NEWSLETTER OCTOBER 2019

Hello Holly Tree Members,

Well, it is October and it still feels like summer. I hope the unusual heat for this time of year ends soon and Fall can begin.

This month we will have our Men’s and Ladies’ Club Championship in golf on

Oct. 11- 13, our HTWGA will host their annual Fall Follies on Oct 10, the Senior Men’s MG/MM is Oct. 18-19, and a Mini MM/MG is on the 25th. We have a lot of events this October, call the golf pro shop and sign up today.

Tennis will have the 24-Hour Marathon in October that raises money for charity. The professionals and all the members that participate do an amazing job as they play thru the night. Many thanks to all the members for making this a great event. We are sending a few teams to State this October and know that they will represent Holly Tree well. Best of luck to all in the State tournament.

The social scene in October will feature 2 of the most popular events; Music on the Piazza the 11th and Pasta Night the 29th. Also remember, we have daily specials of soup, sandwich, and “meat and three” with a fabulous after 4 menu. Come on out and enjoy some of Chef Michaels creations. Did you know that all our Chefs and Line Cooks are “Serve Safe” certified? This extra training helped them get a score of 100 on the latest inspection from DHEC. Great job by the kitchen staff.

Lastly, this past month was a setback in membership. We need you to help us continue our membership growth pattern of the last two years. Please share our Facebook post and continue to tell your friends about Holly Tree. Remember, if they use you as the sponsor, you receive a credit on your bill equal to the dues amount of their category.

See you at the club!

Joe Jackson

General Manager

“your Home away from Home”“your Home away from Home”“your Home away from Home”“your Home away from Home”

WELCOME UPCOMING EVENTS

October 8 Hibachi Night October 9 Book Club October 11 Live Music on Piazza

October 17 Kids Night October 27 Grand Sunday Brunch Buffet October 29 Pasta Night

HOLLY TREE STAFF General Manager …….......Joe Jackson

Head Golf Pro…………Ma�hew Okutsu

Head Golf Ins………......Bradley Hughes

Tennis Director……..…...Jonathan Rice

Superintendent……..........Paul Lewis

Execu�ve Chef……………Michael Sibert

Sales/Membership………Sharon Wells

Event Coordinator…....Monica Dodge

F&B Manager ……Patrick McGonnigal

Accounts Rec..…Barbara Kalchbrenner

Controller…………..……………Susan Corn

Maintenance……………..Jeremy Wilson

James & Elizabeth Vause - Brad & Stacey Roberts - Robert Mar)n

Jeffrey & Katherine Douglas

Contact Sharon Wells to refer a new member!

s.wells@hollytreecountryclub.com

NEW MEMBERS

October 11 Live Music on the Piazza 6pm

Create your own Hibachi

Stir Fry and All YOU CAN

EAT! Choose from Rice or

Lomein noodles. Choose

your Proteins, Veggies,

Broths, and Sauces.

$15 each

RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED

October 8 Hibachi Night 6pm

Come join us

for some live Music!

Entertainment featuring

Twin Sons!

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED

Arts & Crafts Night!

Halloween Themed

Buffet: Cheese Quesdialla,

Tater Tots, Chicken Tenders,

Vegetables and Drinks

$8.00 each

RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED

Dining Events October

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We ask all members to RSVP to ALL EVENTS. Grille 864-967-9515

October 17 Kids Night 6pm

October 27 Grand Sunday Brunch Buffet

Enjoy a delicious Brunch Buffet!

11am - 2pm

Create your own Omelet Action Station

Scrambled Eggs, Pot Roast with White

Rice, Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes,

Mac ‘n Cheese, Roasted Veggies, Shrimp

‘n Grits, Biscuits & Red Eye

Gravy, Country Ham, Bacon,

Breakfast Potatoes and Assorted Muffins & Pastries

In the Ballroom

RESERVATIONS REQUIRED October 29 Pasta Night 6pm

Create your own Pasta!

ALL YOU CAN EAT! Buffet

$15 Adults $8.25 Kids

RESERVATIONS RECOMMENDED

Hello Holly Tree Members,

September Results

Congratulations to Lleyton Renner for winning the 2019 Junior Club Championship. Lleyton defended his title with an impressive 142 (2 under par). Good luck to Lleyton as he now gains entry into the Men’s Club Championship.

Husband-Wife Championship

Overall Champions – Lea & Shawn Venable (67) Flight 1 Gross Champions – Brandi & Mike Vanbooven (72) Flight 1 Net Champions – Deborah & Terry Rosamond (65) Flight 2 Gross Champions – Betty & Don McCullough (86) Flight 2 Net Champions – Susan & Bob Kennedy (66)

Upcoming Events

Club Championship (Men’s and Ladies) October 11-13 (Tee Times) Cost: $35 per Player + Cart Fees

Championship Flight (54 Holes, October 11-13) - Blue Tees, Low Gross

White Tee Division (36 Holes, October 11-12) - Flighted by Index, Low Gross

Stableford Division (36 Holes, October 11-12) - White Tees, Most Points

Ladies Division (36 Holes, October 11-12) - Red Tees, Flighted by Index, Gross and Net

Senior Member-Member/Member-Guest October 18-19 (Shotgun Start) Cost: $200 per Team (Includes Lunch, Beer, and Prizes) - Grey & Gold Tees

- Day 1 (Net Best Ball of Twosome) - Day 2 (Texas Scramble Net Best Ball of Twosome)

Men’s Mini Member-Member/Member-Guest October 25 (1pm Shotgun Start) Cost: $100 per Team (Includes Lunch, Beer, and Prizes) - Best Ball of Twosome (Gross and Ne)

Mauldin Mavs Caddie Day

November 9-10

The Mauldin Mavs Golf Team is offering caddie services for a donation to their program. Donations will go towards team gear and travel expenses. Help support the team that fin-ished 2nd in State last year by requesting their services during your round of golf. Request will be accepted one week before your scheduled tee time. Go Mavs!

Only two more opportunities for points! *Club Championship & *Closing day

With the greens healing from their aeration, please remember to take care of them by repairing all of your ball marks plus any others you may see. This includes your chip shots. We often forget about these because they are typically very close to the green. Being more aware of this allows us to play on some of the best greens in the upstate.

Our junior golf program is still going strong with our weekly clinics on Fridays at 4:00. Come join us! All levels are welcome! If Fridays don’t fit, call us and schedule your own group lesson with either Matthew, Jared, or Kylie.

See you at the Club!

Professional Golf Staff

HOLLY TREE MEMBERS CLOSED MONDAYS

Golf Shop

Tuesday—Friday

8:00am—7:00pm

Saturday

7:30am—7:00pm

Sunday

7:30am—7:00pm

Driving Range

Tuesday—Friday

8:00am—6:30pm

8:00am—7:00pm

Saturday

7:30am—6:30pm

7:00am—7:00pm

Sunday

7:30am—6:30pm

7:00am—7:00pm

PRO SHOP HOURS

Golf News

2019 Player of the Year Points

(Top 25) Full Standings in Golf Shop

Roof, Jono 545

Justus, Jim 530

Moffatt, Chris 475

Haught, John 450

Rogers, Britt 440

Hurst, Voit 435

McVay, Wes 415

Rice, Bryan 410

Walters, Scott 405

Gimpel, Rick 400

Upton, Gary 370

Lopez, Randy 360

Suber, Henry 350

Walters, Brian 340

Kegley, Scott 330

Transou, Josh 320

Pennington, Jeffrey 310

Cochran, Mark 300

Venable, Shawn 290

Koslow, Reilly 280

McDowell, Scott 280

Humphries, Will 270

Siefert, Chad 270

Oldham, Dana 260

Bigalke, Chris 250

Spivey, Scott 250

October

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HUGHES NEWS

Golf News

Hello Holly Tree Members,

Football season has arrived- The heat is still with us- Every golfer still wants to improve!!

I can’t make your football team win every match or bring in the cooler weather, but I can help you become a better golfer.

This past year has been a blast for me. My stable of PGA players has increased and some of their results have been a treat to watch. It’s been a pleasure to help them with their games and become more recognized in the process.

Whilst my schedule has become hectic, I always make it a goal to offer as many options as I can to the Holly Tree membership to take part on my lesson schedule.

Being a part of the Holly Tree golf community is the best part of my job. I get to see everyone on a daily basis and always live to hear and see the feedback of your golfing efforts.

You can always find my schedule at https://square.site/appointments/book/3P9J1MD1MNK5F/bradley-hughes-golf-simpsonville-sc and make your bookings direct.

Good luck to everyone competing in the upcoming Club Championships. Play hard. Play well.

Bradley Hughes

HTCC

Director of Instruction

www.bradleyhughesgolf.com

www.bradleyhughesgolf-members.com

HTWGA News

October

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Interested in Ladies Golf?

Have questions about the Ladies’ Group? Please call Gerrie D’Angelo and she will be happy to answer your questions,

Or find the answer for you. Hope to hear from you!

Gerrie D’Angelo

864-268-0513

******************************* Ladies 2019 Handicap Tournament

Overall Champion Margaret Poore

1st Place Savannah Gresham

2nd Place Melanie Gimpel

3rd Place Phyllis Baur

4th Place Ginny Welsh

Closest to the Pin

#2 Sandy Sanford

#11 Savannah Gresham

#15 Phyllis Baur

PROSHOP NEWS

Tennis News

Hello Holly Tree Members,

Holly Tree Tennis enjoyed a very busy summer with junior camps, tournaments and lots of league play. It was also a winning summer for Holly Tree. The 10.0 Mixed Doubles Holly Tree Squad was a state finalist in the state championship, and the 9.0 40s and 18s Mixed Doubles teams were the state champions! The 40s team will be headed to Sectionals in Little Rock, Arkansas later this month. Congratulations to all of our league players on a great season. Go Tree!

10.0 18s Holly Tree Squad – Raj Pandya, Shane Stone, Brooke Walter, Samantha Russell, Elijah Elie, Emily Heflin, Eric Edwards, Brian Walters, Renee Joseph, Greg Childs, Chris MacDougall, Dorie Fann, Kelly Hesketh, Katie Turner, Kevin Hall, Patrick Jopling

9.0 18s Holly Tree A Squad – Raj Pandya, Kelly Hesketh, Katie Turner, Sara Hudgens, Samantha Russell, Mary Margaret Knight, Dorie Fann, Emily Erickson, Claude Bray, Jonathan Rice, Eric Edwards, Brian Walters, Abby Parsons, Spencer Snow, Gee Burnett, Elijah Elie, Greg Childs, Lynn Watson, Emily Heflin

9.0 40s Holly Tree Squad – Raj Pandya, Shane Stone, Kelly Hesketh, Katie Turner, Sara Hudgens, Mary Margaret Knight, Dorie Fann, Kevin Hall, Lynn Watson, Dan Watson, Claude Bray, Jonathan Rice, Eric Edwards, Emily Heflin, John Warden, Greg Childs

October is being kicked off by the 3rd Annual 24 Hour Charity Tennis-A-Thon benefiting the Leukemia Lymphoma Society. The event is being held on October 4th -5th, and we hope to surpass the funds raised last year given the increase in participation this year. Thank you to all of the participants and sponsors. We are expecting wonderful weather and a good turnout for the event. Look for the fundraising outcome in the next newsletter.

Greenville Junior Team Tennis has started their fall season, and Holly Tree has both a 10 and under and a 14 and under team par-ticipating in the program. The players clinic on Wednesday afternoons, and matches are played on Friday evenings.

Also, on the calendar for the junior players is the Holly Tree Junior Challenger on November 15th-17th. Registration is on tennislink. The tournament ID #704144119.

Reminders…

There will not be a Saturday Morning social on October 5th.

The time for the Saturday Morning Social will change to 10am-Noon on November 9th after DST ends.

The next Men’s Night schedule will go out in November. If you would like to be a regular or a sub in the next round, please let us know. The Men’s Night social is on Wednesdays at 6-7:30pm.

See you at the courts!

Jonathan Rice Director of Tennis.

Toby Rawlings, Head Tennis Professional

October

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PROSHOP HOURS

Tennis News

Phone—(864-967-9516)

Monday-Thursday

8:30am-12:00pm & 5:30pm-

8:30pm

Friday 8:30am-12:00pm

Saturday 8:30am-5:00pm

Sunday 12:00pm-5:00pm

Courts

Open Every Day 7am-11:00pm

TENNIS EVENTS WEEKLY EVENTS

Saturday Morning Social 9am to 11am

COMING UP

Men’s Night every Wednesday @6pm

Ladies Night is monthly and dates will be posted.

October 4-5 — 3rd Annual 24 Hour Charity Tennis-A-Thon

benefiting the Leukemia Lymphoma Society

No Saturday Morning social on October 5

Upcoming time change (daylight savings time):

Saturday Morning social will be from 10am to Noon

Beginning November 9

JUNIOR CLINICS

Monday- Yellow Ball: 4:30pm-5:30pm

Varsity Group: 6:30pm-8:30pm

Tuesday:- 10U Orange Ball: 5:30pm-6:00pm

12U Green Dot: 4:30pm-5:30pm

Wednesday- Junior Team Tennis

Thursday- 10U Orange Ball: 5:00pm-5:30pm

12U Green Dot: 4:30pm-5:30pm

Yellow Ball: 5:30pm-6:30pm

Varsity Group: 6:30pm-8:30pm

ADULT CLINICS

Tuesday- Adult Beginner Clinic with Toby

6:00pm-7:00pm

Wednesday - Open Mixed IM Clinic With Toby

6:30pm-8pm.

COST

1 hour—Members $10, Non-Members $12

1-1/2 Hour- Members $15, Non-Members $17

October

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TENNIS CLINICS

THE GROUNDS

Grounds News

Hello Holly Tree Members,

Leaves will be falling and golf will be going at full speed this month. With night time temperatures cooler and days beginning to cool down, we are looking forward to starting new projects and just enjoying being outside without nonstop sweating.

The greens are in great shape considering the aerification process and extreme hot weather that followed. During the month, we will be veritcutting and applying a light topdressing to keep the greens in the best possible condition. We do like a challenge and have had one with maintaining the greens. We will be going after the Bermuda grass you see in some of the greens. It’s a fight we’re doing our best to win!

Overseeding the driving range tees as well as the back lawn will happen when it cools off enough. Normally this would have been done by now, but we do not want put a cool season grass down with abnormally high temperatures. With a little patience, we’ll have beautiful Rye grass throughout the colder months.

We are going hard after the weeds that come on strong at the end of summer. Depending on the conditions and timing, these applications can burn the tips of the grasses that they are sprayed on. The turf is growing, so we just cut off the tip burn and there should be no more weeds, just great clean turf.

Cutting back on the extreme rough is happening around the course. We would like to get a jump on these areas before leaf season hits high gear. This is a loud process and the operator might not always be able to see everyone. We apologize for this but hope everyone likes the end product.

The Skills area is looking better and better. We will be removing a lot of trees from this area this winter. The main reason is for the needed sunlight, not only in the summer months, but in the winter months as well when the heat from the sun is most critical. I know we will see a big improvement once this process is done. Hole five remains roped off around the sink holes. These are dangerous areas, so please stay away from the ropes. We are still assessing options for the best long-term fix, but no decisions have been made.

The grass on the course is still growing, so please put a little sand in those divots. With the greens coming into peak growing season, fixing your pitch mark and others you see will keep the putting surface even nicer. Please remember to push toward the center of your pitch mark versus pulling up from the bottom, as this will break the roots.

The team and I look forward in seeing everyone enjoying this beautiful property during one of the best times of the year in the South.

Paul Lewis Holly Tree Grounds Superintendent

October

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LADIES MAH JONG

MISC News October

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LADIES MARATHON BRIDGE

BOOK CLUB

2nd and 4th Friday of the Month at

10:00am

Contact

Elizabeth McCluskey

411betty@gmail.com

1st and 3rd Wednesday of the Month

beginning in September at 10:00am

Contact Jean Pennington 967-7161

Wednesday, October 9 @ 6:00pm

Dinner & Discussion in the Dining Room.

Meet up in the Grille at 6:00pm Dinner at 6:30pm

and Discussion to Follow.

Book– The Elephant Company by Vicki Croke

Interested in joining the club?

Contact Sara Eggert

alanandsara1971@gmail.com

BOOK AN EVENT

Book your next event at the Club!

Are you planning a special occasion?

Remember us when you are planning your

special event or social gathering!

Contact Sharon Wells at 967-9511

2019 Calendar October

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HOLLY TREE OFFICERS President: Brent Burleson

Vice President: Keric Shanahan

Secretary: Beverly Haines

Treasurer: Ronnie Allen

COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN Clubhouse/Grounds: Don McCullough (Chair) Scott Kegley (Co-Chair)

Finance/Long Range Planning: Ron Allen (Chair) Don McCullough (Co-Chair)

Food & Beverage: Beverly Haines (Chair) Ronnie Allen Co-Chair)

Golf: Keric Shanahan (Chair) Zach Warden (Co-Chair)

Greens: David Smallridge (Chair) Will Humprhies (Co-Chair)

Membership: Scott Kegley (Chair) Keric Shanahan (Co-Chair)

Tennis: Zach Warden (Chair) Beverly Haines (Co-Chair)

Pool: Will Humphries (Chair) (Co-Chair) Scott Kegley

Tuesday—Wednesday :

9:30am to 8:00pm Menu Available till 8:00pm

Thursday:

9:30am to 9:00pm

Menu Available til 9:00pm Friday:

9:30am to 9:00pm

Menu Available till 9:00pm Saturday:

7:00am to 10:00pm Menu Available until 9:00pm

Sunday:

7:00am to 8:00pm

Menu Available till 8:00pm

Bar Hours

Tuesday-Wednesday

9:30am—9:00pm

Thursday

9:30am—10:00pm

Friday

9:30am—12:00am

Saturday

7:00am—11:00pm

Sunday

7:00am—9:00pm

GRILL & BAR HOURS

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 2 3 4 5

Marathon Bridge Annual 24 Hour

Charity Tennis

Tournament

Annual 24 Hour

Charity Tennis

Tournament

6 7 8 9 10 11 12

Club Closed

Hibachi Night Book Club Mah Jong

Live Music on the

Piazza

Men & Ladies

Club Champ.

Tennis Social

Men & Ladies

Club Champ.

13 14 15 16 17 18 19

Men & Ladies

Club Champ.

Club Closed

Marathon Bridge Kids Night—

Halloween Arts &

Cra7s

Senior M/M &

M/G

Tennis Social

Senior M/M &

M/G

20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Club Closed

Mah Jong

Men’s Mini M/M

& M/G

Tennis Social

27 28 29 30 31

Grand Sunday

Brunch Buffet

Club Closed

Pasta Night