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 Manson Golf & Country Club

 1500 Country Club Lane

 Manson, Iowa 50563

 712-469-3996

 golfmanson@gmail.com

 

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Country Club Corner

March Edition

By Randy Besch - Published in the Calhoun County Journal-Herald

 

Let me first state that I have never been so jealous of those of you that spent some quality time down South this year, regardless of where it was at. 

Old man winter was viciously awakened last fall and has produced one of our longest winters in recent history.  We are all usually looking forward to the opening of the clubhouse, but it seems much more so this year. 

 

This is hopefully setting the stage for a very successful opening spring party at the clubhouse this Saturday.  A potluck meal will begin around 6:00 p.m.

with maid-rites provided by the clubhouse.  Happy hour will commence at 5:00 p.m.  Later on in the evening we will be entertained by GT Karaoke and anyone brave enough to display there Karaoke Idol abilities. Gary also plays a lot of good dance music aside from the karaoke.  As you may have seen posted on the sign by NAPA, EVERYONE is invited to this event.  You do not have to be a member to come on out to the clubhouse and enjoy the fun. This is true for not only that night but anytime the clubhouse is open.  However, those that do become members that evening will be eligible for door prizes to be drawn that night.  As has been in the past, all new members receive a 50% discount on the first years membership. 

 

I would like to welcome two new board members this year.  They are Doug Abens and Rusty Caquelin.  The newly elected president for the 2008 season is Brett Bianchi.  Patsy Sick and Donna Kirkhart are back to manage the clubhouse and Jeff Laughlin returns for his third season as greens-keeper.  We urge you all to check out our web site at www.golfmanson.com.  We are very fortunate to have fellow board member George Lawman continue to evolve the site initially created by past board member Steve Pelz. On that site you will find information on the course, a current events calendar, tournament listing, league information and many other items of interest.

 

One last item to note involves league.  Last year we changed up the format and went to a two person team league.  This year we are going to take it a step further and make it a two person best shot.  Best shots have long been popular at the course for tournaments and it seemed logical to carry on with that. 

This should speed up play on league night and also make it much less intimidating for the higher handicap golfers.  One of the important changes taking place is that there will not be a schedule of teams to play.  Instead, all teams will battle for points each league night based on where they place among all the teams that compete that particular night.  This will still be a handicapped league and we should be able to implement a league tournament in August as has been custom in past years of play.  We still have some wrinkles to iron out as to whether each team will be allowed to have a sub or not.

Since all teams are simply playing for points each week, it is not as critical to be there each and every week since a scheduled match would not be taking place.

 

Hopefully some additional information will be posted in the clubhouse by the party this weekend.  We look forward to seeing all of our friends on Saturday.  Even if you have something going on earlier in the evening, it is never too late to make it out for this event.

 

Designed by George Lawman