APRIL 2019

The Couples Member-Guest Invitational golf tournament for this season was held on Friday, March 1, and beautiful weather provided a wonderful day for all. With the theme of “French Connection” everyone dressed in red, white and blue. Golfers checked in starting with a 10:30 registration where they received a dozen golf balls and a welcome booklet with explanations of the day’s times and events. After a lovely buffet brunch, there was a 12:45 shotgun start for the best-ball shamble format, played in four flights. Special events were straightest drive for members and guests in each flight and closest to the pin for both gentlemen and ladies, members and guests, in each flight, with designated holes for each category. As usual, following golf, there was a delicious dinner reception in the dining room, with the staff contributing to the theme by “dressing up as very

chic French men and women”. The French bistro atmosphere was beautiful, with Eiffel Tower sculptured centerpieces adding to the lovely décor. The French cuisine buffet was fabulous, including such choices as coq au vin, boeuf bour- guignonne, bouillabaisse and a Grand Marnier strawberry dome dessert. Enjoyable entertainment was provided by a trio of a father and two sons, singing and playing the drums and piano. Everyone received a gift of a Kodak printer attachment to print out photos from an I-phone. Co-chairs Marjorie Feinstein and Joanne Weinbach and their committee did a wonderful job and they thanked the wonderful Frenchman’s Creek staff that helped them so much to make the event so memorable – specifically mentioning Martina and her “counterparts” in Food and Beverage, Chef Bernd and his team, JR, Stacy and all of the pro shop staff, and Rocco, Will, Kim, Chris, Todd and Luis for overseeing the massive details of organizing the event. Thanks also went to IT guru Ashish and to Rocco for their technical help in enabling everyone to operate their cell phone camera gifts. The whole event was another addition to a great season.

The final Nine, Wine and Dine golf tournament of the 2018-2019 season was played on Sunday, April 7. Although a bit windy, it was a lovely day. There was another huge turnout, again more than covering both courses, with one flight playing on each nine. With a shotgun start at 4:30, the step-aside scramble format and one drive required from each player, provided for a wonderful pace of play. There was a very extensive cocktails and hors d’oeuvres reception preceding an even more extensive buffet dinner. Again, many thanks go out to our wonderful office, golf and dining staffs and chef for helping co- chairs Robyn Rosenblatt and Sue Shaw who put so much effort into another fun and memorable occasion, and are continuing the wonderful reputation of these events. Can’t wait ‘til next year.

We thank Mimi Bergel for these articles

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