Update on Operat ions By PGA Genera l Manager, Peter Kowal insk i

I would first like to wish a very Merry Christmas and Happy Hannukah to all of our members and their families this holiday season. The clubhouse, with some great late fall weather, has certainly added a different dynamic to the LedgeRock experience. We would like to thank all of our members for supporting the new

building. To say that we were busy in the month of December is an understatement. Holiday parties were abundant this year. We will return to our regular dinner service schedule after the holidays and will also return with our popular symphony din-ners as well. So keep an eye out for frequent updates.

I wanted to remind everyone of our new information that I highlighted before the completion of the clubhouse. The logistics were in place to have everything active by the day of opening but our IT and phone installers were less than prepared and we had some setbacks. Thank you to all of you who were so understanding through this time of difficult communicaton. Please see our new info below:

Clubhouse Phone # - 610-777-9711 - (Pete, Erin, Chef Tyler)

Golf Shop Phone# - 610-777-9705 - (The Golf Staff)

Maintenance Phone # - 610-777-9890 - (Alan FitzGerald)

Pete's Cell Phone # - 484-955-6891

Erin's Cell Phone # - 484-361-2149

Chef Tyler's Cell Phone # - 484-772-6018

The new phone system has the same capabilities as we had in the past. The only difference is that you now have an option to call the clubhouse for your event needs or di-

rectly to the golf shop for your golfing needs. We will be able to transfer calls to all departments if you need to talk to multiple departments during your call. When you call LedgeRock you will be greeted by a friendly voice that will do their best to take care of you. We discussed an automated greeting system when you call but one of our board members said to me, "...we have worked hard to create a certain level of service and it would be foolish to have our members be greeted by an automated answering system...". Well said! Continued on next page…..

End of Year Edition

Dinner in the new Clubhouse... This is new to all of us so I thought I would reiterate some facts that I sent out in a previous email and also some new important things that every-one should know. To start, we will be offering dinners 3-4 nights a week in the main dining room. Dress will be business casual. NO JACKETS REQUIRED!!!! The only restriction would be no golf shoes or shorts when having dinner in the dining room. Dinner will consist of an ala carte menu and will have a variety of options to satisfy everyone's palate. You can check out the menu on the members side of the website. LedgeRock could be a destination restaurant or you could also enjoy a very casual dinner. The new facility allows us to offer more variety in selection so please think of us for all of your dining needs whether it is a special occa-sion or if it’s a quick casual dinner with your family! We will also offer a Tapas menu in the Library of the clubhouse every night we are open. Dress in the library is casual golf

attire. Burgers, wings, and some very tasteful salads will be of-fered. As always in BOTH the Dining Room and the Library we will have kid friendly items available as well. When the back patios are in full swing in the spring and summer in 2012, please consider this as an option for dining. The view is spectacular!!!!!!!!! If you have any questions, do not hesitate to call or email. Happy New Year to everyone and here’s to a great 2012 season at LedgeRock! Regards, Pete

We hope everyone had an amazing golfing season and is enjoying the new clubhouse! You couldn’t ask for a better time to show your friends and family the new build-ing, with it’s halls decked and trees trimmed! We are on the verge of finishing up our busy holiday season with parties and social functions. Once January hits we will be on a Thurs, Fri, and Sat dinner schedule rotation. Now is the time to bring out your potential members to have them join in the winter! Where else can you still play, hit balls, eat, and shop all winter long in that order?? If you have anyone interested in looking at a membership, please feel free to contact me so I can welcome them into the club!

Best wishes for a short and sweet winter! - Erin

A Message f rom the GM cont inued…. .

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Membership News By Er in S ignor, Director of Member Ser v ices/Event Coordinat ion

New Ki tchen Staf f

By Tyler Misko, Execut ive Chef

Good Afternoon LedgeRock. I hope everyone is doing well with the mild weather and that you are enjoying the holiday season. Now that the clubhouse has been opened for a month, we are getting accustomed to our new facility. We invite you to dine with us if you have not already to experience lunch, tapas, or our dinner menu. One vital part of opening the new clubhouse is staffing. Here at LedgeRock we take pride in working with young professionals to help them develop and grow. Some you may not know, but our assistant chef, Miss Alexandria Krommes, was given “Rock” employees honor. She has shown dedication and loyalty to learning and working at LedgeRock, and we look forward to bigger and better things from her.

We also have a new addition to the kitchen staff. Mr. Jeremy Auchenbach has started cooking and training with us at the learning center. He just graduated from the Pennsylvania school of culinary arts in Lancaster with an associate’s degree in November and has been doing his externship here at LedgeRock. He has some experi-ence in the field and has worked at Galen Hall. He will be a great asset to LedgeRock and if you have a moment, stop in and introduce yourself. As always, if you are in need of anything please don’t hesitate to contact me. And please read this quote I found it quite interesting. A golfer's diet: “Live on greens as much as possible."- Arnold Palmer

Congratulat ions to Josh and Jae Welk November 5 , 2011

F i rs t Wedding in the new c lubhouse!

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Well... the end of the 2011 golf season is very palpable. However, the end of your days improving on your golf game does not have to be over. If you think back to all of those record-breaking rounds that you recorded this past year, there probably is one, recurring factor among all of them... great putting. As we head into the winter months, it needs to be recognized that putting is by far the most important and easiest facet of the game to practice in the off-season. Take your putter to work and putt around in the office; put the kids to bed and putt around in the living room; anywhere with a rather flat, carpet-like surface can be taken advantage of by your putting drills. While doing so, here are a couple of ideas to think about and practice on a daily basis. The first drill I would suggest is to work on some part of the putting stroke that you can "feel." Feel

is the only word that prevents all golfers from being great putters. By starting to know what a new or smoother putting stroke "feels" like, you will knock down more and more 10 footers. Try working on a "press hands forward first" mentality. This means that right before you begin to start your backstroke, ever so slightly push your hands to the left, or "ahead" of the ball, and then smoothly transition into your backswing. This small move forward with the hands should allow you to feel the left wrist "lock." That locked feeling will help to prevent your wrists from bending; thus, creating a fluid rhythm to each and every putt. If you work at this move and gain a consistent, "locked" feel, I abso-lutely guarantee positive results. Of course, another way to waste some time during the winter doldrums is to play with new technology. If you have not yet seen it, the iPing App for iPhone 4 is just that toy. Set

to measure tempo, face angle at impact, and stroke type/path, the App just needs the specific cradle that allows the iPhone to be clipped onto your putter shaft. After each putt, you are given immediate feed-back as to how fast your tempo was, whether you are closing the clubface at impact, or even if you have a slight arc to your putting stroke. Perform this test multiple times, and you will start to notice what your tendencies are, which in turn means you now have numbers that can be used as specific goals. This instant and ac-curate feedback will help you to achieve the second most impor-tant part of putting—consistency. If you use the App to measure your putting stroke and allow it to show you your tendencies, I guarantee you will start to see yourself roll more consistent putts,

and gain even more positive results. So as the cold weather makes its way here in the next month or so, remember that it is always the perfect time to heat up your putting. If you take some time over the winter to keep that "feel" and consistency, your record-breaking rounds from this year will carry right on through into 2012. Best of Luck, Kyle

By Kyle Miller, PGA Assistant Golf Professional

Winter i s Cold… Putt ing Should Not Be

By PGA Ass istant , Kyle Mi l ler

The Rough. . . i s Rough

By PGA Ass istant Profess ional , Brady Foore

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Unless you’ve been traveling in the Sahara Desert for the past 2 months, you’re well aware of the amount of rain we’ve received here at LedgeRock. And while we’ve been open for regular play, playing conditions have been “entertaining”, to say the least. As we all learned way back in Science class, plants prefer to receive water in order to continue living. With the amount of fertilizer treatments our course receives to main-tain the fantastic conditions, a little extra water, with a little bit of sun, has made the

rough a force with which to be reckoned. Some advice for deal-ing with the length and thickness of the rough… First, and most important, STAY OUT OF IT!!! Unfortunately, most of us don’t have Fred Funk’s driving accuracy, so we need to rethink our strategy. Second, cut yourself a piece of “humble pie”, take your medicine, and get the ball back into play.

Here’s what to do… Assuming you have a tough lie in the rough, don’t grab anything more than a 7-iron (preferably a wedge). Anything more than that, the club tends to come in too shallow (creating more friction with the grass), and it simply doesn’t have enough loft to (quickly) escape the grass. If you choose to use a long iron, you may find yourself advancing the ball 10 feet at a time, the entire length of the hole. Next, we want to create a steeper angle of attack on the ball, so place the ball more towards the back of your stance. The steeper your angle into the grass, the less friction you will create on the way down into the ball. Finally, don’t be afraid to grip the club tight. Due to the thickness of the grass, the club will turn in your hands (and/or stop altogether) if you are not ready for it. It is important to make as much contact with the ball prior to the club “catching” the grass. This, com-bined with a more lofted club, should get you back to the fairway with a more “natural” shot to follow. Again, get yourself back into the short grass, with a chance at saving par. There’s no need to be a hero from thick, heavy rough – you’ll lose, and your score will reflect it. Be sure to stop by the golf shop for questions and help. Cheers, Brady

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Introducing….our new c lubhouse!

Book your next event for 2012!