Message From the Professional Staff,
Good Afternoon,
A quick turnaround from yesterday’s newsletter, but we have so much to share that we don’t want to put it all in one place and have you miss it! Today we have a topic that is near and dear to all of our hearts - the golf course. We are excited to welcome “The Preferred Lie” to the course next week, announce the winners from our recent PGA Championship Pool and an update from Aldo in the “Greens Report”.
Dan Roud
PGA of Canada
Lookout Point Country Club
THE PREFERRED LIE
On Wednesday, June 2nd you may want to keep an eye to the sky as the air above Lookout Point will have a number of drone’s capturing the beauty that is our golf course. We are thrilled to team up with “The Preferred Lie” who will be creating a video for us complete with on course photography, drone footage, playing footage, interviews with staff and members and much more as we begin to ramp up celebrations for our 100th anniversary in 2022. Lookout Point will be featured on their “Yours to Discover” video series in March of next year. For an idea of what to expect, you can watch the below episode from “Pender Harbour” in BC. In addition to the course footage, the TPL team and a group of panelists will be on the the course and will be rating the course for inclusion on their website (link on the button below). Unique to their rating system is the ability for players to sort and filter their rankings, meaning an individual who wants to know the best golf courses ranked by access, country/continent, green fee rates, architect, age and/or yardage can do so.
Courses in Canada that TPL have worked with include Toronto Hunt, Cataraqui, St. Thomas, Royal Montreal, Capilano, The Pulpit Club and many more.
If you see them here next Wednesday, June 2nd, please help us in giving them a proper Lookout Point welcome.
THE GREENS REPORT
Welcome back - for the second time this year. It’s been great to see everyone out enjoying the golf course. Here is some information you should be aware of:
GREEN SPEEDS
We are getting a little too used to last minute provincial announcements. With only 2 days notice to open our course, we know that our green speeds are not typical for this time of year.
Why is that?
During the shutdown we were mowing our greens at a higher height and on a less regular basis to maintain their overall health. Now that we are open, we can begin to lower the height of cut, but we need to do so SLOWLY, and on a daily basis to properly bring the speeds back while ensuring the grass stays healthy.
ROUGH HEIGHT
To say our rough is healthy may be a slight understatement. That said, healthy rough at the beginning of June is not new to us. Late May is the time when our grass goes to seed, causing additional thickness and added length. In a normal year, it is always a focus to try and keep up with what mother nature has provided. We now have two mowers out daily helping us catch up and bring the rough under control. Within a week we should be back to our normal rough conditions
LANDSCAPING
Recently we have completed landscaping around the clubhouse as part of our beautification plans as many of the old plants needed some updating. We are also adding new flower beds with new hole-in-one posts at our par 3 tee sites. We will start this project very shortly.
As many will notice where we laid new sod where trees used to be as part of our tree removal process. These areas are easily noticed due to it’s darker colour. These areas need to be left undisturbed over the next few weeks as they take root. With that said, these areas have been outlined with “green stakes”. Please treat these areas as GROUND UNDER REPAIR the same as you would were they painted or had white stakes. Do NOT drive your golf carts over these areas, do not play from these areas - please take the point of closest relief no nearer the hole and play from there.
The final extension on the 13th hole has been asphalted and is now ready for carts. We still have some work to complete, primarily adding sod to the sides of the path.
WEATHER
Finally, it is important to note that the weather we are experiencing right now is very unseasonable. During the month of May we have received only 10% of normal rain we would have during a typical spring. Add to that the humidity has been extremely low, and you will see some drier areas throughout the golf course. We have been pumping record amounts of water for weeks already and will continue to do so until mother nature starts to help us out.
Please feel free tor reach out if you have any questions or concerns about the golf course,
Aldo Bortolon,
Superintendent
Lookout Point Country Club
PGA CHAMPIONSHIP POOL WINNERS
Congrats to Dan Girard (Dano1) who won this year’s LPCC PGA Championship Pool. With a team of Phil Mickelson, Shane Lowry, Will Zalatoris & Patrick Reed - Dan finished at 9 under par and a 1 shot victory over our 2nd place finisher, Dianne Haist (Attempting a win). Rounding out our top 3 was the team of “Who’s the greatest” (Gino Paolone) with a team score of 4 under par.
Congrats to our winners!!!
TITLEIST FITTING DAY
Saturday, May 29th (9:00 am - 4:00 pm)
COBRA FITTING DAY
Friday, May 28th (10:00 am - 3:00 pm)