GOLF NEWS AND EVENTS

April is here and two of our favorite events come along with it, The Masters and The 2023 Club Championship! Aaron Fitzpatrick will look to defend his title at the end of the month against a field full of great players If you haven’t yet, be sure to sign up for the club championship which will be held April 28th, 29th and 30th

Congratulations to our Senior Member Guests Champions Tony Sullivan and Robert Tartaglia who carded rounds of 62 – 64 to take the overall championship! What a great weekend for golf and fellowship it was as we had 53 teams battle for the title after a slight rain delay on Saturday afternoon

April 14

DIVOT FILLING PARTY

May 4

LION'S PRIDE MEN'S MEMBER GUEST

May 11 to 13

MEMBERS IN WAITING VS MEMBERS WHO WAITED

May 20

LADIES OPERATION 36

Ongoing

Kelley Slay and Mark Taylor defended their short game championship gross title and Nancy Hanna and Tonia Yazgi took home to title of Net Champions. As a reminder the MGA Ryder cup has been rescheduled for Saturday April 15th, the course will be closed until 4:30pm that day, if you ’ re looking to play elsewhere call the golf shop for potential reciprocals

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The golf course will be closed Friday, May 12 and 13. Please inquire with the golf shop regarding reciprocal Club play.

April 1995: During a luncheon interview with Mike Dawes, Rufus Dowell, Tom Tierney and Nick Clark (with a cameo appearance by Tom Kavanaugh), I noticed the ladies seated around us, eating lunch in their lace brimmed hats and flowing summer dresses. This was old Florida. Not the city, but the Club, the people, the culture. I knew I had found a home and a family Through the many years of my tenure, I have witnessed changes and transitions, but the one constant has always been family Staff and Club, children born and now grown to bare their own Those that have gone before us, the history so often forgotten as time marches on receiving a “Jimmy Plant” letter (those that have one will know what I mean); round table lunches in the grill with Tucker, Montney, Schellenberg, Hocker and Neil and soaking up their words of age and wisdom; the Tierney newsletter articles; the pump on 18 to drain the property after a couple days of rain right before the October Member/Guest; the large red maple on the right side of 3 green that no one ever noticed was gone; the ladies’ groups, their etiquette and care for the course; Rosemary Barnwell berating the men to keep those carts on the path; MGA Q&A sessions in the grill; candy season with the ladies PBRs and rainbows, lunch at bistro #4, late afternoons with shadows long and a warm southern breeze. History…

I have seen and lived over 10,000 sunrises here at San Jose Country Club; many I have photographed to share with the ones I love so they may also witness the beauty of morning in my garden With each sunrise, a new day a new challenge, a new triumph, a new failure Such is life, as Mother Nature and Earth are rarely kind or forgiving

With every sunrise, there is a sunset. My sunset is at hand and I would be remiss not to sincerely thank Judy Dubose, Mike Dawes, Rufus Dowell, Tom Tierney, Nick Clark, Don Beaver and Jack Brooks (rest in peace Sir) for taking a chance and believing in an old Florida boy I tip my hat farewell to those who have made me feel like family for all these years Over the coming months, I hope to see you all enjoying my garden as I have for so many years

Clayton Estes, CGCS Superintendent