January 22, 2018
Dear Ravenna Members and Families,
Our priority is to make The Club as relaxing and enjoyable as possible so Members and guests can enjoy “The Ravenna Experience.” We encourage our Membership to embrace Ravenna by playing golf, supporting the golf shop, making the Club your first choice when it comes to dining and entertaining your non-member friends for dinner, golf or both. The best way to find new members is through each of you who serve as our ambassadors. Working together, Membership and club management can build a great Club at Ravenna.
(You may also download a PDF of the Golf Program here)
The 2018 Golf Program can be found on the private member side of The Club’s website, www.ravennagolf.com. The program is a great information resource, and contains The Club’s rules and regulations, tournament schedules, formats, sign-up policies, and schedules for demo days, junior golf, and instructional clinics. If you would like a hard copy of the 2018 Golf Program, we will have hard copies available in the Golf Shop.
Rules & Regulations: Please familiarize yourself with The Club’s Golf Rules and Regulations. For Ravenna to elevate our member experience, there will be an emphasis this year on Club Governance. The Club will be sending out written correspondence to Members with friendly reminders about the Club rules and regulations. The issues we encounter most often are guest’s dress code, pace of play, children’s code of conduct, and getting off the tee box by your tee time. When booking a tee time on Foretees, Members can input the guest email addresses so both the Member and guest will receive the tee time confirmation. If you don’t enter the guest email address, please forward the tee time confirmation to your invited guests and stress to review the guest’s guidelines link in the confirmation email. When the guests are greeted at the Ravenna security gate they are given a guest card with directions to the Club and the guest policies. Lastly, one item that has come to the Club attention is alcoholic beverages. All alcoholic beverages must be purchased at the Club at Ravenna. Members failure to adhere puts at risk the Club, the Club’s liquor license, and Members membership privileges.
Ravenna is Prospering: Our club is fortunate in many ways. We have an exceptional golf experience, a pristine location and dedicated staff. During the last three years, membership has expanded from 47 to 240 members, and the number of rounds has jumped from 6,000 to 14,400. Based on the current residential construction activity in the community, the buzz with the pending opening of the pool & fitness amenities this summer, and future clubhouse construction on the horizon, the Club is anticipating an influx of new members and projecting more than 16,000+ rounds this year. To anticipate the increase in play, the first tee time on weekends (Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays & Monday Holidays) from Memorial Day weekend until Labor Day will be at 7:00 am. The first tee time on weekday (Tuesdays, Wednesdays, & Thursdays) will be 7:30 am. The Club's vision is to balance the membership programs now and in the future. The Club’s mission is to ensure playing times for Members, their families and their invited guests, balanced with a number of Club-sanctioned events spread evenly throughout the golf season.
What is in store for 2018?
CGA Match Play Championship June 18 to June 22: The Club will be hosting the Men’s CGA Match Play Championship Monday June 18th to Friday June 22nd. In June, The Club will start seeing practice rounds mostly on weekdays. The schedule will be 84 players on Monday that will qualify for 64 spots in the match play bracket. Tuesday morning 64 players will play in the first round of matches. Wednesday morning round will be 32 players and 16 will play in the afternoon matches. Thursday morning will have 8 players in the morning and 4 players in the afternoon. Friday 2 players will play a 36 hole final match.
Securing tee times: (Page 3) The Club has modified the process for securing a tee time. The new procedure is Founder, Charter and Presidential members may secure tee times one week (7 days) in advance, Golf Members may secure tee times 5 days in advance and all other membership categories may secure tee times 3 days in advance.
Golf fees: (Page 5) The guest green fees and cart fees have been amended for 2018.
Opening Day: Men’s (Page 13) & Ladies (Page 27) Opening Day for both men and women is scheduled for Saturday May 12th. Please mark your calendars and review the format and schedule of events in the golf program.
Member-Member Weekend: Hurly–Burly (Page 14) & Girly-Curly (Page 28) The Member-Member for both the men and women will be held on the same weekend, Friday afternoon June 15th and Saturday morning June 16th.
Ladies Club Championship: (Page 30) The Ladies Club Championship will be held the same weekend as the Men’s Senior Club Championship.
Couples Golf: 18 & Dines (Page 34), 9 & Dines (Page 35) There will be two 18 & Dines and six 9 & Dines scheduled this golf season.
Men’s Individual Net Match Play:(Page 11) The season long Men’s Individual Net Match Play will have a gold tee flight for players whose handicap is 10 or less. If a player who chooses to play in the gold tee flight with a handicap more than 10 it will be reduced to 10. Members are not allowed to play in both the gold tee and forest tee flight for the individual match play tournament.
Men’s Net Four Ball Match Play: (Page 12) The season long Men’s Four Ball Match Play will have a gold tee flight for players whose handicap is 10 or less. If a player who chooses to play in the gold tee flight and their handicap is more than 10 will be reduced to 10. Members are not allowed to play in both the gold tee and forest tee flight for Four Ball match play events.
Bravado: (Pages 15-19) The field size for the Bravado will remain with 60 teams, but the process for the field selection has been modified. The Bravado will be a four day event with the practice round on Wednesday July 11th ending on Saturday July 14th at the culmination of the final shootout. The Bravado changes include: a gold tee flight, a provision for reducing tournament handicaps, and a different practice round format. The schedule of events includes a team auction, poker tournament and tournament rounds will be tee times starting off the front and back nine.
Rule of 90: (Page 7) The Rule of 90 allow for men members whose age and handicap is 90 or more the choice to play the umber tees and compete in all men’s golf events.
Junior Golf: The Club will be hosting the US Kids Parent Child tournament on Tuesday August 7th with tee times starting at 12:00 (noon). Details will follow at a later date.
Group Outings: (Page 6) The Club is available for small group outings for your business clients, family reunion, or an outing for personal friends. Small groups may play any time on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and on weekend’s small groups of 16 players or less can book tee times after 11:00 am on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Monday holidays. The individual member who hosts the small group agrees to accompany the guests on the day of play. Contact me ([email protected]) to schedule a small group for golf and Michelle Totte ([email protected]) to assist with your group’s catering needs.
If The Club is going to be successful the golf professional staff and the membership need to embrace the opportunity to educate, mentor, and pass along their knowledge they have gained to welcome each other and grow the game of golf. Don’t be surprised this year if one of my assistants or myself come out and introduce you to another member and pair you on the first tee box. We are here to serve you; we want to make golfing at Ravenna a special experience for all! We look forward taking care of you when you visit The Club.
Sincerely,
George Kahrhoff
Director of Golf & Club Operations
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