Membership - Indian Ridge Country Club

SPRING 2015
Stunning Aerial Videos of Our Two Magnificent Golf Courses - Breathtaking!
Enjoy the stunning aerial videos of our two magnificent Arnold Palmer Signature golf courses on both the private
and public side of our Member website! Send the link to family and friends for their enjoyment or share the video
post from Facebook! The final installment to the videos will feature our Performance Center, beauful Pool
Complex, and our signature waterfall at the entrance to the main Clubhouse.
36 Hole Green Replacement Project Completed!
We are proud to announce the compleon of a significant project - replacing all 36 of our greens to a very
transion-friendly Tif Dwarf. The project, spanning four summers, will be completed this summer with the
transion of the final 9 greens on the backside of the Arroyo Course beginning in early June.
Indian Ridge Travel Club - The Danube-Rhine in 2015 & Venice in 2016
Our 2015 Travel Club has 68 members set to enjoy a 14-day River
Cruise in September on a new, luxury ship with UniWorld on the Rhine
and Danube from Amsterdam to Budapest. Some members will visit
Prague or other cies on their return trip while others start in Paris
prior to the sailing. 2016 features an ocean cruise in September on a
new Regent Seven Seas ship from Rome to the Amalfi & Dalmaan
Coast finishing in Venice. Join us!
FROM THE PR ESIDENT
With the 2014 – 15 season winding
down at Indian Ridge, I believe we
have had one of our best seasons yet.
The Club has connued to grow its
membership while maintaining a
strong financial posion.
Our theme this year was to ‘enhance
the membership experience.’ I trust
that you were able to experience
first-hand the number of acons
taken to make IRCC more enjoyable.
Unquesonably, IRCC has to be one of the busiest Clubs in the
Coachella Valley.
Our appreciaon goes out to our Members who supported the
numerous events and acvies at the Club. We are fortunate to
have such a terrific group of people.
Also, I must thank our superb staff for the outstanding job they
did this year. Without their efforts, our Club could not funcon
at such a high quality level.
It is our Members, facilies, staff, acvies, events and services
that truly make Indian Ridge the ‘best all-around Club in the
Coachella Valley.’
Enjoy the summer months and we look forward to a great new
season in 2015 – 16!
Beatlemania Live!
Our 4th annual Concert on the Green was
the consensus best ever! “Beatlemania
Live!” was spot on in their tribute to the
Fab Four in costume, mannerisms, banter,
vocals and as talented musicians. Over
500 members enjoyed a perfect evening
on our Driving Range with picturesque
mountains as a wonderful backdrop and
Beatles-inspired decoraons and food.
Gary C. Gray
President
IRCC Board of Directors
Bury the Tomahawk –
One of the Final Golf Events
of the Season
A Great Club with Great Golfers
A record high 14 Members posted a hole-in-one this season on either the Grove or Arroyo Courses! That is incredible!
To view all our Member Accomplishments on our Indian Ridge website, click here.
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Annual House Walk at Indian Ridge with Celebrity Interior Designer Jeff Lewis
Celebrity Designer Jeff Lewis filmed one of his
television shows at the Indian Ridge home of Judy and
Hank Friedman during our House Walk - Home
Makeover Series. The annual event features a fun day
of 300 Members vising showcased homes in Indian
Ridge to view the creave upgrades and interior
designs. The Home Walk concludes with cocktails and
hors d’oeuvres in our main Clubhouse and is followed
the next week with a Vendor Show. Great fun!!
Experience Indian Ridge
“Experience Indian Ridge” was a smashing success! This year’s event,
showcasing the Club to friends of Members who are prospecve
homebuyers, was held March 6, 7 & 8. Appropriately tled “Experience
Indian Ridge”, our 3-day event allowed parcipants to experience
first-hand the great amenies and acvies that make Indian Ridge such
a special place to live and play. Be sure to think of friends who may be
interested in considering an Indian Ridge home or
membership. Watch for the announcement of next
year’s dates. In the interim, contact Membership
Director Pat Macdonell at 760-772-7281 if someone
you know has an interest in our Club!
Community Day at Indian Ridge
Community Day is always a special day for us,
because we gather with many of the Country
Club’s homeowners, both Members and non-members. It is a day of golf, tennis, spa treatments, lunch and a chance for
our homeowners to experience the Club as a whole, no ma£er what level of membership they may or may not have.
What’s Happening Around the Ridge
Easter Egg Hunt & Champagne Brunch
Easter Sunday is always a popular day at the Club with over
400 enjoying our fabulous Champagne Brunch. Kids enjoyed
the Sunday morning with an Easter Egg Hunt that included a
bouncy house, face painng, balloon animals and a visit
from our friendly Easter Bunny who enchanted the children.
Facebook – Social Media Classes
Our new Facebook classes were a hit! Several complimentary classes were offered this
season for Members to learn how to enjoy Facebook. More classes are scheduled for next
season and will include Twier and Instagram. Don’t forget to join us on Facebook,
Twier & Instagram to view event photos, Member updates & more!
Facebook.com/indianridgecc | Twier.com/indianridgecc | Instagram.com/indianridgecountryclub
Tennis Clinic with Hall of Famer Mark Woodforde
Each year the Club features a complimentary tennis
clinic for Members during the world class BNP Paribas
Tennis Event. This year’s celebrity players were Mark
Woodforde, winner of 61 Double Titles and 11 Grand
Slams, Tennis Hall of Famer and World Doubles #1 for
84 weeks! Joining Mark was Indian Ridge Member
and resident Rosie Casals, winner of 90 Tournament
Titles, 9 Grand Slams and Tennis Hall of Famer!
First Annual Indian Ridge Variety Show – A Smash Hit!
Indian Ridge featured some of its Member talent in our First
Annual Variety Show. The event included comedians, singers,
dancers, musicians and performed to a packed house and
numerous “standing O’s.” Next year’s event is already being
planned. Thank you to all the organizing commiee and
performers and special thanks to event visionary – Sandy Sapa.
Cycling Club Rides Tour of Palm Springs
The Indian Ridge Cycling Club concludes its season in April
and looks forward to summer rides with Members when
they are in Palm Desert. Highlights this season included
weekly Sunday rides and several of our cyclists riding in the
Tour of Palm Springs – from distances of 25, 55 and 100
miles! Congratulaons to our Indian Ridge Cycling Club.
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Indian Ridge Dog Show & Dog Park
It was a fun-filled aernoon, as Members ventured from our wonderful Indian Ridge
Dog Park, Rover’s Ridge, to our Croquet & Bocce Ball Courts to hold a Dog Show &
Parade. Owners, pets, and even judges were dressed in costume for the occasion.
Awards were for Best Costume, Best Dog-Owner Pair, and Best in Show for small,
medium and large dog categories! Both dogs and owners enjoyed this unique event.
The Indian Ridge Motorcycle Club Travels
Southern California
Our Motorcycle Club experienced 5 fun rides
this season: Big Bear, Joshua Tree, Lake Elsinore,
Julian, and Borrego Springs, led by Tennis Director Randy Berg. Great fun!
End of Season Party and Slideshow are a Huge Success!
Our season wrapped up on a beauful night, with a full moon, on our
Croquet Lawns with over 340 Members enjoying the End of Season
Party. Chef Jim and his culinary team created an incredible menu! Members enjoyed a fun slideshow of season event highlights on our large
outdoor screen and then danced the night away to the high energy band
- “Party Quake.” It was a fing end to a great season.
Social Bridge at The Ridge
Looking for fun, social bridge events? Join us for Social Bridge at the Ridge! This
year, we offered 4 Social Bridge nights where Members enjoyed an evening of
cards, cocktails and appezers. Formats ranged from Chicago scoring, to social or
duplicate bridge, based on ability levels. Member Services Manager Sheri Wilson
organized the events and renowned bridge instructor Mick Riccio facilitated play.
More Social Bridge events are planned for next season. The fun has just begun!
New Member & Young Member Mixers
Fun themes were the order of the day for this year’s New
Member and Young Member Mixers! Themes ranged from golf
events to wine tasngs and an Oscar party. New and Young
Members enjoyed the camaraderie as they formed new
friendships at one of the best Clubs in the Desert.
A Full Calendar of Social Events
There is always something to do at Indian Ridge! Our season calendar is packed with social events, golf & tennis
tournaments, hikes, rides, dance lessons, mixers, themed dinners, discussion groups, book clubs, pares and so
much more. We are currently preparing our 2015 - 2016 calendar, which promises to be another evenul season.
Our calendar is just the p of the iceberg... it is the relaonships and memories that truly sets Indian Ridge apart as
a special place to live and play!
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Enhancements at The Club
Our New Golf Performance Center
Receives Final Touches
The Indian Ridge Golf Performance
Center has been an amazing addion to
our golf facilies this season.
Overwhelmingly popular and beneficial
to improving your golf performance, the
new signage and logo have been
mounted, adding final touches to an
outstanding Member benefit.
New Strength Equipment Arrives this Summer!
To complement the acquision of our new cardio equipment last year - treadmills,
ellipcals, recumbent bikes and spin bikes - we will be receiving a full complement
of strength equipment to replace our exisng equipment this summer. The new
equipment has a beauful custom finish and will be a striking upgrade for our
Members’ enjoyment and to enhance our state-of-the-art fitness facility.
Plans to Expand our Health & Fitness Center
With the success of our membership programs and the fitness levels of our acve Members, it has become apparent
that we may need to increase the size of our workout facilies at the Health & Fitness Center in the near future. The
Board has approved the development of plans to expand the Gym, add an addion to the Aerobic Studio to
accommodate a private Spin Class room, and update the look and feel of our Concierge Desk. We have also idenfied
the addional equipment needs, which include the latest in exercise concepts. An arst rendering will be developed
for members review at the appropriate me.
Spa Services & Personal Training Connue to Increase
We are fortunate to have such a wide array of amenies offered at Indian
Ridge! Members connue to increase their ulizaon of our Full Day Spa
Services and Personal Training, which have increased “double digits” over an
already very acve prior year! Facials, massage, hair and nail services have
enjoyed a significant increase in services due to the quality of our staff and
facilies. Call The Spa at the Ridge or the Health & Fitness Center to book
your services today or schedule a personal training assessment!
Kitchen “Opmizaon” Study Complete
Our goal for “never ending improvement in all areas” connues, as does the increase in Member dining with our
well-received Bar Menu in our beauful, signature Bar, al fresco dining on the popular Palmer Pao and upscale
dining in the Ridge Room. In April, we engaged a Kitchen Efficiency Consultant to make recommendaons to
opmize our kitchen equipment and layout, producon flow, operaonal efficiencies and “best pracces” so we can
beer accommodate the increase in our business levels and connue to improve on Members’ expectaons of
quality and variety. We are excited to communicate more informaon as it becomes available.
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Charitable Events
Indian Ridge Raises $450,000 for Desert Cancer Foundaon
Indian Ridge was once again proud to host the annual charity event
for the Desert Cancer Foundaon. Now in its 21st year, the Round for
Life Gala and Tournament raised $450,000 to assist local residents in
obtaining screening, diagnosis and treatment for cancer. Baseball
Hall of Famer Johnny Bench joined us as the celebrity emcee for
Sunday’s Gala. New this year was the addion of a women’s 9 & 18
hole golf event - Bale Against Breast Cancer - held the day aer the
Men’s Pro/Am Golf Tournament.
The Foundaon receives 6:1 rao of medical services to donaons, so
this year’s $450,000 donaon represents $2.7M in medical services!
Indian Ridge Hosts Tennis Pro / Am Event Benefiƒng
Junior Tennis
Indian Ridge, along with Indian Ridge Resident & Member Rosie
Casals, winner of 9 Grand Slam events and Tennis Hall of Famer,
hosted a Tennis Pro / Am Event benefing junior tennis in the
Coachella Valley. The event honored long-me Tennis Pro and
junior advocate Jackie Cooper through Variety – The Children’s
Charity. It was an entertaining day of round robin tennis, lunch,
goody bags, prizes and a doubles shoot-out.
Honoring Great Staff
Staff Honored for Years of Service and Food & Beverage Team for Excellence
Staff and Members honored fieen longme employees at our Members Year End
Meeng. They were presented with beauful plaques for their years of service,
dedicaon and success at Indian Ridge, ranging 10 to 22 years. Honored staff included
Golf Professionals, Locker Aendants, Outside Service, Servers, Cooks and Tennis
staff. Addionally, the senior staff in our Food & Beverage department was recognized
for their exemplary service this season. Receiving gold STARS were Execuve Chef Jim
McNeill, Food & Beverage Director John Snicale, Sous Chefs Greg McMillian and Angel
Hernandez, Chef de Cuisine Esbin Arenas, Assistant F&B Managers Paul Faulkner and
Phillip Dryden, and Special Events Manager Gloria Renteria.
Reeve Krikke – PGA Desert Chapter “Player of the Year”
Indian Ridge 1st Assistant PGA Golf Professional Reeve Krikke was honored with the PGA
Desert Chapter’s Player of the Year Award! Reeve won the Desert Chapter’s Assistant
Championship and the 2015 Desert Chapter Match Play Championship. He also finished
4th Desert Chapter Championship, all in 2015.
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Membership
Memberships Registered to Indian Ridge Homes
Effecve October 1, 2015 all Indian Ridge Country Club
Golf, Club or Social Members will have their
memberships registered to their homes. This important
measure will ensure that the future buyer of registered
homes will have the ability to join Indian Ridge as either
a Club or a Golf Member. Social membership sales were disconnued March 1, 2014.
A homeowner without a membership registered to their home will not have the opon
to join the Club aœer October 1st, unless they choose to apply for Golf Membership and
there are golf memberships available. For more details or to place your applicaon for
Club Membership before September 30, 2015, please contact Membership Director
Pat Macdonell at (760) 772-7281.
Indian Ridge On-Site Sales Connues to Benefit Home Sellers, Buyers & Members
Indian Ridge On-Site Sales connues it success in
our local real estate market within our community.
Their strength is knowledge of the community and
real estate market, their ability to show any home
from the comfort of their office at the Club, access
any home any day without waing for Saturday
Open Houses, and their knowledge of our
membership offerings and proximity to
Membership Director Pat Macdonell for tours and informaon. Their early success and
lease arrangement has already fully offset the expense of construcon and equipment
for the On-Site Office nearly a year early. Their close relaonships with Members and
membership efforts connue to benefit new home buyers, prospecve IRCC Members,
and owners choosing to sell their homes.
Seasonal Membership Opportunies
Indian Ridge Country Club provides two special programs that have been very successful
for potenal members to experience the Club for one season as they search for their
perfect Indian Ridge home! A Single Season Introducon or Prospecve Member
Access will allow prospecve members full access to either Club or Golf membership
privileges. Membership Director Pat Macdonell can give you more details.
Hosng the 2015 California Senior Golf Championships
Indian Ridge was honored to host the 2015 California Senior Golf Championships held
on May 3rd, 4th, & 5th. California’s best golfers, age 50 and over, from both Northern
and Southern California competed for the state tle. The event has historically been
held at presgious clubs, including The Olympic Club last year.
INDIAN RIDGE COUNTRY CLUB
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Gary Gray
President
Jeff Pooley
Vice President
Jack Kane
Treasurer
Jim Abelsen
Secretary
Brenda Katz
Ross Grabel
Tom Knapp
Mike Sacks
Carl Neun
KEY STAFF
Hall Wade
GM/COO
Pat Macdonell
Membership Director
Sheri Wilson
Member Services Manager
Steve Seils
Director of Golf Course Maintenance
Charlie Peterson
Head Golf Professional
Jim McNeill
Execuve Chef
John Snicale
Food & Beverage Director
Paul Faulkner
Food & Beverage Manager
Phillip Dryden
Dining Room Manager
Gloria Renteria
Special Events Manager
Chanel Perez
Health & Fitness Director
Randy Berg
Tennis Director
Regina Casillas
Spa Manager
Ma€ Mauri
Lead Trainer
Linda Granillo
Markeng Manager
Deana Colman
Human Resources Manager
Igor Vratney
Director of Engineering
Sarah Stricker
Administrave Assistant
Chris Alcorn
Controller
www.indianridgecc.com