A Message from The Golf Professional Jonathan Decker, PGA

Head Golf Professional

The spring is here and so is the start of the 2023 golf season. Hopefully many of you will have gotten out for your first round of the year prior to reading this or are planning to do so soon. We anticipate another strong year in terms of activity on the golf course and early season event registration currently reflects this prediction. Please register in advance to secure your place in your favorite events. If you are interested in playing in an event but looking for a partner, please consider signing up as a single and notify the Golf Shop that you are on the market. My staff and I will do our best to help make a match of any single players. After reviewing our tee time lottery system over the winter, the Golf Committee approved moving the weekday lottery to be published five days in advance, an increase from three days. Weekend lottery results will now be published three days in advance for both Saturday and Sunday, as well as Monday holidays. We believe this change will help making planning your rounds easier going forward and create a better experience for our members and their guests.

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TVCC’s own Mark O’Donnell Club Championship at Naples Heritage Golf & Country Club 17 players competed for 36 holes. Shot 78 67 145 1 over par.

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Registration for the event will be open from Monday, May 1st until Sunday, May 14th. Please note that the field will be limited to 72 teams and if sold out, past participation will be used to determine priority into the event. Registration is NOT on a first-come, first-serve basis, but all entries must be completed within the registration window to be considered. All members and guests must have a valid GHIN handicap.

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Golf sHop Hours

MON | Closed

TUES - FRI | 8:30AM - 6:00PM SAT & SUN | 8AM - 6PM usGa rules semiNar remiNder april 14tH & april 15tH

Details and registration can be found at www.nysga.org/rules-attenda-seminar. Registration Deadline Friday, April 7th.

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This will be a six-session clinic series geared toward beginner golfers. Each session will be an hour and cover a wide range of topics from grip, stance, posture, alignment, terminology, basic rules, and course etiquette.

Wednesdays 5:30pm-6:30pm: May 3rd, 10th, and 17th & Saturdays 10:30am-11:30am: May 6th, May 13th, and May 20th. Players are encouraged to bring a putter, wedge, 7-iron, and driver, but please know the Golf Shop can provide clubs if needed. Registration will be on ForeTees and is open to all adults at the club. Program registration will be $149/person.

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Our Spring Junior Golf Program will return for its third season from Sunday, April 16th - Sunday, June 4th and is open to all children and grandchildren of Transit Valley members. Additional information and online registration will be available on the ForeTees homepage. There will be no Junior Golf sessions on Sunday, May 28th due to a club event.

Ages 6-8 | $135 Fee

Sundays 11:00am - 12:15pm

Ages 8-10 | $225 Fee

Wednesdays 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Sundays 12:15pm - 1:30pm

Ages 11-13 | $225 Fee

Wednesdays 5:30pm - 6:30pm

Sundays 3:00pm - 4:15pm

Ages 14+ | $225 Fee

Wednesdays 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Sundays 1:45pm - 3:00pm

A Message from the Greens Superintendent

Adam Mis

The weather is slowly warming up. We have a number of projects to complete this spring and are just waiting until we receive more consistent drier weather to move some soil into certain locations. We have new tees to move soil to and get ready for the irrigation install around those areas.

Our irrigation contractor will be on-site the middle of April to start the project. The weather this spring in the northeast has delayed their arrival, but once they are here things will start moving quickly. We will be providing more frequent updates once the contractor arrives.

The golf course has weathered the winter very well. We had a month of ice cover on the course, but we have not experienced any noticeable damage.

We are very fortunate that almost all of our grounds staff are returning from last season. This will provide great consistency in what we are trying to accomplish moving forward.