Inside this issue:

Contact Deanna Hauglum with your comments at

(253) 838-0432 or at reception-

ist@twinlakesgolf.net

Club Manager..........2

Catering Manager...2

Golf Pro...................3

New Members........3

Social Committee.…4

Green Committee….5

Fitness Center & Food Service Hours.5

Wine Committee….6

Ladies Division & Ladies Invitiational.7

March Events…..….8

March 2017 Lots to discuss…

I’ll start with an update on our efforts to build our membership. As of this writing, I am pleased to

report that 13 new Proprietary Members have already joined our Club since Janu-ary 1st, including two new Junior Proprie-tary Members. We are off to a great start toward meeting our initial membership goals ahead of any major marketing initi-atives. Welcome to our new members and thanks to those who invited them to join!

Closest to home, we have had ongoing discussions with the Twin Lakes Home-owners Association on how we can better work together for the benefit of the Twin Lakes Community. The HOA is looking for enhanced family-oriented recreational opportunities for all of the residents; and, by offering these oppor-tunities, our Club is looking to build its membership. Three significant events are already in the works – our traditional Pancake Breakfast, scheduled for May 20th, will be augmented by a special fun event for the kids hosted by our Assis-tant Professionals, Nate Smith and Josh Scothorne. This will be followed by an Open House and Golf Camp for HOA resi-dents, tentatively scheduled for Sunday, June 25th. Ahead of these events, we will be conducting a special Social Member-

ship promotion for HOA residents only, to broadly introduce the Club to those residents who are not already TLG&CC members.

As Spring approaches, our Club events calendar will be getting into high gear. The Golf Committee & the Pro Shop Staff have planned a fantastic schedule of golf tournaments; and, the Social Committee will kick-off its outstanding calendar of events with a Comedy/Magic Show on Saturday evening, April 1st. Speaking of major events, thanks to those who have volunteered to serve on our 50th Anni-versary Task Force to plan how we will commemorate this huge milestone!

Finally, I would like to thank the many members who participated in our 2017 Member Survey. Your feedback is very important and will help the Board of Trustees set future priorities. The results will be compiled and carefully reviewed this month; and, a summary will be pre-pared & provided to all members by April 15th.

Best Regards & Happy Spring!

Phil Matonti, 2017 President

The President’s Message / Phil Matonti

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From Our Club Manager / Dave Hobson

What a great start to the 2017 season. If you

have notice a lot of new faces around the club,

that would be because of the 9 new Proprietary

members, 4 members that upgraded to Propri-

etary status and 1 new social member. As I’m

writing this article three more new proprietary

members have turned in the application. I want

to personally thank all the members that are

bringing in their friends to join, the member

incentive program is working!

We have some events upcoming like the wine

tasting on the 14th, the meet & greet new

members on the 16th and the social magic show

on the 1st of April. Along with a new breakfast

menu, a new Thursday family night menu and

steak night will be returning on Wednesday

night, the 8th of March.

We got a lot of feedback from the survey, but

we could use a little more so that will be going

back out. Please take the time to fill it out, your

voice is important and your ideas help move

this club forward.

We will be starting two new programs starting

April 1st:

Business of the month – During the month drop

of your business card into the container on the

bar. The last day of the month we will draw out

a card and that business will become the

“Business of the Month.” It will be featured in

the sandblaster and email blast through the

following month.

Facebook Contest – the individual that checks

in, shares and likes the most post during the

month will win a $25.00 gift certificate and will

be featured in the sandblaster.

Dave Hobson, General Manager

From your Catering & Events Manager / Jeanne Walker

“In like a lion, out like a lamb” and suddenly we are looking at March! There are many things to look forward to this month: Sunday March 12th Daylight Savings Time begins (Spring Forward!), Friday March 17th is St. Patrick’s Day, and Monday March 20th is the official first day of Spring!

Ducks Unlimited will be here on Saturday March 18th for their annual dinner auction. They are expecting 200 people so parking will be very limited that evening.

Are there wedding bells in your future? We will have a booth at the Tacoma Wedding Show on Saturday March 25th and Sunday March 26th. Come see us there! The rest of the month will be filled with regular group lunch & dinner meetings, and several social

events including a birthday and a retirement party.

February was a busy month and also includ-ed the Mayor speaking at the February 1st FW Chamber Luncheon, the Club’s annual Valentine’s Dinner event, a large wedding on February 25th, and the Ladies Kick-Off Dinner on February 28th.

We are currently booking events in 2018 so if you have something special coming up let’s get a date on hold!

Don’t forget! We welcome bookings for weddings, anniversary celebrations, retire-ment parties, high school reunions, memori-al services and many other types of events. I’m happy to help you plan your next special event. Please contact me at ext 110 or jeannewalker@twinlakes.net

Jeanne Walker, Catering & Events Manager

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From Our Golf Pro / Kris Runge

March is here and that means it’s time to start posting those scores again, so you can pad those handicaps for this year’s tournaments. Bunch of sandbaggers!!! Another sign the golf season is here. The days are getting longer and daylights savings time begins on March 12th this year, so there will be plenty of day-light after work to squeeze in a quick 9 holes. The sunshine is coming!!!!

March also means it’s time for the Men’s Ec-lectic tournament. This is a four week event. Each week you need to play one round. Be-fore the round you need to declare your in-tentions to a staff member inside the pro shop that this will be one of your tournament rounds. At the end of your round turn your scorecard into the pro shop. At the end of the four weeks we will use the best score for each hole to calculate your final score. Depending on the number of participants we will pay out gross and net prizes by division. Entry fee for this event is $40.

Pro Am draw night will be held on March 15th. There will be a 5:30 pm shotgun that night which will be a two man scramble. Sign-up sheet is available in the pro shop. The teams will be decided by a blind draw so sign-up early. Those who participate in the shotgun will be given a higher priority for the draw. We have lots of really good courses available, so come on out and join the fun. We do have a couple of events prior to the draw night so if you would like to play in any of the earlier events let someone inside the pro shop know so we can contact you to check your availabil-

ity for the dates.

The “Masters at Twin Lakes” will be held the weekend of April 8th & 9th this year. Start watching the golf events on TV so you can see who is getting their game in shape for Augus-ta. This is a very popular event in which we auction off the tour players that make the cut in the Masters on Friday the 7th. To participate you need to purchase a tour player as your partner. You will then play Saturday and Sun-day at Twin Lakes and we will combine your net score with your tour player’s score from Saturday and Sunday at Augusta for your competition score. You can play your round anytime on Saturday and Sunday as long as you play with another member who is also competing in the competition. We will also be having a par 3 event on Wednesday evening starting at 5:30 pm where we convert all the holes on the front nine into par 3’s. Similar to the par 3 event they have at Augusta to kick off the Masters.

I’m sure everyone is aware that we are having a big membership drive that has already yield-ed some new members. Let’s introduce our-selves to them and invite them out for a round of golf. Let’s make this a Great year for Twin Lakes. Now, let’s get that sunshine back out from the loooong winter and play some golf.

Kris Runge, Head Golf Pro

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Please Welcome our New Members this Month!

Jeff Wetz – Individual Prop.

Gene Perry – Individual Prop.

Eugene Manning – Individual Prop.

David Hirselj – Individual Prop.

John Lewin – Individual Prop.

Jay Kay – Family Prop.

Scott Hunzinger – Family Prop.

Chris Hash – Junior Individual Prop

Joshua Peterson – Junior Family Prop.

Franklin Ohira – Social

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Social Committee Events for 2017 - Mark Your Calendars :

April 1st, Saturday— Evening Ball Room Event with Dinner Show

April 29th, Saturday— Spring Basket Planting

May 6th, Saturday—Kentucky Derby Day in the Lounge

August 12th, Saturday— Pool Party

October 27th, Friday— Scareyoke and Costume Party in the Lounge

Nov 5th, Sunday— Ladies Day at Twin Lakes

Social Committee

MAGICAL EVENING - April 1st at 5:30 pm

Please join us for a "Magical" evening at Twin Lakes on Saturday April 1st. Fea-turing Cory Durgin & Michael Budd, TWO award winning magicians for your evening's entertainment providing tableside magic and a stage show. Doors will open at 5:30 pm with a no host bar and passed appetizers. Three course dinner at 6:30 pm with your choice of Flank Steak with Wild Mushrooms or Macadamia Nut Crusted Halibut. To start the 7:30 pm show, Club President Phil Matonti will present a Champagne toast to start the celebration of Twin Lake's 50th anniver-sary year. $42.50 per person or $85 per couple. Seating will be limited so please make your reservation early (and choose your entrée). 48 hour cancellation pol-icy will be in effect.

SPRING PLANTING - April 29th from 10:00 am to 12:00

It's time to spruce up your outdoor patio. No green thumb required.

BYOP - Bring your own pot or basket 12" to 14" (no old soil). $25.00 per pot

Potting soil, plants and instruction provided by Suzanne Matonti and Gerry Schlehofer.

Space is limited, reservations required by Tuesday, April 25th. Sign up today by calling the office at 253-838-0432.

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Green Committee

We’re starting to post scores again. Spring and good weather are just around the corner. The course is in pretty great shape for all the rain we’ve had this winter. If you’ve been out on the course already this year you’ve seen some changes we’re making to our bunkers. We have lots of them and the recommen-dations we received from the USGA recently suggested we remove a few of them. Some don’t come into play much and were requiring maintenance time we can use elsewhere. So we are removing the 3 bun-kers on the left of #15. They will become grassy areas. Dennis has already completed the re-contouring. We’re just waiting for warmer weather to seed. Please avoid these new areas as they grow in.

Another place we see an opportunity to save maintenance time is the front bunker on #8. The railroad ties holding the walking path on the right side of that bunker are rotting and are in need of replacement. Instead of replacing them with new ties, we are removing them entirely and adding a strip of new grass on the right side of the bunker. This will make the bunker smaller and remove the need for the walking path. So, no more need for gravel, ties and extra raking.

We’ve also installed some new drainage in the previously very wet area in front of #11 green. This, along with last fall’s deep drilling of the green, has made a large difference in the firmness of this green.

We’re considering additional changes from the USGA recommendations. Stay tuned.

Please continue replacing those divots. Soon we should be seeing sand in the large sand containers again. We can use that for sanding those divots. You can use the same sand to repair divots on the par 3s since we are not supplying the smaller sand buckets on those tees anymore. Repair those pitch marks on the greens too and we’ll be in great shape to show off to all our new members.

Another of our local courses, Jade Greens Golf Course, has closed. Their liquidation sale has brought us some excellent equipment deals. After a thorough inspection and demonstration by Green Superinten-dent Dennis Campbell, we purchased some needed equipment. We picked up two Toro trim Mowers for mowing around sand traps and in tight places where the larger mowers can’t reach. Extra mower reels were included in the purchase. We also picked up a Toro Workman Utility vehicle outfitted with a core harvester, sprayer tank and hoses and a dump bed.

Dennis also located some sprinkler heads and pedestal boxes that will help us keep the water flowing in our irrigation system. These new pieces of equipment will help us improve our golf course.

Thanks for your support.

Fitness Center Hours: Food Service Hours:

Monday 6:00 AM—4:00 PM Monday Closed

Tuesday—Saturday 6:00 AM—9:00 PM Tuesday—Friday 10:30 AM—8:00 PM (Winter)

Sunday 6:00 AM—9:00 pm 10:30 AM—9:00 PM (Summer)

Please remember to sign in upon arrival. Saturday—Sunday 7:00 AM—8:00 PM (Winter)

7:00 AM—9:00 PM (Summer)

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Wine Committee

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The golfing season has finally begun and what a busy season it's going to be. March 7th is Ace Day and Low Net. March 14th is Better Nine. March 21st is Alternate Country. March 28th is a 10:00 am Shot Gun and a 3:30 pm Meeting. The competition is the WALTZ. The first SWEEPS of the season is April 18th at Inglewood. Watch for the sign up sheet in the Ladies locker room. Results will be in the April Sand-blaster.

Twin Lakes Ladies Division

Twin Lakes Women’s Invitational 2017

Once again it is time to start planning for the women’s invitational. This invitational is open to all women who are golfing members at Twin Lakes. We will have the entry forms at our kickoff at the end of February. After that they will be available in the women’s locker room. We will be sending out the form to our guests in the beginning of March.

The entry fee is $140 per person. (We have lowered the entry fee and will not be handing out tee prizes.)

The dates are May 25th and 26th. The field is limited to 68 teams. Member/guest and guest/guest (no 2 Twin Lakes members can play together). A non-member using a Twin Lakes posting system is eligible as a non-member.

So get your entry in early. This is a really fun tournament, one of the best in our area. If you have played in the past you will have priority. New teams will be placed on a waiting list if necessary.

Handicaps maximum 36 handicap. Competition will be based on the latest ghin revision. There is a 10 stroke maxi-mum difference between partners. Your entry fee includes: practice round, range balls, 2 rounds of golf, daily pay-offs, continental breakfast, snacks, horserace, lunch , hor d’oeuvers (after horserace) and the award luncheon.

Cancellation deadline is May 12th. No refunds after the deadline.

Thursday is a best-ball competition (horserace after lunch) and Friday is a chapman.

If you have any questions please give one of us a call.

Linda Tungsvik: 206-941-8352

Frankie Stephens: 253-661-0981

Denise Harrell: 253-838-0546

Important Numbers Clubhouse: .......... 253.838.0432 / 253.927.4440 Pro Shop: ...................................... 253.838.0345 Pool: ............................................. 253.927.3520 TLHOA Security: ........................... 253.838.5568 Club Staff Club Manager: ............................... Dave Hobson Head Golf Professional: ..................... Kris Runge Events and Catering: ................... Jeanne Walker Greens Superintendent: .......... Dennis Campbell Finance and Admin: .................... Jerusha Walsh Receptionist: ........................... Deanna Hauglum Kitchen Manager:………………………...Chef Mariano OFFICERS AND TRUSTEES President: ........................................Phil Matonti Vice President: .............................. Bob Rawlings Secretary: ................................... JoAnn Burbank Treasurer: ................................ Jimme Schneider Trustee: ....................................... Steve Turcotte Trustee: ................................................ Jim Reed Trustee: ............................................... Dave Cox Trustee: ..................................... Mark Gustafson Trustee: .......................................... Russ Meyers

COMMITTEES *denotes Committee Chair or Board Liaison FINANCE COMMITTEE: Mark Gustafson*, Jimme Schneider, Leif Oksenvaag, Mark Clirehugh, Paul Richter, Dave Mailer, Jerry Kolsrud GREEN COMMITTEE: Bob Rawlings*, Eric Marshall*, Jerry Burbank, Marv Osterhout, Bill Weil, Bryce Landrud, Paul Richter HOUSE COMMITTEE: Ann Marie Uhlman*, JoAnn Burbank*, Coralee Owsley, Sue Stevens, Diane Mey-ers, Christie Clapp, Frank Witmer, Suzy Eberle JUNIOR GOLF COMMITTEE: Dave Mailer*, Phil Olufson, Diane Meyers, Ilima Brainard, Glenn & Melinda Sterling, Al Gallier, Jerry Kolsrud, George & Ann Marie Uhlman, Al Herbers, Sonia Davenport, Carrie & Tom Beyke, Jeff Eberle GOLF COMMITTEE: Dave Mailer*, Dave Cox*, Frankie Stephens, Ann Marie Uhlman, Mark Hash, Kenny Lorentzer, Randy Hayden, Eric Marshall, Marv Osterhout, Danise Harrell HANDICAP COMMITTEE: Carolyn Nelson (Women’s), Randy Haydon (Senior’s), Joe Stevens (Men’s) LADIES’ GOLF ACTIVITIES: June McNeese* LONG RANGE PLANNING & POLICY COMMITTEE: Bob Rawlings* MEMBERSHIP: Russ Meyers*, Theresa Grimes, Linda Tungsvik, Kathy Varney MARKETING: Phil Matonti*, Jim Reed*, Russ Mey-ers, Kris Runge, David Hobson SOCIAL: Diana Rawlings*, Jane Hill*, Pam & Jimme Schneider*, Kathy Reed, Joanne Harrell, Debbie Murphy, Roberta Chargin, Patty Law, Sue Poehler MEN'S GOLF ACTIVITIES: Mark Hash, Kenny Lo-rentzer, Eric Marshall MEN’S SENIORS GOLF ACTIVITIES: Randy Haydon* POOL COMMITTEE: Ryan & Tanya Roberts*, Steve Turcotte*, Wendy Neely*, Bob Hill, Phil Olufson, Stephanie Hare, Geneva Messex, Monte Ostrom SUNDOWNERS: Ann Marie Uhlman* WINE COMMITTEE: René Ewing*, Frank & Mary Blacker, Ric Ewing, Dave Gromala, Colleen Gilligan, Linda Carriegan, Frank & Chris Witmer, Scott Dornan

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March Events

1st Men’s Competition

4th Texas Hold Em

7th Ladies Day

8th Men’s Competition

14th Paint Night

14th Ladies Day

15th Men’s Competition

16th New Member Meet & Greet

17th Italian Buffet

18th Ducks Unlimited (parking will be a premium)

18th Texas Hold Em

21st Ladies Day

22nd Men’s Competition

22nd Bunko

25th Sunday Morning Brunch

26th-28th Green Aerification

28th Ladies Day

29th Men’s Competition

For any information on upcoming events

Please contact the receptionist or the pro-shop