8 teams in each division. Each team had 7 nine hole matches
which were played with in their divisions. After week 7 the top 4
teams made it to the playoffs. The teams of Rob Boyer and Jason
Vavra faced off against Chris Born and Greg Cordes in the championship match. Unfortunately on the week of the match Mr. Cordes
was on vacation so it was just Chris against Rob and Jason. Chris
tried his best but ultimately Rob and Jason were too much to handle as they won 6 & 5. Congratulations guys on the victory and
thank you to everyone who participated in this years Men’s League.
Loose Impediments
MEN’S FALL MEMBER MEMBER
SIGN UPS UNDERWAY
The Men’s Fall Member-Member will be held on Saturday,
October 8th. The event is a one-day 27-hole tournament with a
shotgun start for the first 18 holes at 9:00am. The format is a
partner’s event with three separate 9-hole formats (Better Ball
of Partners, Scramble and Straight Alternate Shot.) After golf,
players will be treated to a great buffet dinner. There will be
winners from each 9-hole format as well as overall winners.
Signups are open online and starting to fill up, so grab a partner and join this great one-day event!
The Minhions
JUNE 2016
THE PRESERVE
Superintendent’s
REVENGE
Saturday, October 15th
The ever popular superintendent’s revenge returns this
year on Saturday October, 15th. After a year that got off
to an early start, followed by a dry April & May, followed
by a hot & we t 3 months, just to culminate in the pump
breaking the day after aerification, Chris will be looking
for some high scores from the members to satisfy his
need for revenge following this golf season. The format
will be a 4 person step aside scramble. There will be
gross and net champions although the only winner will be
the ever deserving Chris McKernan.
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PA G E 6
OCTOBER
RIVERCREST DAY
FINAL ONE-DAY MEMBER GUEST
OF THE SEASON!
The October RiverCrest Day One-Day Member Guests is scheduled
for Thursday, October 13th. The event is an excellent way to entertain those special guests or clients at a great value! A Member may
bring either one or three Guests to participate in these one-day
events. The format is 2 Best Balls of 4 at 90% handicap. There is
a 12:30pm shotgun start with lunch served prior starting at
11:00am. During the event there is an optional Beat the Pro on a
Par 3. There are also Closest to the Pin contests on all par threes,
a Longest Drive contest, and prizes for both Net and Gross winners. Members may sign up on-line or by calling the Golf Shop.
IT’S MEMBER-GUEST MONTH AT RIVERCREST!
WOMEN’S MEMBER GUEST
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8th
Sign-up today with 1, 2 or 3 guests. New format is Two Best of
the Foursome. Dinner, drinks, awards to follow golf!
MEN’S MEMBER GUEST
THURSDAY-SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 22nd-24th
Event is sold out with a waiting list. Please send us your guest
info if you have not already done so. Gala dinner, dancing and
awards following the playoff on Saturday!
The course will be closed all day on the 8th for the women.
It will be closed in afternoon of the 22nd and all day on the 23rd & 24th for the men.
LADIES BACKYARD BRAWL
MEN’S BACKYARD BRAWL
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16TH
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 16TH
After a successful inaugural competition in 2015 the Ladies
Backyard Brawl against the Ladies of Spring-Ford returns.
The event will be contested the same day as the Men’s
Backyard Brawl, but on the opposite course. For 2016,
Ladies will play at Spring-Ford. The timing will be the
same with a 12:00pm shotgun start with lunch prior and
dinner following golf. The event will be open to 12 Ladies
from each Club. Signups are open online.
The annual match play competition against Spring-Ford Country
Club will be held on Sunday, October 16th at RiverCrest. The
event pairs 23 RiverCrest Members and a Professional against 35
Spring-Ford Members and their Professional in a fun match play
format. The event is a 12:00pm shotgun start with lunch prior
and dinner following golf. Spring-Ford claimed the Cup in 2015
on their home course, so we need to reclaim the Cup on home
soil! Signups are open online.
SEPTEMBER 2016
THE PRESERVE
Rule 31 Four-Ball Stroke Play
PA G E 7
By Jamie Komancheck, PGA Head Golf Professional
“Mmmm, not bad”, said Colby (it takes a
lot to impress the young man.)
U-S-A! U-S-A! U-S-A!
What an exciting summer it is with
the return of Golf in the Olympic
Games in Rio de Janeiro. It’s
been 112 years since golf was
lasted played in the Olympics (just
before I was born as Colby let me
know.) Colby could hardly contain
his excitement, because the
Games were being held a few
days before his 7th birthday. And
what better present is there than a
Gold Medal (that’s even better
than Pokemon GO!)
Colby worked very hard all spring and
early summer to try earning one of the
four USA team spots. He entered tournaments and played well, but just couldn’t
crack into the Top 4. Then players started dropping out due to Zika fears. He
still had an outside shot.
The brand new Olympic Golf Course was
built just for these Olympic Games, and
would showcase the game of golf to the
world. To see if the course would be
ready for the best players in the world,
there was a “test” event in advance of the
official Games. Colby volunteered to be a
“tester”, so off to Brazil we headed!
The “test” event was a Four-Ball Stroke
Play event (Better Ball of Partners in
English.) Colby paired up with another
“tester”, a beautiful 18 year old girl from
Canada, named Brooke Henderson.
Colby introduced himself and asked her if
she played a lot of golf. She politely
informed him that she just won the
Women’s PGA Championship this year!
Colby and Brooke played well in the early
going with both making a few birdies. As
they stood on the 13th tee, a 479 yard
sharp dogleg right Par 4, they debated
trying to cut the corner to set up short
approach shots. Both players hit big tee
shots, hugging the tree line on the right.
They found two golf balls in the fairway.
Colby went to the first ball as Brooke was
outdriving him all day (he’s half her size,
and less than half her age.) Colby hit his
shot up there close to the hole. When
Brooke got to the second ball, she
noticed it wasn’t her ball, it was Colby’s.
Colby hit the wrong ball. So he went to
the green and retrieved the ball he hit, but
that ball wasn’t Brooke’s either. Turns out
Brooke’s ball had gone through the fairway into a bunker on the far side. The
ball Colby hit was left behind by another
player. Since the format was Four-Ball
Stroke Play and one of the partners had a
penalty, how did the ruling affect the
team?
Under Rule 31-5 Wrong
ball in Four-Ball Stroke
Play, if a player is in
breach of the rule
for making a stroke
at a wrong ball, the
player incurs a penalty of two strokes and
must play the ball
from the correct spot.
The player’s partner
incurs no penalty, even if
the wrong ball belonged
to her. Thankfully Brooke
helped Colby out by making a solid par from the
bunker. The team shot 8
under and won the “test”
event.
After the event Colby had
received word that Matt
Kuchar had taken the final
spot on the USA Olympic Golf team.
Despite his disappointment, Colby was
asked to be an Ambassador for the team
and educate them on the finer details of
the golf course. Colby happily obliged (it
meant he got some cool free Polo outfits.)
After explaining the format to Kooch,
Colby showed the team around the
course. He got to hang around the team
in the Olympic Village and watch the official golf event, rooting Kooch to a bronze
medal.
Colby was energized to start preparing for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo,
so he entered more U.S. Kids tournaments when he got back. And at his
first event back….. he won in a playoff, claiming his own Gold Medal!
Congratulations Colby and Happy 7th
Birthday! Now go chase your
dreams!
SEPTEMBER 2016
THE PRESERVE
PA G E 8
GOLF ACADEMY NEWS
with Moose
Brian Moose
DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION
ARE YOU WORKING YOUR FINGERS TO THE BONE AND NOT SEEING
ANY RESULTS? TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR PRACTICE HABITS.
Here are two effective strategies for you to start seeing more of a benefit to your practice time.
Random vs. Block
Replicate Pressure
Practice can be categorized into two types; Block
Practice and Random Practice. Block practice is when
you repeat the same thing over and over again to build
up a certain amount of reps in order to groove a movement. This is what most golfers spend their time doing.
Random practice involves changing something shot by
shot, for example changing target, club or desired
flight.
Similar to number above, we want to make our practice
to be reflective of what we experience on the course,
where every shot counts. Using a chipping example,
hitting a pile of balls one after the other with no consequence is a complete waste of time. A great way to
represent the actual game in training is to add pressure
to your practice by setting target goals to achieve or to
play skills based games.
Block practice has its place as part of effective practice, especially when working on a technical drill where
the result is not the main focus. However many studies
have shown that random practice is the most effective
way of developing and learning a new skill. Golf on the
course is 100% random, therefore it makes sense to
practice in this way most of the time, and otherwise
your training is not reflective of the actual game you are
training to improve.
A nice example of this is playing ‘Par 18’ around a
chipping green. Play 9 holes, with 3 easy, 3 medium
and 3 difficult up and downs to achieve. Putt out each
hole and keep your score. This is great practice on your
own or with a partner.
**Contact Brian at [email protected] or
610-733-0413 for any questions concerning the any
camps or clinics.
PRACTICE MAKES PERMANENT
NEW! HALF DAY GOLF SCHOOL
Now that Junior Camp season is over the practice
program is back! If you did not take advantage of the
program the first time around don’t delay as spots will
fill up fast. Starting September 1st through
September 30th schedule 3 one-hour training sessions on ball striking or short game training.
The school will focus on short game and how to develop practice habits
to see your game flourish. The Half Day Golf School will take place at the
Golf Academy and all necessary technologies will be used during the
school. When instruction is complete at the Golf Academy we will head
out on the golf course for a 9 hole playing lesson.
$125 per person. 4 people per school.
Dates are as follows: September 17th and October 15th
This exclusive program is only available to the first 10
students, so email or call to reserve your spot now!
$150 Member rate
$180 Non-Member rate
12:00 pm-Putting and green side instruction
1:30 pm- Practice habits and mental approach
2:00 pm-Play 9 holes with on-course instruction
5:00 pm-Concludes with feedback for further development
book a lesson online at http://brianmoose.uschedule.com