OCC E-News

Please Note:

1.      Saturday, August 6^th – The golf course will be unavailable for member play due to an OLGA Member-Guest Tournament in the morning and a member sponsored corporate event in the afternoon.  The practice green, short game facility and practice range will be open for member use throughout the day.

2.      Saturday, August 6^th – The dining room and clubhouse will be CLOSED for member dining due to private parties.  We apologize for the inconvenience but also are thankful for our members to look to their Club to host private functions!

 

Golf Course Update:

 

A couple months ago we experienced a disease known as Leaf Spot, bipolaris, on 18 green.  After the heavy rainfall and humidity of the summer, we are now seeing this same disease throughout the rest of the course.  We are well applied with treatments to the greens and tees, but I feel it may get worse before it gets better just as 18 did.  I have never seen this disease in my 17 years at Oxmoor, so we have never treated for it prior.  As I said, we are well protected now with fungicides and we are not the only course experiencing this disease.  It is running rampant across the state.  Aerification, verticutting and topdressing are a cultural practice used to prevent this disease.  To aid in healing of these areas, we will be verticutting and topdressing which will be completed this afternoon.  Greens will be bumpy and slow, but if we want to keep them alive this is a necessity. Depending on how quick recovery is, we will likely do this again in two weeks and beginning September 13th we will be core aerifying the greens.   In mid-October we will perform a second core aerification followed by tee and fairway aerification to hopeful prevent any further disease and ultimately have a healthier root system and turf on our putting greens.

 

Thanks

Mike Coy, CGSAA

mcoy@oxmoorcountryclub.com

 

Golf Notes:

1.      Couples Golf – Tonight at 6:00 PM.  Please contact the golf shop if you would like to sign up for the 9-Hole Scramble.

2.      KY Scramble – Sunday, Aug. 7^th at 1:00 PM.  Sign up your favorite member foursome for a Club qualifier to go to the state championship with our Head Golf Professional, Jamie DeKeuster.  The entry fee is $50 pp ($200 per team) and teams will receive a team handicap determined by percentages of ABCD players in the group.

3.      Ladies Intro League – Tuesday, Aug. 9^th at 6:30 PM.  I would like to encourage any ladies of Oxmoor CC who may be interested in learning the game of golf to join us for a FREE 3-week clinic on Tuesday evening.  The clinic will consist of 45-minutes of some basic fundamentals of the game as well as proper etiquette of playing it with friends. 

4.      Guest Day – Thursday, Aug. 11^th – Bring out your friends or family for just $35 including cart fees.  Reservations are strongly encouraged.

5.      Men & Senior Club Championship – Aug. 12^th-14^th – Contact the golf shop if you would like to participate in the 2016 Club Championship contested over 54 holes for all divisions.  The field will be cut to the top 8 scores after 36-holes of competition and those qualifiers will pay a 3^rd round to determine the champions and who will earn themselves a Club parking spot.  The entry fee to play is $25 and the deadline to sign up is Thursday, Aug. 11^th at 4:00 PM

 

Club Notes:

1.      Bourbon Club – Thursday, Aug. 18^th at 6:00 PM. We will have a 9-Hole Par 3 golf event that evening followed by appetizers and some sipping of unique Kentucky brown water from the Barton Distillery.

2.      Couples Paint & Sip – Friday, Aug. 19^th at 6:00 PM.  Join us for a fun evening of channeling your Inner-Picasso as we will have an instructor on site to help you brush a painting of our picturesque 9^th hole.  The cost is $30pp which includes instructor & canvas fees and we will feature select appetizers, wine & dinner specials that evening for those members who are attending.

3.      Pop-up Famers Market – I would like to thank all those members who came out to support our neighbors from the Oxmoor Farm and Food Literacy Project for their first pop-up market of the harvest season.  We are very excited about supporting their community work as well as offering our members an opportunity to purchase fresh farm produce.  For more information visit, www.feilddayfamilyfarm.us , and be on the look for more unique member experiences from the farm to the table!