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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
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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
S
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
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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
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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
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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.
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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