Fall Course Work—# 3 Green: Chip Lafferty: Superintendent

Greens Update

We have had trouble with number 3 green for quite

sometime and feel it is time to really address all the

issues with this green to finally get a playing surface

we have all grown to expect here at Rye Golf Club.

Number 3 suffers due to three main issues, its rela-

tively small size and lack of traffic patterns, poor

sunlight and air circulation and finally the accumula-

tion of organic matter near the surface which is ex-

acerbated by the above mentioned problems. We

started the process this past Monday by removing

several trees between 3 green, 4 tee, 6 tee and 5

green to address the sunlight and air flow. To fix the

other problems we will strip the entire surface of the

green off which will eliminate the built up organic

matter in the top inch of the surface and amend the

surface with the same sand we used in the internal

drain lines installed last year. This will make the

drains work better and get the surface water to the

drain lines quicker. We will then re-contour the exist-

ing surface to improve the surface water drainage

and incorporate the adjacent areas into the new

greens surface, making the green bigger with more

“cuppable “ hole locations. The new surface will

extend back a few feet towards the tee and out on

the right side a few feet, making the whole green

completely visible from the tee. The outside edges

towards the back mainly will be softened to allow

for easy entrance and exit from the surface to in-

crease the traffic patterns both on and off the

green. Once all of these steps are taken, the new

green and adjacent disturbed areas will be re-

sodded and remain closed the remainder of the

season to allow for complete knitting and rooting of

new sod. By addressing all of the factors that con-

tribute to this green’s difficulties, we can begin a

new era of 3 green being one of our best surfaces

and not the one that holds us back.

I hope everyone is enjoying the lovely weather we are experiencing this fall and takes advantage by

coming out to the club to play a few holes and enjoy the company of fellow members. We have many

exciting improvements planned for later this fall that I would like to try to explain to you.

The other projects we will be working on later

this fall is the DEC approval and completion of

master plan down on 7 green, 8tee, 8 green and

9 tee. The main focus will be to separate the

championship tee from the men’s tee on 8 and

rerouting the cart path behind the new men’s

tee. This work will increase the teeing space for

both men and women alike and change the an-

gle of play out to the 8th fairway and increase our

aesthetic views of Milton harbor and the boat

basin. On the 8th green we will remove the sand

contamination on the left bunker, reestablish

drainage in both bunkers and re-sod the entire

green complex to match the rest of the golf

course. Once this is finished we will install new

sand in both bunkers left and right too again

match the other bunkers on the course. The 9th

tee will remain in the same place, but will be re-

leveled and re-sodded to match the other tees

on the golf course with low cut blue grass. On

the 7th green, new drains will be installed in the

green to help in the spring and fall when this

green is very wet and the front left bunker will be

eliminated and the right bunker slightly realigned

to tie into the new 8th tee and 7th green together

with a fescue strip installed between the two for

separation and overall continuity with the rest of

the golf course. Once these are accomplished

new sod will be installed around the green creating a

new collar along with new rough sod to again match

the rest of the golf courses green surrounds.

Once we complete all of the above projects this fall a

few minor details will be address this spring before the

season starts, which will finally complete the original

golf course master plan that was put in place almost 10

years ago. I think everyone who remembers the course

before appreciates the work that has been accom-

plished but I will be the first to tell everyone, we have

only scratched the surface in improving Rye Golf Club

and many more improvements still need to be accom-

plished in the future to truly appreciate the potential

this beautiful little property has to offer. Thanks for your

continued understanding and patience and I look for-

ward to seeing you out there.

Fall Course Work — #7, #8, #9

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Tournament News

“A special

thanks to Mack

Cunningham

who donated

the new

American flag

which now flies

over Whitby

Castle.”

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Rye Golf Club kicked off the 2013 season with our traditional Opening Mixed Scramble event on April 28th. 104 players partici-pated. (See attached re-sults sheet) The winning team was helped out by a Hole –in-One by Rick Gere on the 14th hole!

The matches for the 1st round of the men’s Gover-nors Cup and Players Championships have been posted as of May 8th. First round matches MUST be completed by June 9th.

The Ladies Governors Cup and Players Championship

sign ups and match sched-ule have been posted. The sign up period ends on June 15th. Good luck to all competitors.

Upcoming Events:

The next two big events on our tournament calendar are the Men’s Member Guest on Monday June 10th and The Emmet Mixed Fa-thers Day Scramble on Sunday June 16th.

Call us in the golf shop for details.

For the ladies

Rye Golf club has success-

fully transitioned to a club that does not discriminate by gender in that all of the major championships held here are now held at the same time for both men and women.

We do, however, continue to host “ladies day” each Tuesday. The events are posted on the ladies tour-nament board with a new event each week. The events are fun, easy and a great way to get involved in competitive golf without a lot of stress. Call us in the golf shop for details.

1st Bill Black 61 6th Quinn Growcock 64Dean Cali Dennis CitarellaRick Gere (hole in one on 14) Bill KilleenKara Martin Ben Bubeck

2nd Jim Burnham 62 7th Bob Groglio 64Ben O’Brien Bob FinnBill Maurer Linda KohlaschBrian Morrissey Jim Hughes

3rd Paul Shainberg 63 8th Glen Coben 65Mike Wing Spencer ShawBob Kaplan Peter RumackSheelah Black Martin Randall

4th John Castiglia 63 9th Al Vitiello 65Mike Visci Jim WhittemoreRick Keifer Nora HansonLeo Farrenkopf Jack Geoghegan

5th Bob Ancowitz 64Barney FoltmanKen HaldensteinDavid Teitler

2013 Mixed Opening Day Scramble

Long Drive MenRafael Rizo-Patron & Joanne OrnsteinClosest to Pin Rick Gere & Adrienne Belluscio

1st Akhil Kumar, Peter Bisceglia 144 1st Angela Giorgi, Joann Ornstein 168

2nd Francis Sevean, Richard Seid 148 2nd Angela Sposato, Linda Kohlasch 1713rd John Onelli, Ralph Cosentino 149

1st Bob Finn, Paul Shainberg 126 1st

Pam Santucci, Amy Marconi 137

2nd Peter Canepa, Mark Granito 133 2nd Sherry Hennigan, Michele Reeves 1423rd John Castiglia, Rick Ciraco 134

Champions - Men2103 Member / Memeber

Champions - WomenGross

Net

Old Glory standing stiffly, crimson, white and indigo

Opening Day Scramble -where friendships were re-united and new ones begun

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Green Maintenance

We just completed Dry-jecting the greens followed by Planet-aire, both processes work to improve the soils physical proper-ties. These practices used together have a synergistic affect on the soil profile and turf and are relatively non- disruptive to the putting surface, but at the same time are very beneficial for the turf plants growing on the greens. This deep verti-cutting overtime creates a finer leaf blade on the surface and greater turf density, which translate into a better playing sur-face after continuous use. We have been using this machine for two seasons and are already seeing the results of this critical program. Our next aeration with top dressing is scheduled for June 17.

Plantings

We have planted 36 evergreens through-out the property to replace storm dam-aged trees and help to screen some of

the more unsightly areas of the property. Additionally, with this we have re-soded around the entire pool deck and volley ball court and planted all the annual flow-ers at both the castle and pool entrance.

We have more beautification in the works for the parking lot area and around the pro shop and administration building. This will be accomplished with Knock out roses and periwinkles both are perennials and will give us lasting blooms through-out the season without the continued cost of buying annuals every year

Course projects

Looking forward we plan on paving the switch back cart paths on 5 and 18 with binder coat to solidify those paths for now until we can pave them and we are also planning on splitting a great number of ornamental grasses to continue the grass theme down the Post Road on several mounds we had built earlier in the year .

“Course Work”: Chip Lafferty, RGC Superintendent

RGC April 2013 Newsletter

Rye Golf Club Commission John Duffy: Chairman/Tournament Pat Geoghagen: Marketing/Membership Chris O’Brien: Greens Angela Sposato: Tournament Frank Adamari: Greens TJ Hanson: Nomination Art Tiedemann: Pool Charley Davies: Finance Pat Dooley: Finance

Rye Golf Club Staff Jim Lopolito: Interim GM Chip Lafferty: Superintendent Mike Rapisarda: Golf Pro

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The Snack Bar is opening Saturday and Sunday for Memorial Day Week-end. On Monday, May 27th we will have a DJ for entertainment and a blowup ride available. The picture here shows a few of our new staff al-ready working the side window of the Snack Bar. From left to right: Aurora, Jocelyn, Laura, and in the back your new Snack Bar Supervisor, Jack Em-bree, Jack recently worked at Yankee Stadium helping to run their conces-sions, and he feels confident that his experience will help drive a great year. Please welcome Jack and all new staff that will be working in a around the Snack Bar.

And for 2013, purchases made at the snack bar and halfway house goes toward meeting your restaurant minimum.

Snack Bar Opens: Jim Lopolito Interim GM

RGC Commission members will be cooking your burgers to order on Saturday, May 24 between 10:00 and 2:00! Buy your lunch here and let us know how we're doing.

Let’s give a big welcome to our new members!

Look for the

new and

improved

RGC website

coming

shortly with

improved

member

features

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I hope you like it well done?

Oh -those dreaded red pin placements