From The Director of Golf

Dale Brown, Director of Golf, PGA Professional

Mike Grant Captures 42nd Annual Springtime Invitational

When Mike Grant hit his tee shot at two o'clock Sunday afternoon, he found himself three shots behind Brunswick, Georgia's Dr. Alan Hampton.  Hampton had fired rounds of 70- 66 to open up a lead over the field and only Mike Grant stood in his way.  On a day when warm sunshine and swirling winds ruled the course, Grant played steady and unspectacular golf on the final round, but his two-putt par on the final hole gave him the victory.  Mike had rounds of 72-67-72 (5 under par) to win by 2 shots over Hampton.  Capital City Country Club nearly won every flight in the tournament with Mike Grant, Tom McCabe, John Olewski, and Matt Behnke all claiming their respective Divisions.  All the Capital City winners and their scores are listed at the end of this column.  Many thanks to all who participated.

My sincere thanks go out to Marcus Beck, Mike Grant, Billy Ervin and Gretchen Jones of Merrill Lynch for their sponsorship of the tournament. Without their financial support we could not have put on the event we did.

With summer nearly here I would like you to know about a few staff changes in the Golf Shop.  As some of you already know, Adam Fougere is leaving our Club to move back to his home on Cape Cod.  Adam has been a pleasure to have as my Assistant Professional for the past few years.  He has a great future ahead of him and his wife, Jen, and baby, Madison, will be missed. Adam will be Assistant Professional at Eastward Ho Golf Club and will be starting there May 1st.

Also heading north is Maise Kauffman who will be doing her first internship in the Professional Golf Management School at Florida State this summer.  Maisie will be at The Cliffs in North Carolina but will return to the Club and FSU for the Fall Semester. 

I am happy to have Evan Neihaus (who has been working for the last several weeks at the Club) move inside for the summer. Evan is a third year PGM student from Florida State University who has done prior internships with The Broadmoor Golf Club in Colorado Springs, Colorado and Old Palm in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.  I believe Evan will be a great addition to our staff, and I hope you will welcome him for the summer.

The Kid's Camp dates are June 9 -12, 2008 and will have golf, swimming and tennis for all four days.  Each day begins at 9 a.m. and parents may pick up their child at 2 p.m.  Lunch will be provided.  If you have any questions or for more information you can call me at 224-1815 or Jon Zolin at 224-5144.

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Results

A Division
(1) Mike Grant   72-67-72 =211
(3) Bob Lasko   74-73-71 = 218

B Division
(2) Gerald Johnson   75-79-76 = 230
(3) Tom Richardson   82-78-74= 234

C Division
(1) Tom McCabe   72-81-79 = 232
(2) Bill Owen   78-78-78 = 234
(3) Jack Connell   76-81-79 = 236
(4) Stephen Spector  78-81-78 = 237

D Division
(1) John Olewski  80-81-82 = 243
(2) Roy Young  78-85-83 = 246
(2) Doug White  86-77-83 =246
(5) Mark Lawson  81-85-86 = 252

E Division (net scores)
(1) Matt Behnke  70-65-74 = 209
(4) Jerome Novey  72-74-73 = 219
(5) Glenn Bass  75-74-73 = 222

REMINDER
Titleist/Cobra Demo Day
May 30 - 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.