Dear Club Member - Atlantic Beach Country Club

September 2014, Issue 4
Dear Club Member,
First, I would like to tell you how excited I am to be a part of Atlantic Beach Country Club! I would also like to
thank you for the warm reception you have extended me over the past few weeks. It truly has been great to be
back home in Atlantic Beach. For those who may not know of my background, I am a proud graduate of Atlantic
Beach Elementary and Fletcher High School and learned to play the great game of golf from the late John Beckmann
at Selva Marina Country Club. John, his staff and the Club were an important part of my love for the game of golf
and subsequently my career in the business. Both sides of my family moved to the Beaches in the 1940’s and, in my
early years, I grew up on 9th Street and later Sea Oats Drive. I guess it can be said that I have come full circle and am
thrilled to be back home.
Following college, my career began at Sawgrass Country Club where I was an Assistant Golf Professional. I then spent
18 years at Amelia Island Plantation in various roles from Head Golf Professional at Long Point to Director of Sports
Operations. I returned to Sawgrass Country Club in 2004 as Director of Golf & Sports and, over the past three years,
served as General Manager at The Golf Club at North Hampton. My wife Sheila and our son and daughter, Kyle and
Lauren are excited about our return to the area as well.
I am happy to report to you that work is progressing as scheduled on the clubhouse and golf course. Our Clubhouse
contractor RPC, golf course builder MacCurrach Construction, course architect Erik Larsen and maintenance/grow in
contractor Valley Crest have been great to work with and are considered the area’s best in their fields.
We are fortunate to have them all on board and I believe you will love the finished product.
We continue to feel that the new Club will be open by the end of the year. The golf course
opening date will be largely up to Mother Nature as weather will play a key role in
determining the exact date.
Our main focus in the next month will be finalizing a 2014 and 2015 club operating budget,
establishing the operating standards of ABCC and securing our department heads in Food &
Beverage, Accounting and Fitness. We are fortunate to report to you that we have Melissa
Bryan as our Membership Director, Spencer Brown as Head Golf Professional and Reb Phillips
as Head Tennis Professional. All have done a great job in working through the construction
of the new Atlantic Beach Country Club as we prepare for our Grand Opening!
Ed Tucker
General Manager
Hole four approach shot
Hole 12 par three
Hole 13 par four
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Member Golf Tournaments
Atlantic Beach Country Club will pride itself on hosting and running first class golf tournaments. Please see the future tournament schedule
below: (Dates TBD.)
Men’s Member-Guest Tournament
The tournament committee, golf committee, members, and staff of Atlantic Beach Country Club recognize this tournament as the PREMIERE
event at our club. We take the opportunity to showcase our club and course for 3 days of golf, fun, and much more.
The field is set at sixty teams consisting of one ABCC Member and a Guest. Each team will play one nine-hole match with the other teams in
their flight, making five matches total. The team with the highest point total in each flight will be declared the “Flight Champion” and play in
the Shoot-Out to determine the Member-Guest Champion.
Bob Meeker Invitational
This tournament had its beginnings in 1961 and now hosts one of the best competitive fields in Northeast Florida. The tournament began as
Selva Marina Country Club Men’s Invitational and in 1997 the name was changed to honor long-time club member Bob Meeker, who shot his
age over 225 times.
This year will mark the 54th year of the event and will be the FIRST year it will be competed on the NEW Championship Golf Course at Atlantic
Beach Country Club.
The Bob Meeker Invitational is an invitation only event primarily for elite amateur players and ABCC members of all handicaps – not just low
handicap players. Divisions you can select to compete in: Championship, Men’s Flights, Senior Men’s Championship, or Senior Men’s Flights.
Club Championship
A true test of golf with a 36-Hole Stroke Play format to determine the elite golfers at Atlantic Beach Country Club. Members can compete any
of the 5 Divisions: Tee Gifts, Breakfast, Lunch, On-Course Prizes, and Flight Payouts are included.
• Championship • Men’s (49 and Under)
• Super Senior Men’s (70+)
• Senior Men’s (50-69) • Ladies
Men’s Member-Member Tournament
Sixty teams consisting of two ABCC Members compete over two days in a Best 1 of 2 ball format. Each team will play 18-holes with the other
teams in their flight and the best two day 36-hole score will win their flight. As with the Member-Guest Tournament, each flight winner will
compete in a Shoot-Out to determine the MemberMember Champion.
Atlantic Beach Country Club
Battle of the Beach
This is a team event with another private club on
“this side of the ditch”. A Ryder Cup format and team
selection process will be used for this event.
*More details to come later.
Ask about our other Golf Events and Tournaments
ABCC Golfers in
the News!
Congratulations to ABCC
Ladies Summer Team
Play TEAM! The ladies
wrapped up their terrific
season of Summer Team
Erika Schneider, Bess Play by competing in the
Godfrey, and
Summer Team Pro Lady
Dobe Cooney
Golf Tournament at Marsh
Landing Country Club on Monday, August
25th. The team shot 128 to finish tied for 1st
place, but lost in a scorecard playoff to end up
in 2nd Place. Our PGA Head Golf Professional,
Spencer Brown, won the Professional division by
shooting a score of 3 under par 69.
Summer Golf Tournament
On Wednesday, August 19th, our members
competed in our monthly Golf Reciprocal
Tournament at The Golf Club at The Plantation
at Ponte Vedra. The course was in great shape and
we were treated to a fun day of golf.
Congratulations to Greg Bolton for shooting a Net score of 66 to win.
A special THANK YOU goes out to the great staff at The Plantation at
Ponte Vedra for making our members feel right at home!
Results:
Individual… Net
(Merchandise Credit)
1st Greg Bolton
66
2nd Charlie Murray 72
Closest to Pin ~
Hole #7-Don Peters
Hole #16-George Mellman
Meg Bolton - Raffle Winner
Charlie Murray, Bob Pohl,
and Don Peters
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Golf Programs
Game-Arranging
Atlantic Beach Country Club will not only be
known for its highly acclaimed golf course,
but also for its unique variety of golfing
groups. Whether you’re a beginner or a
PGA Tour player, the professional golf staff
will help each member find the right group
to play with. Let our staff know when you
would like to play and leave the rest of the
arrangements to us.
Programs
The golf programs at Atlantic Beach Country
Club will offer a very balanced level of activity
with men’s, women’s, junior and mixed
friendly competitions. Our golf professional
teaching staff will be available for all levels of
instruction, club fitting and video analysis for
the enjoyment of the game.
Instruction Programs
Whether you’re a beginner or a scratch golfer,
PGA Head Golf Professional, Spencer Brown
and his staff can provide you with skills to
achieve the maximum enjoyment in playing
the game of golf.
Junior Golf
Benefits of the ABCC Junior Golf Program:
• Children will gain a better understanding of
the game, including rules and etiquette.
• Children will learn to set goals and a plan to
reach them.
• Children will nurture a love for the game,
and possibly look forward to club
membership in the future
• HAVE FUN!
MEN and LADY GOLF CLINICS
• Driving, Iron, Short Game, and Putting Clinics
will be available throughout the year
•Clinics provide a fun environment to learn
new golf skills with fellow members in a
relaxed environment.
Rules of the game and on course
demonstrations
Attention Full Members:
As we get closer to the Club opening, we would like to remind you
of the Atlantic Beach Country Club Guest Policy that will be strictly
enforced on the golf course.
A Full Member may bring up to 3 guests on any day.
On weekends and holidays the Full Member is REQUIRED to play
with their guest. A Full Member is limited to three guests at any one
time, but if the member is unable to accompany his guest(s) for play
during the week, he must make prior arrangements with the Head
Golf Professional and pay the unaccompanied guest fee.
Guest privileges will be strictly limited to 4 times per year for
individual guests using golf, no matter whom they are a guest of.
These policies are in place to allow our members to have maximum
use of the Club and tee times. Please refer to the ABCC Rules and
Regulations for further details on our guest policy. You may also
contact Spencer Brown at [email protected]
if you have further questions.
Private Cart Policy
Regarding our Private Cart program, the Club has decided not to
allow the use of private carts for the first year of course grow-in.
Future consideration of private cart course usage will include the
following: (1) impact of allowing street legal carts on turf, (2) liability
for Club, (3) fee schedule for use on course, (4) specifications for
Private Carts, (5) other considerations.
Golf Pool Results
We would like to thank everyone who has participated in our Golf Pools
for the Major Golf Tournaments in 2014 exclusively for Atlantic Beach
Country Club. Congratulations to all our winners! The PGA CHAMPIONSHIP Results
1st Place- BRENT ROGERS- $200 Merchandise Credit
2nd Place- DAVE PHILLIPS- $100 Merchandise Credit
T3rd Place – BRAD GRAVES- $25 Merchandise Credit
T3rd Place - Patrick McElhaney - $25 Merchandise Credit
Atlantic Beach Country Club
Golf Reciprocal Event Calendar
Join us each month for Golf, Fun, and Prizes!
Please note that each event will have limited space available
SEPTEMBER
Sunday, September 14, 2014
1:00 P.M. Shotgun Start
OCTOBER
Friday, October 10, 2014
8:00 a.m. Departure
*Limited to 24 Players*
*Limited to 24 Players*
• Rules clinics are a great way to increase your
knowledge of the game of golf.
• On-Course demonstrations will provide valuable
insight to course management during a round of
golf.
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Atlantic Beach Country Club Tennis News
Match season has begun! We have limited match play at the Woods throughout the Fall
that will slightly impact court availability. REB will give advance warning in the event of
a court crunch, but on home match days we will have to work together. Please see home
match dates under the “Team Schedule” section of the newsletter.
There will only be one court open between 9-11am on the Wednesday’s that the Country
Club B Women are at home. We know that we can all work together on this and, when Fall
temperatures arrive, starting a little later will be much easier. Thank you in advance for your
understanding and flexibility.
Self proclaimed tennis addict, Rob
McFaul, and the heart of the Men’s
Senior Crew, Ron Poppell & Peter Sapia
For more information regarding teams, please contact REB Phillips at 514-0569 or via email
at [email protected].
Team Home Match Schedules:
Courts will be busy at these times,
reservations required.
• Working Women Saturdays at 1:00pm:
9/6, 9/13, 9/20, 9/27, 10/4, 10/11, 10/25,
11/8, 11/15, 12/6
• First Coast Tuesdays at 9:00am : 9/30,
10/28, 12/9, 12/16
• Country Club B Wednesdays at 9:00am:
9/3, 9/10, 10/15, 10/29, 12/3, 12/17
Junior Match Play and Team Options
Daily and Weekly Lessons:
• Try Tennis: Lessons for new or beginning
players on Saturdays from 9-10am
• Tuesday A Ladies (invitation only):
9-11:00am
• Thursday Co-Ed Clinic B/C level:
9-10:30am ($15 per class)
• Working Women B Team: Tuesday from
6-7:00pm ($10 per class)
• Working Women C Team: Thursday
from 6:30-7:30pm ($10 per class)
• Tuesday First Coast C Team: Thursday
from 9-10:30pm ($15 per class)
• Men’s Night Clinic with play after –
Wednesdays from 6-7:30pm ($20 per class)
Team Tennis Tournament: October 11th12th at Amelia Island Tennis Resort. REB
sets the teams based on age and ability
level.
Junior After School Programs:
We currently have over 30 juniors ages 4
to 16 actively participating in our Junior
Programs! Please let us know if you would
like to get involved.
• 8 and under – Wednesdays from 4-5:00pm
and Saturdays at 10am
• 10’s Orange Ball – Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 4-5:00pm and Saturdays at 11:00am
• 10’s Green Dot – Tuesdays, Wednesdays
and Thursdays from 5-6:00pm and
Saturdays at 12:00pm
• 11 and over – Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and
Thursdays from 5-6:00pm and Saturdays at
12:00pm
Team Tennis Challenges will be held on
Saturday, September 6th at San Jose
Country Club, Saturday, October 25th at
Julington Creek and Saturday, November
15th at Eagle Harbor. Cost is $25 per event.
Play is open to any Juniors participating in
the ABCC/Woods Junior Program. REB sets
the teams based on age and ability level.
Junior Team Friday League will begin on
September 26th. Teams encompass all ages
and ability levels. Matches are Friday at
4:30pm and 5:00pm and the season runs
approximately 8 weeks. Cost is $36 for the
8 week season. Play is open to any Junior
participating in the ABCC/Woods Junior
Program
Please let REB know if you want to
participate in any of these match play
opportunities.
Tennis Court Hours:
• Courts open daily at 8am.
• Courts closed daily from 1-3pm for
grooming and water.
• Please call or text REB to reserve at
904-514-0569.
Additional Play Opportunities and Round
Robins:
• Senior Men’s Round Robin Wednesdays,
Fridays and Saturdays at 9am
• Saturday 3.0-3.5 co-ed round robin
from 9-11am.
Contact is Diane Bach.
Congratulations Women’s Division 2
Tri—Level Champions! From l-r: Becky
Rosa, Bridgett Boyarovsky, Alison
Garcia, REB Phillips, Carolyn Woods,
Amy Burdette, and Alla
Doug Moody, Rob McFaul, REB Phillips,
Todd Lewis and Terry Whitehead
Margie Mears and Mary Reed
at tennis camp
Kat Perlmutter, Ron Lague, Cynthia
Coleman, Jessica Hall and REB Phillips
Tracey Hawes, Linda Hould and Mary
Jenkins enjoying tennis camp
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Sea Turtle Adventures in Atlantic Beach
Having been a member of the Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol
for many years, I have been treated to a variety of
interesting experiences with Sea Turtles. Recently, as I
was patrolling before dawn in Atlantic Beach, I saw
something extraordinary. ONE set of Loggerhead tracks!
Usually one sees two sets of tracks, one incoming and
one returning. This Loggerhead mother was still up on
the beach, laying her eggs in the egg chamber she had
just dug with her rear flippers. When all of her eggs,
about 100, were deposited, she packed the sand over the
nest with her rear flippers, and then used her front flippers to throw sand all over the nesting area. Then she
headed back to the sea, hauling her heavy body across the sand and into the ocean where once again she will “fly”
through her watery home. The tears she shed as she left her nest were not for the kids she left behind in the sand.
Extra salt exits her body in this fashion. The children will emerge in a couple of months. Male hatchlings never
return to the shore, and the females won’t be ready for motherhood until they are in their mid-twenties. They will
likely return to the same general area from which they scrambled into the ocean so long ago.
The Sea Turtle season in our area runs from May through October. Beachfront lighting must be off or shielded
during these months, and flashlights should not be used on the beach. Sea Turtles love the dark! Holes on the
beach are great hazards for both mother turtles and the hatchlings. Please fill in all holes. If you see any adult
turtles or hatchlings in jeopardy on the seashore, please call the Beaches Sea Turtle Patrol at (904)613-6081. Stray
hatchlings should be placed in a small bucket with 1-2” of slightly moist sand and covered lightly with a cloth. Call
the BSTP immediately for retrieval. Do not try to put hatchlings or adult turtles in the ocean.
For additional information, check out our website at www.bstp.net.
Maureen Buik
Atlantic Island Images
Neptune Beach, Florida
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Welcome New Members
ABCC would like to welcome all of our new Members. Thank you to their Sponsor Members who are listed here.
Member Name
Sponsored By:
The Shepherd Family
Lucyle Ballentine
The Staar Family
The Cipriani Family
John and Melissa Stimler
Tom and Lynn Shouvlin
Bob and Sarah VanCleve
Steven and Vickie Graybeal
Philip and Mary Parry
Lorie Hartley and Paul Brown
The DiVita Family
The Benson Family
The Tyrrell Family
The Curtain Family
Michael Broll and Marrissa Mendenhall
The Marcroft Family
Nicholas and Lauren Comerford
The Diaz Family
The Cashman Family
Jan and Nancy Bergstrom
Charles Hymen and Janet Healy
Joseph and Janet Lambert
The Getsy Family
Kevin and Patti Foy
Ted and Katie Clayton
The Kinkel Family
Jim Smith, Laura Sullivan and Family
Janet Pellicciotti and Susan Barrett
The Caudell Family
Chris Margolin, Jessica Dumas and Family
Matt Crowley, Mary Jane Culhane and Family
The Burnett Family
Jeff and Mary Edgar
Tom and Judy Coughlin
The Yorko Family
Theresa Hazel
The Severt Family
Craig and Sonia Jeup and Jesse Nardy
Neil Dixon
Jim and Carla Marlier
The Burns Family
The Dukes Family
The Brennan Family
Brian and Caroline Davis and Henrietta Hardmen
Tim and Kelley Strong
Ted and Lauren Rueger
Mike and Heather King
Mike and Heather King
Frank and Susan Mariani
Kirk and Bonnie Hansen
Michael and Kory Graybeal
Tim and Kelley Strong
Alan Gasparovic
Clark and Courtney Heavener
Mike and Heather King
Hickory and Shannon Delegal
Ted and Lauren Rueger
Tom Degiovanni
Tom Degiovanni
Tim and Kelley Strong
Alan and Kari Ferguson
Kirk and Bonnie Hansen
Bob and Donna Cappock
Mike and Heather King
Terry and Dori Whitehead
Buff and Brenna Rastrelli
Tim and Kelley Strong
Ted and Lauren Rueger
Alan and Kari Ferguson
Kelly and Lee Elmore
Tim and Kelley Strong
Jim and Murray Benz
Tim and Lauren Fitzgerald
John and Mary Meserve
Mike and Heather King
Alan and Denise Ennis
Christopher and Keli Joyce
Tim and Kelley Strong
Chip and Ashley Greene
Mike and Kory Graybeal
Phil Mak
Jeff and Mary Edgar
Gary Siverfield
Alan and Kari Ferguson
Tom and Aline King
Pat and Claire Brennan
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