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EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH

Carol Willmsen - Accountant

Ross Winters - Assistant Golf Professional

Carol has been on the MGC Team for 5 years. She grew up on a farm in Arlington, MN. Carol always wanted to be a city girl, but now realizes the farm was a great place to be! Everyone should experience feeding baby calves, getting pecked by chickens when gathering eggs and working in the field! Carol attended Arlington-Green Isle High School and Southwest State University in Marshall, MN. Carol enjoys the people she works with, the variety of work that she does and the beautiful scenery she can experience when she needs to get away from her desk.

FUN FACT: Carol attended Tiny Tim’s wedding

Ross is in his 3rd season at MGC. He is from a very small town called Good Thunder (population 500) in southern Minnesota. Ross attended Rochester Community & Technical College in Rochester, MN where he played on the golf team. While attending college, Ross received associate degrees in Sports Management & Golf Course Management. Ross loves working at the Club because of the great atmosphere that starts with our outstanding membership. Also getting the chance to work alongside Dan Simpson and the rest of the Golf Professionals throughout the years here at MGC has been a pleasure.

BOOK CLUB

About the Book:

The MGC Book Club meets the first Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m. for dinner & discussion. All ladies are welcome to join us! Feel free to email Katie Sisel at kdsisel@gmail.com for information about joining.

July 7th at 6:30 p.m. for dinner and discussion: The Club by Ellery Lloyd

Everyone’s Dying to Join . . .

The Home Group is a glamorous collection of celebrity members’ clubs dotted across the globe, where the rich and famous can party hard and then crash out in its five-star suites, far from the prying eyes of fans and the media.

The most spectacular of all is Island Home—a closely-guarded, ultraluxurious resort, just off the English coast—and its three-day launch party is easily the most coveted A-list invite of the decade.

But behind the scenes, tensions are at breaking point: the ambitious and expensive project has pushed the Home Group’s CEO and his long-suffering team to their absolute limits. All of them have something to hide—and that’s before the beautiful people with their own ugly secrets even set foot on the island.

As tempers fray and behavior worsens, as things get more sinister by the hour and the body count piles up, some of Island Home’s members will begin to wish they’d never made the guest list.

Because at this club, if your name’s on the list, you’re not getting out.

Future Books

August 4 - We Are Not Like Them by Christine Pride

September 1 - The Seven Husbands of Evely Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid

October 6 - Carolina Moonset by Matt Goldman

Upcoming Club Fit Days

7/7 TaylorMade 8/4 PING

July Events

7/6 Women’s 18 Hole Mixer 7/7 Women’s 9 Hole Mixer 7/10 Adult Junior Event 7/13 Women’s 18 Hole Guest Day 7/13 Men’s League 2 Man Event 7/23-7/24 Men’s & Women’s Club Championship

Bon Voyage

Join us on a fun filled adventure! A light breakfast will be served in the Sky Club. You and your guests will experience a trip of a lifetime as you travel through 18 holes of golf. Once your trip is completed, we will meet on the 19th hole for lunch, awards, and prizes.

Minneapolis Golf Club 2001 Flag Avenue South St. Louis Park, MN 55426 18 Hole Ladies Guest Day Wednesday, July

13th

Best 2 of 4 Net Best Ball

7:30 Breakfast & Registration

8:30 Shotgun Start

Lunch & Prizes

Field Events & Door Prizes

Hello MGC Members,

Sending out a quick note to update everyone on why you will see a red MGC Flag on #18 green going forward throughout this year’s golf season.

“Why is there a red flag on No. 18 today?”

I have received this question a few times this golf season and I wanted to share further. You have and you will see a red flag on No. 18 at times over the coming months in honor of Mack Motzko, our bag room employee who needlessly passed away last summer as a passenger in a drunk driving accident.

Why the 18th hole?

Mack’s hockey number was 18. He wore number 18 when he played at St. Cloud Cathedral and Minnetonka, so we felt this was a fitting tribute.

Why a red flag?

Mack was a dedicated Tiger Woods fan. He always wore his red shirt and black pants on Sundays regardless of if Tiger was playing in a tournament or not. Every Sunday was the same. At Mack’s celebration of life last summer in St. Cloud, there was a cardboard cutout of Tiger and hundreds of people wore their Sunday red golf shirts in support of his love for Tiger.

When will the red flag be in play?

We will put out the red flag on No. 18 on the 18th of each month.

On a personal note, I was fortunate to get to know Mack. He was hockey teammates at Minnetonka and good friends with my son, Joe. He was a special young man who was fun to be around and who was well liked by his bag room co-workers. It isn’t a surprise that our bag room team wanted to wear red shirts this year in support of our dear friend, Mack.

Thank you, Dan Simpson

Congratulations to MGC’s, Ava Hanneman! The freshman shot an even par, 72, to earn medalist honors at the Metro West Conference meet at Braemar Golf Course on May 23rd.