Newsletter – Fall 2011

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Once again the year is flying by. It was a slow start but has really picked up as the season went through. In our Spring newsletter I started it off by stating it was the same old thing here at Orr Lake Golf Clubs with lots of new improvements. Well we have continued on through the season with more improvements. The new shaped up area around the ponds on 11 and 13 has gone over to great fanfare. The new 10th blue tee is almost ready to open, Cart paths on a number of holes have been completed, a new rock wall between holes 13 and 14 has been completed, and numerous irrigation upgrades have taken place. One upgrade where I received a huge number of compliments that really caught me off guard was the new path on hole #8 white and blue tees. The old path went on to the neighbors property and the new owner asked me to move the path. Well we got right on to it and 5 hours later it was completed. For weeks after people would come up to me and compliment me on what I had done on hole #8. I would think about it and then ask them “what did I do on the 8th?” After they told me the new path I would laugh. I got more compliments on something I had to do vs something I wanted to do.

 

Food is a Must!!

This has been another year where food sales have been going way up due to our new menu, the improved quality going to homemade burgers, Fishy Fridays which is still a huge hit and our new Roast Beef sundays. We have been getting a lot of people who are coming out just to eat as well without golfing. Our Fishy Fridays Deal and Roast Beef Sundays will continue on until Thanksgiving weekend.

 

EVENTS

Our annual Will Marshall Insurance Golf Event will once again be taking place this fall on September 11th with an 8:30am shotgun start. The event is a 2 Person Scramble that raises money for the Season’s Center for Grieving Children. The cost is $85 per person before September 1st and $95 per person after. The price includes 18 holes of golf, cart, Sausage on a bun, Hole in One contests and lots of prizes. This event has been selling out so please book your spot early.

Our 2nd Annual Individual Stroke Play Competition the Orr Lake Open will take place on Sept 30-Oct 2nd. Our goal last year was to get 40 people and we got them no problem. The event was a huge success with everyone raving about how much fun they had. Once again in this event there will not be any handicaps used but instead everyone one will be placed into one of 4 flights. The flights will not be determined until after each round has finished and will change as required. So for example if 100 people sign up, after the first round the top 25 scores will go into the 1st flight, the 2nd 25 scores will go into the 2nd flight and so on. After the second round the 2 scores will be totaled and the flights adjusted as required using the same format. This format really helped to prevent any sandbagging and allow golfers to play against people of equal ability. The cost will be $150 for non members and $125 for members. This will include a sign up gift, tee time practice round with cart on Friday, Fish & Chips dinner Friday night where teams and hole assignments will be presented, Saturday 10am Shotgun start with cart and barbecue lunch and Sunday 10am Shotgun start with cart and 6pm Roast Beef dinner and prize presentations. This year all the prizes will be given out as cash! Call our Proshop to register for both events!

 

PARTY TIME AT ORR LAKE GOLF CLUB

Special thanks again to all those who have used our banquet facilities to host events here at Orr Lake Golf Club. This year we have hosted birthday parties with and without golf, business meetings, weddings and anniversary parties. We are already booking dates for 2012 hall rental so give us a call if you have a special date you would like to book.

MEMBERSHIPS

Our 2012 membership program will start on September 1st. We have reduced the number of memberships we are taking down to 125 for 2011 and we will be maintaining that number for 2012. We are however offering 1 new program for 2012 in addition to our standard membership. Any new members will be able to play the rest of the year for free as part of their membership dues.

Membership prices for this fall will be as follows:

STANDARD MEMBERSHIP

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011 until NOVEMBER 1, 2011

FULL                                                 WEEKDAY

Adult                          $885 + hst = $1000.05            $768.50 + hst = $868.41

Couple                       $1431 + hst = $1617.03          $1230.67 + hst = $1390.66

Junior                        $300 + hst = $339.00  (includes free entry to Junior League)

Power Cart               $575.22 + hst = $650.00         $442.48 + hst = $500.00

  • Current members only need to provide a post-dated cheque to November 1st
  • Weekday Members will only be able to book tee times on weekday holidays after 2pm

PURCHASE EARLY AND YOU WILL ALSO GET:

  • New members will get to play free for the rest of 2010
  • 5 free ½ golf cart rentals that can be used in 2011 or 2012 (not included with Junior Memberships)
  • 2 free guest passes (not included with Junior Memberships)

PAY PER MONTH MEMBERSHIP (new for 2012)

With this membership you are able to pay monthly on a credit card for your 2012 membership starting payments in Sept of 2011 and finishing with your last payment in Sept of 2012. Anyone starting this type of membership in any month after Sept will have to make a “catch up” payment (you must pay for all the months from Sept to whatever is the current month) before your monthly payments will begin.

Monthly Fees

                                    FULL                            WEEKDAY

Adult                          $100/month                             $87/month

Couple                       $162/month                             $140/month

Junior                                    $30/month

Power Cart               $65/month                               $50/month

For more details please contact our Proshop.

 

Finally, congratulations to Kyle Corriveau who finished second in the Ontario PGA Play Ability Test, and is now a member of The Canadian Professional Golfers Association along with our club Professional Paul Jennings. Kyle is a product of the Orr Lake Junior Program, a former junior member, Junior and Mens Club Champion and past winner of the Orr Lake Mens League. We wish Kyle all the best in his chosen field. The junior golfers of Orr Lake Leagues, Clinics, Camps and Private Lessons also wish to thank the many golfers who are so supportive with golf ball donations. It is the best recycle program in golf.

Enjoy the rest of the Season. There is still Lots of great golfing weather left!

 

Click HERE for the Spring 2011 Newsletter