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L E T T E R F R O M T H E G E N E R A L M A N A G E R
Brandon L ejeune General Manager
bjl@rivercrestgolfc lub com
20 YEAR CELEBRAT ION
As we embark on RiverCrest ’ s 20th season, it ’ s time to throw a part y! Oh yes, a big part y! On the evening of S aturday Februar y 17th, our Clubhouse doors will open to celebrate the c lub’s past as well as our exciting future.
The vision of Rivercrest began back in 1997; to build a golf c lub where the local communit y could enjoy the game of golf, meet new friends and spend time with family. Af ter seven years of accumulating five land parcels, obtaining approvals from Upper Providence Township and building the course, the Club opened its doors in May 2004. On Februar y 17th, we will again be opening our doors like we did the first time many years ago. But this time to celebrate all that we as a family, membership and staff has accomplished over the last 20!
A committee of six members have been assembled to assist with the planning of the event. You can expect to receive more information in the coming weeks, but for now, please mark your calendars and plan on celebrating with us. It will be the event of the year and all members are welcome to attend!
FALL F UN I N T H E CLUBHO USE
W ith the golf season soon winding down, it ’ s time to have some fun in the Clubhouse! Many great events are planned for adults and families over the next few months. P lease save the dates for the following events.
October 20th 70’s Night in the Peasall L ounge (Bring your dancing shoes)
October 29th S pooky Drive Through
November 10th Prett y in Pink Father Daughter Dance
November 12th Fall Brunch Buffet (Eagles are on a bye!)
November 16th S peed Q uizz o with Aubrey!
November 18th D ueling Pianos in the Pearsall L ounge
November 30th Ladies Holiday Gathering
December 20th & 21st Holiday Lunches
December 10th & 17th: Breakfast with S anta
December 31st: New Years Eve Dinner. Reser vations Required.
D RES S CO D E P O LI C Y
The Clubhouse dress code is business casual. W ith that said, it ’ s important that all members know and adhere to the following policies. The dress code is the same for young children and please be sure to inform your guests of the dress code prior to visiting the Club.
S hirts must have a collar and be tucked in at all times, with the exception of button-down oxford shirts. S ports jerseys, tee shirts, hooded sweatshirts, and work out attire are not considered appropriate.
Jeans are considered appropriate attire. S weatpants and shorts, ripped jeans, cargo shorts are not considered appropriate.
Golf hats must be for ward facing and can be worn until 5pm. Hats can be worn in the F irePit bar area af ter 5pm and at all times Ladies accessor y dress hats are acceptable at all times.
F lip flops and sport slides are not considered appropriate attire. Dress sandals are considered appropriate.
Featuring entire RiverCrest Staff! celebrate the fun of halloween with us...in your car! your favorite staff members will be haunting you from the first tee all the way up golf club drive! sign up online the later the reservation the scarier it gets! first session 6pm to 7pm · second sessions 7pm to 8pm 20++ per car
father daughter
DANCE
pretty in pink father daughter DANCE
FRIDAY · NOVEMBER THE 10TH
To all the fathers and father figures...
...you are invited to dance the night away with that very special young lady in your life.
Dinner, Dance & Photographs
Dinner stations and fun photobooth! All ages welcome!
Time - 6:30pm to 9:30pm Where - RiverCrest Ball Room
$99++ per Father-Daughter Pair $39++ per additional adult or child Bar by signature Guests Welcome!
Uncles, grandfathers and friends are also welcome to attend!
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T H E G REEN S
C O U R S E U P D A T E
The warm days, cool nights and changing leaves of fall are here at the Crest. Hopefully, this ear ly S eptember heat wave is the last gasp of summer. The agronomy team is looking for ward to an excellent fall af ter a great summer season. Aeration is behind us and we are preparing the course for the upcoming slate of fall member events.
This summer the greens were ver y consistent W ith increased staffing levels we were able to roll the greens near ly 6 days a week, weather dependent. That increased the overall qualit y of the playing surfaces and consistenc y of green speeds. The overall agronomy program of aerating, topdressing, watering and fertilizing continues to improve the day to day health and predictabilit y of our putting surfaces This fall we will be using our grooming mower set up to help create even better conditions. L ooking for ward to 2024, much of the program will stay in place We will aerate the greens late in 2023 for preparation for next season, then light topdressing in season, a venting of all the bentgrass surfaces in mid june before the hot and wet philly july, finally our big aeration in August.
T EES A N D A P P ROAC H ES
The tees and approaches are having a good season. The approaches are being treated more as an extension of our greens program, and they are responding nicely. The teeing grounds are ver y healthy, thank you to all the members that are filling divots on the par 3 locations. The new tee boxes on 4 and 13 have been well received and with any luck we will get wrapped up on #8 soon.
FA I RWAY S
The fair ways are in good shape this season The increased drainage, aeration and fertilit y has them healthier than ever for the upcoming fall season. This winter we will be continuing with deeptine aeration and additional sand channel drainage.
RO U G H A N D F ES C U E
The rough just off the fair ways and greens was aerated and seeded during our august aeration. W ith some normal fall weather these areas should thicken up nicely in the coming weeks We will continue our program of selective herbicides in the fescue areas, and will be cutting down and treating them as the calendar turns to October
C LU B H O U S E G RO U N D S
A N D O RNA M EN TA L S
The plantings at the c lubhouse have done well this year. All the new plant material at the pool areas is really starting to fill in. This fall we will be doing our traditional planting of mums and pansies in all our flower beds.
DUELING PIANOS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH
7PM TO 11PM
HAPPY HOUR SPECiALS
RESERVE YOUR TABLE BY CALLiNG BROOKE
FiRESiDE AND PEARSALL LOUNGE
2023 M EN S I N V I TAT I O NA L
Congratulations to RiverCrest Member Bo S ingh and his guest Dave Constas on winning the 2023 Men’s Invitational! Bo and Dave won the 4th F light, and then took down the other nine F light winners in the playoff The playoff was not settled af ter 3 holes, so an extra hole was needed. A net par gave them the victor y! W ith great weather, great food and drinks, and great camaraderie, it was another successful Invitational. Congratulations to all the other winners!
OVERALL CHAMP I ONS – BO SI NGH AND DAVE CONSTAS
OVERALL RUNNERS-UP – JOH N VO AND CH RIS ENGEL
FLIGHT WINNERS
F light 1 – Justin Yaskowski and Dave Heckman
F light 2 – John Vo and Chris Engel
F light 3 - Chris Caba and Todd Vollmer
F light 4 - Bo S ingh and Dave Constas
F light 5 – S teve Hynes and GJ S ucher
F light 6 – Mark Citrone and Jamie Zaffke
F light 7 – Craig Hammer and S teve Boyd
F light 8 – Clark S winney and Br yan Dempsey
F light 9 – Ben Ohanesian and Ken Rocowski
F light 10 – Chris Morris and Pete McCoullagh
FLIGHT RUNNER-UPS
F light 1 – Eric Farris and Joe Fanelli
F light 2 – Dan Nickischer and Chris Perillo
F light 3 - Ken Battista and Nick Battista
F light 4 - Paul Farnsworth and Matt German
F light 5 – Paul Weiss and Rob Karalius
F light 6 – Jeff McClear y and Dan Robinson
F light 7 – Jack Corr and Tucker Corr
F light 8 – Jason L ewis and Chris S otiropoulos
F light 9 – Jason L eet and Dan L ockwood
F light 10 – Rob Aronow and John Robinson
LA D I E S M EM B ER G U E S T
The 2023 Chanel and Champagne themed Ladies Member Guest was conducted on Thursday, S eptember 7th The committee went over the top with decorations to make it a special event. A field of near ly 60 Ladies competed on a sweltering day in a Better Ball of Partners format The scores rolled in and it looked like there might be a three-way tie for the lead. That was until one of the final groups in blew ever yone away. The winners posted a net score of 58 (-14)!
Congratulations to Jen Heller and her guest S aige Pacholok! The gross winners were Diane Bartunek and her guest Laura Hammond. Congratulations!
OVERALL CHAMP IONS
Jen Heller & S aige Pacholok 58
2nd Net – Michele Caba & Betsy Forkin 63
3rd Net – Tar yn Marrone & Denise S tudnick 63
4th Net – Maureen L evin & Arden Freeman 63
5th Net – Lynn Talbot & Debbie L essig 64
6th Net – Christina Yeager & Marcela Farias 65
GROSS CHAMPIONS
Diane Bartunek & Laura Hammond 70
2nd Gross – Delia Keys & Janice Park 72
3rd Gross – Allie Robertson & Brenda Osberg 72
G O L F N E W S & N O T E S
RI V ERC RE S T G O E S F U LL S EN D TO AU G U S TA!
Congratulations to RiverCrest Junior Golfers Trisha L obo and Colby Komancheck on winning the Drive, Chip and Putt Regional F inals at Aronimink Golf Club on S aturday, S eptember 16th Both players will now be heading to AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB next April the S unday before the Masters to compete in the F inals on the Golf Channel! Trisha won the Gir ls 7-9 year old division, while Colby won the Boys 14-15 division Congratulations Trisha and Colby, the RiverCrest family is ver y proud of you!!!
S U P ERI N T EN D EN T ’S REV EN G E O C TO B ER 28T H
This year ’ s S uperintendent ’ s Revenge tournament will be held on S aturday, October 28th. P lay the course with one of the hardest setups all year The Maintenance Crew likes to make sure you endure some pain during the round. But don’t worr y, the format will be a straight scramble with each team having to choose ever yone ’ s drives at least 3 times. S ignup will be available on the tee sheet using normal starting time procedures (10 days or 7 days in advance ) This is a great way to end your golfing tournament season!
M EN ’S BAC KYA RD B RAW L – W E N EED YO U!
The annual match play competition against S pring-Ford Countr y Club will be held on S unday, October 15th at RiverCrest. The event pairs up to 32 RiverCrest Members against 32 S pring-Ford Members in a fun match play format The event is a 12:00pm shotgun start with lunch prior and dinner following golf The entr y fee is $65 per person and inc ludes lunch, golf, cart and dinner following play. S ignups are now open online. S pring-Ford holds the Cup, so let ’ s put together a great team and win the Cup back on our home turf !
LA D I E S BAC KYA RD B RAW L
S U N DAY, O C TO B ER 15T H AT S P RI N G - F O RD
The Ladies Backyard Brawl will be contested on S unday, October 15th at S pring-Ford Countr y Club. There will be an 12:00pm shotgun start with lunch prior and dinner following golf The event will be open to 16 Ladies from each Club. The entr y fee is $65 per person and inc ludes lunch, golf, cart and dinner following play. S ignups are online. RiverCrest currently holds the Cup, so good luck to all in retaining it for another year!
H U S BA N D & W I F E C LU B C H A M P I O N S H I P
Congratulations to RiverCrest Junior Golfers Trisha L obo and Colby Komancheck on winning the Drive, Chip and Putt Regional F inals at Aronimink Golf Club on S aturday, S eptember 16th. Both players will now be heading to AUGUSTA NATIONAL GOLF CLUB next April the S unday before the Masters to compete in the F inals on the Golf Channel! Trisha won the Gir ls 7-9 year old division, while Colby won the Boys 14-15 division Congratulations Trisha and Colby, the RiverCrest family is ver y proud of you!!!
GROSS CHAMPIONS - Kevin & Allie Rober tson
NET CHAMPIONS – Corey and Casey Pierce
RC “ FA LL” G O LF S H O P
Come check out the RiverCrest Golf S hop’s new Fall fashions arriving daily for Men, Ladies & Juniors! T ime to gear up to be warm and coz y on and off the course for the next several months with a new pullover from several different brands New RiverCrest Mens and Ladies Peter Millar, GFore, Adidas, Greyson, and Eagles gear just in!
GROSS DIVISION 1st P lace Kevin & Allie Robertson 67 2nd P lace Roland & S her yl V igue 73 3rd P lace T ie Matt & Angie Yanocha 75 3rd P lace T ie Mike & Rachel Kane 75 NET DIVISION 1st P lace Corey & Casey Pierce 59 8 2nd P lace Anthony & Michelle Dibona 62.8 3rd P lace Mike & Maureen L evin 65.2 4th P lace T ie Rich & Barb Menseck 65 4 4th P lace T ie Mike & Patti Angelos 65.4 6th P lace Chris & Michele Caba 65 6
R ules 10.2a and 23.8
By Jamie Komancheck, PGA Head Golf Professional
It ’ s not ever y day that golfing royalt y visits RiverCrest But recently we had a ver y special guest in Mr. Gar y P layer come with his grandson Alex to play the course for the first time S ince they didn’t know the course, I asked Rita and Colby to volunteer to fill out their foursome (it wasn’t a hard ask.) Rita was just excited to play, while Colby was awestruck He turned to Rita and said, “Rita, we ’ re going to be playing with one of the people that hits the ceremonial first tee shot at The Masters!” I was within earshot, so af ter making sure Mr P layer didn’t hear him, I pulled Colby aside and said, “Colby, Mr. P layer WON the Masters three times!” His eyes almost popped out of his head
The foursome decided to have a Better Ball match, the youngest and oldest versus to two high school boys. They all hit their tee shots and off they went As the group was on the first green Mr. P layer wanted to get Rita involved so they could bond as teammates. He asked Rita to read his putt Rita looked at Mr P layer and said, “I’d like to help you Mr. P layer, but I’m only in kindergarten, I don’t know how to read yet.” Golf is a beautiful game There is near ly 82 years between Rita and Mr. P layer, and yet here they were enjoying a big laugh together on the first hole.
As the round went along, Rita became more and more enamored with her partner. S he was amaz ed watching his effortless play, and loved how entertaining he was both in stor ytelling and instructing her on the golf swing. S he had to learn more about Mr. P layer. S o as t ypical with this younger generation, instead of just asking him questions, she borrowed her brother ’ s phone and asked S iri about Mr. P layer. S iri told her a cool fact that he has shot better than his age over 3000 times in a row! Rita immediately turned to Mr P layer and asked if he could teach her how to shoot better than her age. Mr. P layer asked Rita her age, to which she replied 5. He then told her to par Hole #1 and walk off the course!
The match was c lose throughout The boys played well trading birdies on several holes. Rita and Mr. P layer hung with them for the most part, but they were 2 down going into the par three 17th hole Both boys successfully found the green. Rita was up next. W hile deciding which c lub she would play, Mr. P layer was instructing Colby to start working on his fitness, recommending at least 100 sit ups, and 100 pushups ever y day. Rita turned to Alex and asked him what c lub he used. Unfortunately, she broke rule 10 2a Advice in doing so
Rule 10.2a Advice states during a round, a player must not ask anyone for advice other than their partner or caddie. S ince Alex was her opponent Rita would suffer the general penalt y which in match play is loss of hole. But since this was a Four Ball match (Better Ball of Partners), under Rule 23 8 which states in Four Ball match play, the general penalt y has no effect on your partner. W hich meant Mr. P layer could still represent their side, even though Rita was out of the hole
Mr. P layer, being the major champion he is, stuck it to two feet and was given his birdie putt They were still in it! That was until Alex rolled in his 15 foot birdie putt to win the match. They all removed their hats and shook hands congratulating the winners on a good match
Rita was disappointed in the outcome, but she had one more question to ask Mr P layer S he told him that we are going to Augusta next April since Colby just qualified for the National Drive, Chip and Putt F inals. Rita asked him, “Mr. P layer will you put the Green Jacket on my brother when he wins the Championship?” Mr P layer gave her a big smile. “Rita, I’d be happy to do that, but he better start doing his pushups and sit ups so he can hit his drives c lose to 300!”
As we make our trip to Augusta next spring, hopefully we can get to see Mr P layer hit that shot off the first tee Wouldn’t that be something!
I T A ’ S R U L E O F T H E M O N T H
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RiverCrest Membership Pledge to create awareness and encourage proper course etiquette while maintaining a 4 hour pace of play.
I pledge to abide by the following policies to ensure an enjoyable experience for all Members of the Club:
R e s p e c t t h e c o u R s e
In every aspect, leave the course in better shape than you found it
R e s p e c t p a c e o f p l a y play in 4 hours and allow faster groups to play through
R e p l a c e D I v o t s please always replace your divots
R e p a I R B a l l M a R k s
Repair your ball mark and others you see on the greens
R a k e B u n k e R s
Bunkers are to be raked after each use leave rakes in the bunker
R e s p e c t c a R t R u l e s
carts are never to be in the native grasses or within 30 yards of a green
R I V E R C R E S T P R E S E R V E S
C L U B H O U R S O F O P E R A T I O N
Each of our amenities has var ying hours which are subject to change seasonally The hours below offer a general guide P lease visit our website, or check the inside cover of our monthly newsletter, The Preser ve, for the current hours of operation
G O L F C O U R S E
Open daily March through November until dusk.
Refer to the Club's website for first starting times, frost delays or superintendent notifications.
Course c losed on Tuesdays, inc luding practice facilities.
Temporar y greens December through mid-March.
D R I V I N G R A N G E
Open a half hour before first starting time.
Mondays - c loses 90 minutes ear ly for maintenance.
March – weather permitting (check website)
April, May & S eptember – c loses at 7:00pm
June, July & August - c loses at 8:00pm
October - c loses at 6:00pm
November - c loses at 4:30pm
Januar y, Februar y & December - c losed
G O L F S H O P
Open daily 15 minutes before first starting time
Tuesdays - c losed
Januar y - c losed
Februar y, March, November & December – c loses at 5:00pm
April, May, S eptember & October – c loses at 6:00pm
June, July & August - c loses at 6:30pm
C L U B H O U S E R E S TA U R A N T
Wednesday through S unday - open for lunch at 11:00am & dinner starting at 5:00pm.
No food ser vice af ter 9pm on Wednesday thru S unday. Kitchen c losed daily between 4:30pm - 5:00pm.
F I R E S I D E L O U N G E
April through December
Opens Wednesday, Thursday & Friday at 4:00pm / S aturdays & S undays at noon.
Januar y through March
Closed on S undays
F I T N E S S C E N T E R
April thru October - 6:30am to 6:00pm on Monday / 6:30am to 9:00pm Wednesday through S unday.
Tuesdays - c losed
November thru March - 8:00am - 5:00pm on Monday / 8:00am - 9:00pm Wednesday through S unday