Hello Everyone

With our final week of the 2023 season upon us and the weather flipping back to seasonal, we will only see the course open for a few select days.

The wet and cold weather today followed by the chance of some flurries Tuesday and Wednesday will leave the course closed for play, but we will see the tee sheet reopen for Thursday, Friday and Saturday bookings and our final days of the year.

The tee sheet will now be open for booking these days!! For our members booking after the 31st please ignore the fee’s associated with your booking, we know who our 2023 members are and you will not be charged.

Cheers

With this weeks warm weather, I hope everyone has been able to get out for some final rounds of golf, as next week we see the weather return to normal and even the chance of some flurries!! We will be opening the tee sheet for November 1st on Monday morning only if the weather looks okay for some golf and will continue that trend for the next 5 days, opening the tee sheet 2 days prior and only if the weather looks nice enough for some golf. After November 5th the course will remain closed for the season no matter the weather and we ask that everyone stays off the course as we prepare it for winter.

For those asking about our simulator, it will return this winter as our new Indoor Winter Golf Academy. Available for anyone looking to keep their game sharp while hitting some balls over the winter in a range/performance style setting. The Trackman range gives you the option to just hit balls, staying loose over the winter months, or the option to dive deep into your numbers, seeing where your game can take you. PGA of Canada instructor lessons will also be available throughout the winter months and we will see an array of fitting days for those looking to jump into the new 2024 Cobra line and get new clubs built specifically for them before the 2024 season begins.

Lastly a reminder of our AGM on November 21st at 6:30pm in the clubhouse. This is open to all 2023 Muni members.

Cheers

End of Year Reminders

With the 2023 Ontario Golf season creeping to its end, we just wanted to take this time to thank everyone for another great season at The Muni and send out some quick reminders and updates.

We will be leaving the tee sheet open with the members 10 day advance booking until October 31st!! We do hope to remain open the first week of November and have November 5th as our firm closing date but those extra days will be weather dependent and we will only open the tee sheet once nice weather is confirmed.

For any members who have a locker please make sure all food items, wet clothing, socks have been removed from your locker, and if you will need your clubs at any time over the winter months that they are removed from the clubhouse. We also ask that everyone please take their push carts home from the storage room as we have some work to do in that room over the off season. Lastly members who have their own drive carts please have carts removed from the compound by November 3rd at the latest.

Our AGM will be on Tuesday November 21st at 6:30pm in the clubhouse. This is open to all 2023 members who wish to attend.

Our simulator will be returning in January for those who wish to hit balls throughout the winter. Please look for new details in the coming weeks as we look to move it towards a performance/practice studio.

Cheers

Notice of the 2023 Annual General Meeting.

The board of directors will be holding the 2023 AGM on Tuesday November 21st at 6:30pm in the clubhouse. This is open to all full paying members of the course.

Hello Everyone

A quick update on some dates and events as we round into October.

Our Driving range will close for the season on October 8th. This is to give us time to grow back in the tee block area, which has had a very hard season and to also get the safety netting in before bad weather.

Our Club Closing Scramble is this Saturday with a Shotgun start at 11am. The event is currently full to groups but we do have 3 single spots remaining for anyone who wants to join for the day of golf, BBQ and door prizes. Thank you to everyone who has signed up and filled the day!!

The forecast looks beautiful next week and there is still lots of great golf days ahead!! We hope that Octobers weather remains beautiful and we can stretch out the golf season as long as possible to make up for the rainy summer.

Cheers

Also a quick reminder that the Clubhouse will be off limits as we host the PGA of Canada for seminars over the next 3 days until 4:30pm. The men’s room door from outside will be open for locker room and bath room availability and the west side door for Ladies room. The range will also remain closed Wednesday until 4pm.

Hello Everyone

A quick reminder that today is the last Men’s League night!! Although tonight’s scores do not count towards the league, it is a night to collect any team winnings, brag about your season, and also enjoy our year end roast beef meal. (Free to all league participants).

The meal will be served from 3:30pm to 6:30pm and all men’s league rewards will be handed out at the first tee from 1pm-6:30pm.

For anyone wondering about last weeks scores, the week will be canceled as only 10 players were able to get their scores in with the course being closed Wednesday through Friday and Saturday/Sunday having no carts.

We look forward to seeing everyone out tomorrow night and even though the league has officially ended please feel free to continue booking your Wednesday night round.

Cheers

This past weekend we saw our Men’s and Sr. Men’s Club Championships. After an early morning storm Saturday, participants were able to take the course for day 1. Terry Adair lead the way with a 3 under 67, while Dan Adair and Dean Sharp stayed on his tail with rounds of even par 70.

Our Sr. Championship saw Dean Sharp take down the field with that even par 70, finding himself 4 shot ahead of second place finisher Ken Rielly shooting a score of 74.

Day 2 saw Terry keep up his stellar play posting a quick 33 on the front 9!! Allowing him to cruise to a 5 shot victory over 2nd place and brother Dan Adair (+3). Terry finished with a 71 on the day and -2 for the event to claim the title.

Congratulations Terry and Dean on your wins.

Championship scores can be found at, smgc-2023menssrmensclubchampionship.golfgenius.com

Our Ladies Club Championship is coming up this Saturday August 19th. Registration is now closed and tee times are up on the Chronogolf website and app. We are looking forward to a great day of golf, food, and fun.

Upcoming events

Men’s/Sr. Men’s Club Championships- August 12th and 13th- Sign up deadline is this Wednesday August 9th. No late entries will be accepted.

Ladies Club Championship/League fun day- August 19th- Sign up deadline is August 15th.

Muni Social Night- August 25th- Join us for live music from Jason Mercer on the patio from 6pm to 9pm

Smoke Cole Results

The Smoke Cole Memorial Tournament was held on Thursday, August 3.  Thanks to all 35 players that came out and participated in the event.  The results can be found using this link:  smgc-2023smokecole.golfgenius.com

Congratulations to tournament champion, Scott Bailey turning in the low gross score of 72.  Well done also to, Daryl Benjamin, with the lowest net score, 67, for the day

August is here and hopefully it is dry!! July was the month of rain with the Muni seeing over 300mm of rain.

The staff continue to do there best getting the course dry and back to our standards. As the puddling starts to disappear will do have dead spots from water sitting and the heat. We did our best to continually pump water but it just kept coming and at times we had no where to move it. If you find your ball in these areas please consider it ground under repair. You will also see these areas being seeded in the near future so please do your best to avoid these areas and allow them to grow back in.

Our Men’s/ Sr.’s and Ladies club championship sign up deadlines are coming soon. Anyone looking to play, please make sure to get signed up at the pro shop counter before these deadlines.

Here’s hoping to a dry August.