KMGA Newsletter – April 26, 2002
FEATURED IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
-TOURNAMENTS
-MOTHER’S DAY SALE
-DEMO DAYS/CLUBFITTING/INSTRUCTION
-PLAY GOLF AMERICA
-MEMORIAL TREES AND BENCHES
-GOLF STAFF
-PERSONAL THOUGHTS FROM JIM ROSCHEK
TOURNAMENTS:
Sign up for the Member-Member 2-man scramble at Eastern Hills on
Saturday, May 11th. Entries
are available online at www.kalamazoogolf.org
or at the golf shops at Milham and Eastern.
Entry deadline is Thursday, May 9th.
MOTHER’S DAY SALE:
Our pro shops have a wide selection of gifts for Mom!
Choose from newly arrived apparel from EP Pro, Tommy Hilfiger, and
Izod or golf shoes from Nike, Foot-joy, Etonic, Bite and Dexter.
How about a new set of clubs?
Consider a gift certificate for golf lessons from one of our
talented golf professionals. Don’t
forget Mom on her special day, May 12th.
DEMO DAYS/CLUBFITTING/INSTRUCTION:
Join our professional staff every Thursday and Saturday during the
month of May at the Milham Range to demo new clubs, get custom fit, or get
some free tips on your golf game. Our professional staff will be on hand Thursday’s from 4:00
– 8:00 p.m. and Saturday’s from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. to give you
that personal advice and service we all are seeking.
We will have our seven custom fitting systems available at the
Milham Range to allow you to demo the industry’s latest equipment and
improve your game.
PLAY GOLF AMERICA:
Sign up for a free 10-minute golf lesson with PGA Professional Jim
Roschek on Saturday, May 11th at Milham Park.
Jim has joined with over 3,000 other PGA Professionals from across
the country in a national Growth-of-the-game campaign.
Play Golf America is a wonderful opportunity for local
non-golfers to come out and get introduced to the game of golf, or for
existing golfers to focus on any area they want to improve.
Check out the May issue of Golf Digest or call the golf shop at
Milham Park for more information (344-7639).
MEMORIAL TREES AND BENCHES: From time to time we are approached about hosting some type
of memorial for an individual who has had close ties to one of our golf
courses. We have developed a
program where you can remember a loved one by purchasing a tree or a bench
with a memorial plaque attached. Contact
Jim Roschek for more details. Shecky4@aol.com
GOLF STAFF:
As I begin my 23rd year with the KMGA, the golf staff
shapes up to be one of the best ever and they are ready to serve your
every golfing need. After a
three-year stint at Eastern Hills, Jeff Rohrstaff moves to Milham Park
joining mainstay PGA professional Dean Marks to form a formidable
leadership pair. Fresh from
the links in Florida, Mark Bouw and Bill Yates join the Milham crew to
round out the professional staff. At
Eastern Hills, Mike Hill joins Chad Gaston.
Both are personable and talented professionals ready to tackle the
challenges of that busy 27-hole layout.
All six of these gentlemen are available for instruction, club
fitting, information on the courses and rules, or just to chat about this
great game we play.
And let’s not forget our talented greens staff.
Ron Williams takes over for departed superintendent Skip Heinz.
Ron has been with us for two years and is a Michigan State
University turf graduate. Assisting
Ron this summer will be 24 year veteran Wayne Nye at Milham Park and the
very capable Brian Morgan at Eastern Hills.
I will talk more about our grounds crew in future newsletters.
PERSONAL THOUGHTS:
As I begin my twenty-third year as your golf professional I feel
really blessed to be part of such a wonderful organization as the
Kalamazoo Municipal Golf Association.
To be the Director of Golf for the KMGA is an honor I don’t take
lightly and I will continue to pledge to each of you my 100% effort to
make our courses the best they can be.
-Jim Roschek
PGA Director of Golf
