THE HOLE NINE YARDS
MAY 2023
MONTHS EVENT
Mother's Day Brunch
Memorial Day Pool Party
Memorial Day Pool Party
Wine & Paint Night
Spring Couples
Twilight
Memorial Day Pool Party
Clubhouse Events
Golf Events
MCC CLOSED
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Cinco De Mayo Old Pal Qualifer
EVENT CALENDAR
5th - Cinco De Mayo Taco Bar & Specialty Margs
6th – Old Pal Qualifer
14th - Mother's Day Brunch
19th - Spring Couples Twilight
24th - Wine & Paint Night
27th - 29th - Memorial Day Pool Party
SIGN UP FOR EVENTS ON OUR WEBSITE!
Click "View Full Calendar" and find the event you'd like to register for!
Click that event and simply fill out the form at the bottom of the page
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GOLF PROFESSIONALSupdate
With the arrival of May, I wanted to take this opportunity to update you on all golf-related items at your Club!
The Professional Staff has been busy preparing the Professional Shop with all new Spring arrivals from brands such as Johnnie-O, Donald Ross, Bald Head Blues, Under Armour, and many more! So please stop in, say hello, and check out all the new merchandise!
As a friendly reminder, here are the May golf updates: The May starting time on weekdays is 8:00 AM; on weekends, it is 7:30 AM. Please wait until the specified times to start play.
The Professional Shop hours are 7:30 AM-6:30 PM on weekdays and 7:00 AM-6:00 PM on weekends.
Starting in May, the course will open on Mondays at 1:00 PM for all play. Carts will be available on these days but must be off the course by 8:00 PM! The Clubhouse and Professional Shop will be closed.
The new slope and course rating has been posted to GHIN. Please post all 9- and 18-hole rounds
The golf events in May are the Old Pal qualifier on the 6th and the Mixed Twilight on the 19th. You can register for these events through the Golf Genius Portal on the website.
We hope to see you on the links soon!
-Kirby Kirby Manown, PGA Head Golf Professional
Kitchenupdate
Hello, My name is Greg Burgess, and I am very excited to meet everyone. Please stop in and say hello and try some of the new chef-driven menu made from scratch. The menu will rotate with the seasons allowing for new and fresh menu items and specials using many local Ohio-grown products, starting with Walleye, an Ohio staple, with Lake Erie being the walleye capital of the world. The Beer batter made in-house for the Walleye is made with a local Ohio Brewery Beer that we have on draft.
GROUNDSupdate
I want to take this opportunity to update everyone on the conditions and improvements on the golf course. Throughout the winter, while the maintenance team dodged raindrops, there was a considerable effort to limb up all the remaining trees on the golf course. We accomplished that goal, but because of all the cutting, a great deal of debris was left behind. After the course began to dry, we worked on cleaning that debris and have almost finished. This was a significant improvement, and we are excited for everyone to see the work that was done.
As the weather changed, we started concentrating on maintaining the golf course. The focus has been mowing and rolling greens, changing pin positions, mowing tees and fairways, mowing roughs, and spraying weeds. Most of the rough has now been sprayed for dandelions, with the next goal to spray tees for clover and dandelions. In the coming weeks, we will continue cutting and rolling, and as we get into May, we will start to see our summer help coming back to help us concentrate on more detailed jobs like edging bunkers and flower beds.
The last days of April and the beginning of May will be busy as we prepare to aerify our greens and fairways on May 8th. This aerification process is vitally important to the success of the golf course, with the most stressful part of the season coming up. We will deeptine our greens with a half-inch tine, followed by a dry topdressing to ensure the holes are filled. This process will relieve compaction and allow the roots to grow deeper, allowing the plant to be healthier. I come at this from a golfers perspective, and we will do everything in our power to provide the best-putting surface as quickly as possible. Lastly, everyone will notice soon that the driving range work has begun again for 2023. Frontier Golf will start working on the short game area and driving range in the next week or two, and it will be a fun process to be a part of. So keep an eye on the progress, and do not hesitate to ask questions when you see me in your travels around the course.
Brian Smoot Superintendent
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ACADEMYupdate
We have been very busy through the winter at the Academy. We have set up two teaching bays with Trackman technology in our studio. This immensely helped with lessons given throughout the winter. In addition, the data provided by the Trackman has been helpful to both the students and the instructors. Feel free to stop in to see our setup.
Summer Programs
The upcoming program registrations are already going strong. Most of our clinics are already at capacity. We still have a few openings in our 5-week Junior Golf Clinic, 1-day Junior Clinic, and 17U PGA Junior League. If you are interested in signing a junior up for one of these programs, don't hesitate to get in touch with us. With the great interest in the summer clinics, we are now working on scheduling some clinics in the fall. Stay tuned!
Driving range
The driving range and short game practice areas are under construction and will be ready for play at the end of the season. Given that, we will use hole 5 on the Lilac 9 as our driving range this season. Players will hit balls from just in front of hole 5 green, back up the fairway toward the hole 5 tee. We will use range balls that float so any balls hit into the pond can be easily retrieved. By setting up the range this way, there will be plenty of depth down-range for drivers, and you may find it creates an intriguing practice shot to carry a pond that will range 40-70 yards based on the tee location.
Indoor Golf Center Building
Progress on the Indoor Golf Center construction is going well. Skylights have been installed, walls are drywalled, water & electricity are put in. If you would like a tour of the building, just let one of us know, and we would be happy to show you the progress in the building.
Academy Staffing
We are thrilled to announce the addition of Trevor Hazen to the Jim Wise Golf Academy team. Trevor is a 22-year PGA Golf Professional whose experience and teaching talents will add to the wonderful things we do at Medina Country Club.
Trevor has developed a nationally recognized adaptive golf program for people with physical disabilities. Trevor's awards include:
i. Northern Ohio PGA Player Development Award 2017 and 2020
ii. Northern Ohio PGA Teacher of the Year 2019
iii. Northern Ohio PGA Patriot Award 2022
Trevor is PGA HOPE, TPI, and ADM certified, and he is one of only seven in the nation chosen to be on the PGA of America National PGA HOPE Training team. Please stop in anytime to introduce yourself to Trevor.
Lesson Summary
The number of people requesting golf lessons from the Academy has continued to increase. In just January & March (2 months), we gave over 200 lessons at the Academy. We anticipate giving even more lessons with a second instructor this year. If you are interested in taking golf lessons, please get in touch with us at jimwisegolfacademy@gmail.com or 216-456-7318
Partnering With Local Schools:
We have been meeting with local high school golf coaches to discuss how we can help them build their programs. In addition, we plan to go to the schools for basic golf instruction gym classes.
While the Academy building and practice areas are under construction, we will continue to conduct lessons indoors in the clubhouse and outdoors at our temporary teaching range area. Please get in touch with us if you are interested in a golf lesson or one of our golf clinics.
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Theresa Wise Director of Operation
Jim Wise Director of Instruction
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