Men's Founders Cup Champions

Congratulations Jake Reis and Adam Aleknavicius! 

More High School Girls Golf Honors for GBCC Members

On Monday, October 3rd, the following members competed in the Girls High School Golf Division I Sectional at Royal Scot Golf Course:

1st Place, De Pere, 365
Annie Schneider, 88, T-5th Place
Lauren Owens, 88, T-5th Place
Megan Langer, 103, 24th Place

2nd Place, Notre Dame, 377
Emily Martin, 89, 7th Place
Emily Smits, 91, T-8th Place
Maddie Woodward, 99, 21st Place

Notable: Rachael Revolinski (Preble High School), 91 for T-8th Place

On Tuesday, October 4th at Racine Country Club, Elizabeth Santos and the Fox Valley Lutheran Foxes finished second at the Girls High School Golf Division I Sectional.

The De Pere Redbirds, the Notre Dame Tritons, and the Fox Valley Lutheran Foxes advance to the State Tournament next Monday and Tuesday at University Ridge Golf Course in Madison.

Live scoring will be available for the State Girls' Golf Tournament on Monday, October 10th and Tuesday, October 11th at wiaawi.org.

Fall Aerification Promotes Healthy Turf

By Golf Superintendent Ben Larsen

The fall golf season has officially begun and the golf course is currently in fine condition. Some collar “thinning” still remains on the golf course from the well above average summer we have just experienced. Most of the thinning areas have already been, or will be addressed, with a combination of improved drainage, seed and/or plugging.

Notice the seed germination in the aerification holes and the spiked area around.

As of last week, we have officially started aerifying and topdressing all greens and tees. It’s all about turf roots and drainage right now, and getting oxygen deep into the soil profile through punching holes and adding sand is the best way to promote a healthy and functional root system. The nonexistence of any major turf issues on our greens, tees, and fairways this summer is a tribute to the success of our aerification programs.

Aerification hole, filled with sand, after aerifying the greens last week.

Projects that have been completed this past month include:

• Aerification, Verticutting & Topdressing of Greens
• Aerification, Verticutting & Topdressing of Tees
• Fertilization of Greens & Tees
• Started preparation for fall projects

Projects that we will be working/starting on next month include:

• Red Hawk Room Gutter Installation and Re-shingling
• #14 Roundabout Landscape Bed
• Aerification & Verticutting of Fairways
• Seeding #2 Tee/#6 Green & #9 Green Berm
• Fall Décor Around Clubhouse
• Sod #14 Greenside Bunkers & Add Irrigation
• Expediting the Parking Lot Renovation – Capital Project
• Start #17/#15 Creek Bank Project – Capital Project
• Fairway Fertilizer Application

How do you spell R-E-C-O-V-E-R-Y?

By Golf Superintendent Ben Larsen

The weather over the last month has provided ideal recovery conditions.  Cool nights and warm days coupled with low humidity is the recipe for successful turf management.  The average morning temperatures lows have been in the mid-50s and afternoon highs have been in the 70s.  These weather conditions reduce the risk is of turf loss because of cooler temperatures, shorter day lengths and low evapotranspiration rates.  Also with low ET rates little rain or irrigation is needed to provide the turf with adequate moisture.  Unfortunately we have received 4.27” of rain this month.  The time needed to dry out has now increased due to lowered temperatures coupled with shorter day lengths.  With that being said you may have noticed some different conditions that develop with prolonged periods of moisture.

Algae

Pictured to the right is algae; it develops during long periods of warm rain, wet and moist conditions.  If monitored and controlled immediately, it will not overtake the turf, just give the greens a black speckled look.  Chemical applications are used to eliminate the algae but will not prevent it from returning.  Below are the ways we prevent/minimize algae from developing on our greens.

• Maintain good soil fertility and pH
• Improve drainage
• Increase light penetration and air circulation
• Aerate soils
• Irrigate deeply and infrequently

Rust
During periods of long wet periods in late summer and early fall, different varieties bluegrass can develop rust.  The yellowing of the turf is the first sign of rust (pictured below).

Overtime, the turf turns a red-orange and starts to thin out.  Rust is transferred through spores (pictured below); which you might see on your shoes when you walk through, or an orange cloud when you mow, the infected turf. 

Rust does not kill turf but opens up susceptibility to other infections.  Below are ways we minimize the spread of rust.

• Lessen mowing frequency
• Good fertility
• Chemical control (last resort)

High School Girls Garner Golf Honors

We're so very proud of the following high school girls golfers from GBCC:

• Emily Smits, Emily Martin, and Maddie Woodward and the Notre Dame Triton team captured the FRCC Conference Championship on Friday. 
• Annie Schneider (De Pere) shot 90 to tie for 3rd individually and Lauren Owens (De Pere) tied for 9th individually. The De Pere Redbirds finished 2nd in Conference and Green Bay Preble finished 3rd. 
• Green Bay Preble’s Rachael Revolinski earned Honorable Mention All-Conference 
• Notre Dame's Maddie Woodward and De Pere’s Lauren Owens were named to 2nd Team All-Conference 
• Notre Dame's Emily Smits and Emily Martin, and De Pere’s Annie Schneider were named to 1st Team All-Conference 
• Elizabeth Santos from Fox Valley Lutheran earned Honorable Mention honors in her conference as well. 

While we can't take credit for their ability, we are very happy they chose Green Bay Country Club as a place to help develop their talents!

 Read more about their accomplishments at: Notre Dame golfers win FRCC title

15th Annual Veterans Outing -- October 3, 2016

Some members have asked me how/why the club started our Veterans Outing.  Some of our more "seasoned" members were around when the idea became a reality.  For those of you who were not, I write this brief overview.
 
I had an idea that originated as a result of a catastrophic day for America, 9/11/01.  Like Pearl Harbor, it has altered our way of life in so many ways.  Remember where you were on nine-eleven?  Do you remember the emotions of that day?  You probably do. Your parents probably recalled where they were and what they were doing on December 7, 1941.  Did you know that 2,403 people died at Pearl Harbor?  There were 2,996 casualties plus at least 11 unborn babies killed as a result of the cowardly attack on 9/11.  
 
While driving to the club on Veterans Day, 11/11/01, the idea of having a Veterans Outing to salute current and former members of our armed forces at GBCC entered my mind.  After obtaining the unanimous approval of the board of directors at the November 2001 meeting, the idea transformed into the first annual Veterans outing on 11/11/02.  Rain, snow, sleet and hail pelted 96 participants that day. One of our guests, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Ken Stumpf, commented that the rice paddies of Vietnam had provided better conditions!
 
Since that first outing over 1,600 Veterans, along with their relatives and friends, have enjoyed being treated like a member of our club for a day.  I am happy to report this year's outing will be our largest ever.  Last year was our largest, with 142 golfers. This year we are at capacity with 148 registered!

The club charges $75.00 for greens fees, cart, continental breakfast, lunch, hors d'oeuvres and non-alcoholic beverages.  (Adult beverages are available for purchase.)  Over $120,000 has been raised by this event and donated to local Veterans organizations.  In 2010, 101 members of the club voluntarily funded the GBCC "Adopt-A-Soldier" program.  With the assistance of local Veterans groups we sent out 101 "Care Packages" valued at about $10,000 to local soldiers deployed to various desert destinations.
 
Please know that the event costs the members of GBCC nothing.  It is a zero income, zero expense event.  We simply provide the use of our facilities to recognize those that have served.  If you would like to join us as a volunteer, an observer of the opening ceremonies at 10:00 AM, or for the program after the event around 5:00 PM, please do so.  
 
Come help us salute our Veterans!
 
Sincerely,
 
Jerry Miller
Event Chair

River Cup Results: East Prevails

The West side could not overcome a commanding 12.5 to 5.5 lead by the East side going into the final day of the River Cup. East won the River Cup 22.5 to 13.5. This was the 12th year of the competition and the East side now leads 7 to 5 overall.

Pictured left to right: Kipp Karakas, Lynie Vincent, Tim Bauman, Tom Van Oss, Mike Johnson, Jeff Jaekels, and Mike Schoen. Not included in picture, but on winning East team: Don Vercauteren, Barb Vercauteren, Tony Brice, Dorothy Brice, Jan Martens, Ryan Meisinger, Tom Galloway, Gary Spielbauer, Rick Kummers, Ray Schumer and Pat Wall. 

Check out more photos on our Facebook fan page: River Cup 2016