Golf

Tipster Editorial Co-chair Karla Erdahl 480-205-1931 karrd.9@gmail.com Co-chair Karen Koopmans 520-818-6337 skkoops@gmail.com

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Director of Golf - Rick Price rprice@theviewsgolfclub.com 520-917-8086

It will be another exciting season this year, and we look forward to serving your golfing needs. We hope you had a wonderful holiday season and a happy new year. This month we host the Oro Valley Senior Championship on January 7 and 8. The event will draw some of the finest players around the southwest. There are two divisions to the tournament, with the championship division playing gross only and the regular division playing gross and net with a maximum handicap of 10.

On Saturday, January 21, from 10 AM-3 PM, we will conduct our annual Helicopter Ball Drop along with a demo club fitting day. We will provide a great barbeque with music and fun. The following golf club companies will be in attendance for you to try out their new equipment: Titleist, Taylor Made, Cobra, Srixon, Cleveland, and XXIO.

The Helicopter Ball Drop is a 50/50 fundraiser for the men’s and women’s golf associations. To participate, you purchase a golf ball(s). The cost is $10 per ball/3 balls for $25, 7 balls for $50, and 15 balls for $100. The golf balls will be dropped from the helicopter at approximately 1 PM during the event on Saturday, January 21, at The Views Golf Club Driving Range.

You can purchase a golf ball(s) anytime up until 5 PM Friday, January 20, in the Pro Shop or online. The three balls closest to the hole win. After distribution of the 50/50 split, first place receives 50% of the prize fund, second place 30% and third 20%. The total number of balls sold will determine the prize fund distribution.

If we can assist you with any of your golfing needs, please do not hesitate to ask. Thank you for enjoying all the activities at the club, and we look forward to having you play soon. Director of Golf Maintenance - Michael Kropf scvgolf@suncityorovalley.com 520-917-8063

Happy New Year! January is the time of year when the normal activities in the golf course maintenance department really slow down. The cooler temperatures decrease the growth rate of the grass, so the amount of turf maintenance is reduced. Less fertilizer, water and mowing are required for maintaining good turf health. This allows our department to catch up on other areas of the golf course that we don’t get to spend a lot of time on during the rest of the year.

Several years ago, we started root pruning around tee complexes with our trencher. The turf on some of the tees struggles with transition in the early summer due to heavy golfer traffic, limited sun from trees and tree roots growing under the turf which compete with the grass roots for water and nutrients. The branches are continually trimmed over, but the roots aren’t removed very often. The trencher cuts the tree roots outside the turf edge and all the roots under the tee are no longer able to compete with the grass.

The chronic wet areas around the new greens will be an ongoing project that will continue in the winter months. Since the new greens have extensive drainpipes leaving the greens, we are able to tie into these pipes to move water out of the wet areas. Some of the wet spots are areas that settled above the greens’ drains. In those areas the pipe is exposed, and a French drain of pea gravel and sand is used to replace the non-draining native soil. Golf Advisory Chair Kevin Devaney 708-732-2943 Sep.-May, first Wed., 2 PM, WC3

The Views 18-Hole Men’s Golf Club Pres. Rocky Gedrose 770-331-8281 mgedrose1@gmail.com Membership Dean Silverlock dsilverlock8@gmail.com Play Wed. AM

Happy New Year fellow golfers. It’s January, and The Views 18-Hole Men’s Golf Club is going full speed into the new year. Members who have not done so, renew your AGA GHIN and Views Golf Club memberships for the year. For all of you sitting on the fence, now is a great time to jump over to our side and join the Men’s 18-Hole Golf Club. Every week offers fun and friendly competition on our beautiful golf course. If you are interested, contact our membership chairman, Dean Silverlock, and he’ll take care of you. This month’s helpful tip: “There are two things you do with your head down–golf and pray.” –Lee Trevino Men’s Nine-Hole Golf Club Pres. Tod Milton 520-256-0962 theodore.r.milton@gmail.com Play Thu. morning

Wowzers it is 2023… when did that happen? Another year has flown by and we’re anxiously awaiting a whole bunch of new fun golf and grand memories. As you may have noticed, the course is in great shape and pretty as ever. Believe it or not, upwards of 70,000 rounds of golf were played here last year. With that in mind, it’s even more important that we all use the gates and stay off the resting Bermuda grass on the sides of the fairways. Additionally, it is important that when driving down fairways, #2 as an example, we stay away from driving down the middle of the fairway. When we use the same area of the fairway repeatedly, it compacts the grass and dirt beneath. Following this practice will keep our luscious fairways from dying off prematurely.

At our annual opening day Burger Bash, we awarded two members their hole-in-one awards. Congratulations to Jack Leonard, two holesin-one, and Darwin Priebe, one holein-one. Obviously, the rest of us are quite jealous. Opening day Burger Bash

We are always looking for new members to join a fun and friendly bunch of guys. Please