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OCTOBER 2017 VOLUME XII NUMBER 8

4 TEAM PLAYOFF

Congratulations to RiverCrest member Rick Moyer

and his guest David Gera on winning the 2017

Invitational Member-Guest.

The tournament was sold out at 120 players who competed in

10 different Flights over two gorgeous days. The Flight win-

ners played off against one another in a 3-hole playoff. A hard

fought battle was needed to determine a winner as the even-

tual champions would need to play the final hole twice to cap-

ture the title. Congratulations to Rick Moyer and David Gera

on their victory!

2017 invitational

OVERALL CHAMPIONS:Rick Moyer & David Gera 30 points

OVERALL RUNNER-UPS:Andy Cichocki & Carey Verger 29 ½ points

O C T O B E R 2 0 1 6 T H E P R E S E R V E PA G E 2

Thank you to all the participants for this year’s Charity Classic. With our help the Charity was able to raise over $55,000! A special thank you to our major sponsors of the event!

Seth LejeuneREALTOR

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TOuRNAMENT RESuLTSThe 2nd annual RiverCrest Charity Classic was even better than the first! 108 players took to the links playing in six-

somes. There were two new formats, a shamble and scramble with “interesting” hole locations. A few new activities

were thrown in for fun, including Closest to the Keg and Closest to the Pin with Tennis Balls. Golf Pong replaced

Beer Pong, and throwing clubs as straight and long as possible also made the event memorable.

SKiLLS CONTESTSClosest to the Pin #3 Stan Lucki 6’0”

Closest to the Pin #5 Jim Nastasi 6’6”

Closest to the Keg #9 John Reilly 12’9”

Closest to the Pin #17 Diane Bartunek 11’5”

Straightest Club Throw #11 Chris Laskey 1” from the line

Longest Club Throw #11 Tim Byrne 78 yards

Closest to the Drunk Swan #15 Kirk Larsen Only one in the Beer Stein

TEAM RESuLTS David Cagliola 111.5

Steve Porter

Jim Nastasi

Michael Murphy Sr.

Alice Perrone

Pat Baun

Mark Citrone 113.4

Rob Odell

Fran Curran

Ed Bollen

Bill Simkiss

Kirk Larsen


TEXASHOLD’EM

LAST CALL!!! October is your last chance to qualify for the

big November showdown! in other news, Jeff Baun has

made a late-season push and overtaken Jim Madanci at

the last minute for bragging rights and the point lead for

2017. $500 cash will be on the line in this month's tourna-

ment and perhaps two new players will qualify for the Final

Tournament in November where the best players will be

playing for $1000 cash!

NEXT HOLD’EMWednesday, October 18th

Sunday, October 22nd @ 4pm

$7 Buffet Dinner for the KidsRegular Menu for the Adults

MAKE DINING RESERVATIONS ONLINEOR WITH THE HOST STARTING AT 4PM

THIS MONTH’S ENTERTAINMENT:Moon Bounce · Green Bean the Clown

Glitter Tatoo ArtistPLUS Yard Games off the Terrace

live music

looking for 4 more contestants

friday, october 13th

contact brandon to Particpate bjl@ rivercrestgolfclub.com

grand prize: you’re gonna have to win to find out


I S IT HERE TYPING THIS NEWSLETTER AND I CAN’T HELP BUT SMILE . ITS 46DEGREES OUTSIDE , MY SWEATSHIRT IS ON AND MOTHER NATURES LATE PUSH OFSUMMER HAS JUST PASSED. THE RECENT WEATHER IS A REFRESHING CHANGE TOTHE SOAKING RAINS , H IGH HUMIDITY OF THE PAST 3 MONTHS.

This is the perfect time of year to begin thinking about next

year’s turf. Applying a small amount of fertilizer( .5lb – 1lb.

of N) will help plants recover from any summer stress,

wear and disease damage. The fertilizer also increases the

plants carbohydrate reserves heading into winter helping

to resist diseases and push root growth. As cooler temps

begin to slow top growth more energy can be used by the

plant to grow roots. This benefit, once spring soil temps

increase, will give the grass longer, healthier roots heading

into next summer.

Even though the tournaments are winding down, this is a

very busy time of year for us. We will be aerifying tees

once again to help remove thatch. This is especially critical

after this wet season. The sustained waterlogged soils and

thatch reduced the amount of oxygen available to the plant

as well as shrinking the roots. This reduction to the plants

anchor combined with soggy soils made it easy for twist-

ing golf shoes and traffic to tear the grass out. After the

tees are punched we will fill the holes with topdressing

sand and drop seed with bentgrass.

With cooler temps inbound, I will be closing the grass tee for the remainder of the year on

October 8th. This will give three solid weeks of prime growing weather to help recover the

range tee before winter and next season arrives. Later in October, we will be solid tining the

fairways in preparation for a late season application of gypsum.

INVITATIONAL RESULTSOVERALL RESuLTS 1st Place Rick Moyer & David Gera 30 points

2nd Place Andy Cichocki & Carey Verger 29 ½ points

FLiGHT WiNNERS RESuLTS Flight 1 Rick Moyer & David Gera 30 points

Flight 2 Stephen Hynes & Mark Kieft 30 points

Flight 3 Chris Caba & Todd Vollmer 34 ½ points

Flight 4 Rich Bass & Doug West 35 points

Flight 5 Jason Sorom & Sam Raggazino 28 points

Flight 6 Craig Hammer & Steve Boyd 29 points

Flight 7 Andy Cichocki & Carey Verger 29 ½ points

Flight 8 Dana Larose & Dave Smith 31 ½ points

Flight 9 Hector Escobar & Dean Vincent 34 points

Flight 10 Steve Porter & Rushil Sankpal 32 points

FLiGHT RuNNERS-uP RESuLTS Flight 1 CJ Knecht & Vince Scarpetta 28 ½ points

Flight 2 Travis Shaffer & Nick VanDerlyke 28 points

Flight 3 Jim DiGuiseppe & Dave Fazzini 32 ½ points

Flight 4 Ken Large & Steve Valyo 26 ½ points

Flight 5 Steve Sharon & Jim Johnson 28 points

Flight 6 Russ Wilson & Dennis Stefano 26 ½ points

Flight 7 Ron Manion & Jerry Weiss 27 ½ points

Flight 8 Bernie Pfeiffer & Ed Stein 29 ½ points

Flight 9 Mark Citrone & Mike Stengel 26 points

Flight 10 Trent Pierce & Charlie Orfe 30 ½ points

OCTOBER RIVERCREST DAYThis event is a one-day Member-Guest tournament on Thursday,

October 12th in a 12:30 shotgun start. Members may bring one, two or

three guests. The event is a great way to entertain special friends and

clients and is filled with great food and drinks, great competition and

great camaraderie. The format will be 2 Best Balls of 4 (Gross and Net

Divisions). Skill contests include; Closest to the Pin, Longest Drive and

Beat the Pro. Entry Fee is $145 per person which includes Golf Cart,

Prizes, Food and Drinks. Come join the fun in our final RiverCrest Day

for 2017!

SENIOR GOLF FINALEWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11TH The Senior Golf Finale will be held on Wednesday, October

11th starting with a 9am shotgun. There will be a fun format

as always. The $55 entry fee will include breakfast before

and a lunch with your friends after golf, an 18 hole cart fee

and prizes! This is a great way to round out the 2016 sea-

son. Sign up online or by calling the Golf Shop.

SUPERINTENDENT’S REVENGESATURDAY, OCTOBER 14TH The Superintendent’s Revenge is scheduled for Saturday, October

14th. This is a four person, impossible pin location scramble,

where the Superintendent gets to relieve some stress. The format

is Step Aside Scramble, where whoever’s shot is selected steps

aside and does not play the next shot. Players may form their own

teams and may pick their starting times. There are both Gross and

Net divisions. Teams may make starting times under the normal

starting time procedures.

MEN’S FALL MEMBER-MEMBERThe annual Men’s Fall Member-Member will be held on Saturday,

October 7th. The event is a one-day 27-hole tournament with three

separate 9-hole formats. The morning Front 9 will be Better Ball of

Partners, the morning Back 9 will be a Scramble, and the final 9-

hole format will be Straight Alternate Shot over the Back 9. Lunch

is provided after the first 18 and then a buffet dinner and awards

will follow the event. Entry fee is $125 per player.

HOLE-IN-ONECongratulations to Andy Cornish on his first career

Hole-in-One! Andy aced the 17th hole on Friday,

September 29th! Andy used a 7-iron from 180 yards

to hit his perfect shot! Congratulations Andy!

DATE TOURNAMENTOct. 5 Happy Hackers (9:00-10:00 times)

Oct. 4 Senior Golf (9:00-10:00 times)

Oct. 5 Ladies Closing Day (9:30am shotgun)

Oct. 7 Men’s Fall Member-Member (9:00am shotgun)

Oct. 9 Happy Hackers (9:00-10:00 times)

Oct. 11 Senior Golf Finale (9:00am shotgun)

Oct. 12 RiverCrest Day Member-Guest (12:30pm shotgun)

Oct. 14 Superintendent’s Revenge

Oct. 15 Ladies Backyard Brawl at RiverCrest (12:00pm shotgun)

Oct. 15 Men's Backyard Brawl at Spring-Ford (12:00pm shotgun)

Oct. 18 Ladies LGA Banquet

O C T O B E R T O U R N A M E N T S


Although Colby will strongly dis-

agree with me, fall is the best time

of year! The weather is beautiful,

the leaves start changing colors, golf

courses are in great condition, and

the President’s Cup is being played

nearby at Liberty National Golf Club!

All his favorite players would be

competing in the shadow of the

Statue of Liberty. How cool!

Over the past year, Colby has participat-

ed in a half dozen local tournaments as

part of uS Kids Junior Golf Tour. He

believes if he accumulates enough

points in the Boys 8 year old division

he’ll make it onto the uS squad (got to

start somewhere right?) Just in case he

would get called up, we decided to ven-

ture out to Liberty National and play a

practice round.

Since Colby is such a rules aficionado,

on the way to northern Jersey we took a

little detour to Far Hills to visit the

united States Golf Association.

Because the uSGA is the governing

body of golf, i wanted to take Colby

through the Golf Museum to learn more

about the game. i think Colby was hop-

ing to run into someone he could net-

work with to help improve his chances

of making the uS team. i didn’t have

the heart to tell him the PGA Tour was

the one he should be talking to.

We were given a wonderful tour by Beth

Major, the Director of Community

Outreach at the uSGA. Colby got to

see very old clubs with wood shafts and

golf balls stuffed with feathers and he

asked Beth a lot of questions about the

rules of golf (getting material for future

Rules of the Month!) After a couple

hours, Colby’s eyes started to glaze

over and i knew it was time to head to

the course.

Once we got to Liberty National, it didn’t

take Colby long to spot the Statue of

Liberty. Being ever the rules guru, he

asked, “Do you think the book the

Statue of Liberty is holding is an old

copy of the uSGA Rules Book?” “Good

one!” i said. You wouldn’t know it, but

the course was built on a toxic dump. it

is a spectacular place to play golf with

the Statue and the New York Skyline

visible throughout the course.

We were playing the 7th hole, a strong

Par 4 of 484 yards. Colby said he’d like

to see today’s players using the old

wood shafted clubs and feathery balls

and see if they could make a four from

484 yards! Colby’s second shot was

wide left of the green and ended up

underneath a tree. His backswing was

restricted by a branch of the tree. As

Colby took a practice swing one leaf fell

from the branch. Colby’s brain was

mush after absorbing two hours of rules

at the uSGA, so he asked if he would

be penalized for the leaf falling.

under Rule 13-2 A player must not

improve his line of play by moving,

bending or breaking anything growing or

fixed. The leaf was on Colby’s line of

play and both growing and fixed.

Although, Colby argued that since the

leaf was orange it wasn’t growing any-

more, and with a gentle breeze it was

about to become un-fixed. i told him it

was unlucky Rule #13. However, i let

him off the hook with Decision 13-2/0.5

Meaning of improve. improve means to

change for the better, creating a poten-

tial advantage. under the decision, pro-

vided there are still other leaves on the

branch, Colby gets off penalty free as

the one leaf falling was unlikely to create

a potential advantage. Lucky little guy!

We enjoyed the rest of our round at

Liberty National. Unfortunately, Colby

did not get called up to the US team (so

it’s back to the US Kids Junior Tour we

go!) Happy Fall to All!

Rule 13-2. Improving Lie, Area of IntendedStance of Swing, or Line of PlayBy Jamie Komancheck, PGA Head Golf Professional

MEN’S BACKYARD BRAWLThe annual Men's Backyard Brawl will be held Sunday, October

15th at Spring-Ford CC. RiverCrest won the Cup in 2016 and is

looking to defend on foreign turf! The event features 35 Members

and Head Professional Jamie Komancheck against the same size

team from Spring-Ford. The event will begin with an 11:00am

lunch at Spring-Ford followed by a noon shotgun start. The match

will pair 2 RiverCrest Members against 2 Spring-Ford Members in

both Better Ball and Singles matches. Following golf there will be

a dinner and awarding of the Cup to the winning team. Entry fee is

$65 per person which includes your greens fee, cart fee, lunch,

dinner and drinks.

LADIES BACKYARD BRAWLSUNDAY, OCTOBER 15TH The Ladies Backyard Brawl will be contested the same day

as the Men’s Backyard Brawl, but on the opposite course (at

RiverCrest for 2017). The timing will be the same with a

12:00pm shotgun start with lunch prior and dinner following

golf. The event will be open to 16 Ladies from each Club.

The entry fee is $65 per person and includes lunch, golf, cart

and dinner following play. Signups open September 1st

online.


GOLF ACADEMY NEWSwith Moose

CHANGE YOUR VIEW AND IMPROVE YOUR GAME IN THE PROCESS

Here’s how it works: Start your round from the gold tees. -Rules of the game are simple. Make a par or better and move back one set of tees from where you started the hole. Make a bogey

or worse and move forward one set. if you start on the golds and make a bogey or worse you will stay on the golds until you make

par. After you finish the 18th hole determine where you would start if there were a 19th hole. The winner is determined by who

would tee off from the farthest tee box from the hole. if you are playing by yourself, set a goal as to where you want to finish. Once

you complete the game for your first 18 holes you now have a standard and a new goal. Just because we are heading into the off-

season doesn’t mean you should turn off the game completely.

There are many varieties to the game to make it more challenging and fair. A more challenging way is once you make a par from the

black tees you move back to the gold tees and continue the process and see how many sets of tees you can move back during your

round. A fairer way is to use your course handicap and determine where you would get a stroke or two. if you make a net par or

bogey you would follow the same rules as above.

There are many benefits to playing such a game including; seeing a different golf course than the one you normally play which can

lead to better course management, you will have to hit different clubs than you normally do in your typical round of golf playing from

the same set of tees, you are challenging yourself to see how far back you can get, scoring is at a premium, and our golf course

superintendent will be smiling from ear to ear as you will be changing the normal traffic pattern on the golf course.

Give it a try and let me know what you think.

Now that the end of another golf season is in our sights, how will you approach your remaining rounds when the handicap postingseason ends? Will you keep playing the same set of tees that you have been playing all season? Will you move back a set and chal-lenge yourself? Will you move up a set and see if you can improve your scoring clubs? Here is a suggestion for you to try and youcan even wager a little money on it or challenge yourself to see how far you can get.

Brian Moose DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION

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