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Let's Tee IT Up MG
July 14 Five Club Stroke Play
Aug 19 4 Man Las Vegas Scramble
Sept 22 2 Man 6-6-6 Red (Scram) White (BB)
Blue (All Shots)
Oct 20 4 Man Computer Pick,
1 Ball on Par 5’s ~
2 Balls on Par 4’s ~ 3 Balls on Par 3”s
Nov 17 & 18 Member-Member
Dec 15 Individual Stroke Play
Twlighters
TWILIGHT GOLF
Every 1st & 3rd Wednesday
STARTS AT 5:30 PM
Join friends for Twilight Golf
Harlingen Country Club.
Sign up to play in the Pro Shop
Social gathering afterwards on the Pat
Family Night at the Pool
Family Night at the Pool
Bring out your family and friends and enjoy extended hours of operation every Wednesday Evening at the Pool at HCC.
Enjoy the convenience of total Poolside Service
and the safety of Lifeguards on duty until
9:00 PM every Wednesday Evening.
Ask your Server for the weekly Food and Drink specials
Catfish & Shrimp Platter
Catfish and Shrimp Platter
Saturdays in the
Grill Room at HCC
Join friends and family every
Saturday evening in the Grill Room
for Catfish and Shrimp
Fresh Green Salad, Three Golden Brown
pieces of Catfish Heaven with Three Succulent Fried Shrimp, Hushpuppies, and French Fries, topped off with
Ice Cream.
Reservations Please
$8.95
Palm Room Gastromic Menu
PALM ROOM GASTRONOMIC MENU
Soup du Jour
Sweet and Sour Oyster
Cup-$3.95
Bowl-$4.75
Appetizer
Bloody Mary Mussels– Deglazed with Vodka, Fresh
Tomato Juice, Spices and Cilantro ~ $8.50
Entrees
Carribean Jerk Snapper– Smoked Tomato Grits, Topped with Mango Relish and Lemon Butter ~ $21.95
Surf - n – Turf– Pepper seared Filet Mignon on a Potato Gateaux and Topped with a Calamari Chipotle Cream Sauce ~ $27.95
Rosemary Chicken- Airline Breast and Thigh served on Mushroom Risotto with a and Balsamic Reduction Sauce
~ $14.95
Herb Crusted Lamb Loin- 6 oz Filet on Chorizo Bread Pudding with a Mint Demi-Glace Sauce ~ $28.95
Dessert
Homemade Chocolate Chip Ice Cream
on a Mint Biscuit cup ~ $4.95
Country Cookin
Country “Cookin” every Tuesday at HCC
Enjoy Grandma and Mom’s favorite selections every Tuesday Evening in the Grill Room at HCC
Every week we will feature a different Home Made delicacy for your dining pleasure;
July 3rd
Smothered Pork Chops ~ Mashed Potatoes
Buttered Corn
July 10th
Pot Roast with Grilled Potatoes and Grilled Carrots
July 17th
Chicken Pot Pie with Corn Bread
July 24th
Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes and Green Beans
July 31st
Goulash with Garlic Bread
Topped off every week with Ice Cream
Reservations Please ~ $7.95
Thursday Evening Cookouts on Patio
Thursday Evening Cookouts
on the Patio at HCC
With our members traveling and enjoying the Island on the weekends, we are going to start a Summer Tradition of “Thursday Night” Cookouts every Thursday Evening on the Patio at HCC. This will kick off the long weekends that we would all like to enjoy. Every Thursday enjoy the diversity of new items being offered weekly with the comfort of the similarity of the event from week to week. Chef Tim and his staff will prepare to order your selections off the Grill each week and provide the stability of the same accompanying set up and side dishes that will ensure your “Comfort Zone” from week to week.
Every Week Enjoy
Mixed Green Salad with Dressings
Sliced Fresh Fruit ~ Broccoli Salad
Pasta Salad ~ Deviled Eggs
Marinated Chicken Salad
Grilled Vegetables off the Pit
Baked Potatoes and all the Fixings
Corn on the Cobb Wild Rice
Bread Pudding ~ Cobblers
Rice Pudding ~ Fruit Pies
Thursday July 12th
Tuna, Rib Eye or Shrimp Skewer (6) Shrimp-- $21.95
Burger, Chicken Breast or Bratwurst--$8.95
Hot Dog--$5.95
Thursday July 19th
Swordfish, T-Bones or Shrimp Skewer (6) Shrimp-- $21.95
Burger, Chicken Breast or Bratwurst--$8.95
Hot Dog--$5.95
Thursday July 26th
Salmon, Rib Eye or Shrimp Skewer (6) Shrimp--$21.95
Burger, Chicken Breast or Bratwurst--$8.95
Hot Dog--$5.95
Grill Room Specials
GRILL ROOM SPECIALS
July 1st thru July 15th
Filet and Portobello- 6oz Filet Mignon on a Grilled Portobello Mushroom with Loaded Mashed Potatoes--$21.95
Cajun Valley Catfish- Blackened Catfish Filet over Mexican Rice Topped with a Black Bean Pico de Gallo and drizzled with Chipotle Dill Cream Sauce--$9.95
Monterey Jack Chicken- Caribbean Style Marinated Chicken Breast Grilled and Topped with Sautéed Mushrooms and Melted Jack Cheese, served with Loaded Mashed Potatoes and Chef’s Choice Vegetables--$10.95
GRILL ROOM SPECIALS
July 16th thru July 31st
Garlic Marinated Ribeye- Twice Baked Potatoes and Chef’s Choice Vegetables--$16.95
Honey Lime Glazed Salmon- Baked to your specifications and served over Wild Rice and Chef’s Choice Vegetables--$14.95
Margarita Chicken- Tequila Marinated Chicken Breast Grilled and Topped with a Triple Sec and Lime Butter Sauce, served with Refried Black Beans and Mexican Rice, Pico de Gallo and Guacamole--$10.95
Net News
The Sports Camps are in full swing. We have had a great response again this year. We will be holding the Pee Wee & Junior Sports Camps every week throughout the summer! If you have children interested in just Tennis classes, we offer them Monday through Thursday in the afternoons. For questions about class times or to sign up, please call the Tennis Pro Shop, or come by to see us.
I would like to wish Jarrett Smith all the best as he is going back to school at The University of Texas Tyler. Jarrett did a great job with our Juniors, and he will be missed.
Congratulations to the following ladies for taking 1st and 2nd place in the 3.0 and 3.5-4.0 ladies Round Robin doubles leagues.
3.0- 1st Place ~ Genie Risdel
2nd Place ~ Lisa Warner
3.45-4.0 1st Place ~ Sandi Stineman
2nd ~ Pam Smith
JULY
TBA Adult Mixer
Junior Classes begin
2-6 Pee Wee & Junior Sports Camp
9-12 Pee Wee & Junior Sports Camp
16-19 Pee Wee & Junior Sports Camp
23-26 Pee Wee & Junior Sports Camp
For more information about these or other programs, please call the Tennis Pro Shop at 412-4120.
See ya on the courts! Andy
From The Kitchen
To my respected members and guests,
I have now had the pleasure of serving you for a year. I would like to thank all of you for giving me this opportunity to cook for you and your families. We have been through so much and I feel like we have become close, like family. There is still much more to come in the future. I have recently appointed Antonio Gomez as my Chef DeCuisine. He is from Los Angeles; has worked there in top kitchens, as well as in Seattle, San Antonio, and at DeLuna’s Upstairs under the expert tutelage of Chef Michael Cross. He comes here with new ideas and fresh passion that will help our cuisine reach new heights. We are all excited with some of the events coming up and hope to see all of you here.
Please remember, my door is always open for questions and suggestions. I would once again like to install a Q and A column in our newsletter. Please e-mail me with culinary questions, I will answer them and post them for all to enjoy. My e-mail address is cheftim@bizrgv.rr.com. Don’t be afraid to ask me any question.
Thank you once again for this opportunity to serve you and look forward to giving you many fun filled events with great food for a long time to come.
Tim Catalinotto
Executive Chef
WGA Tee Talk
Our annual Mr. and Mrs. WGA Championship was held on March 25, and for some unaccountable reason, I did not report on it! My apologies to the participants, and to the winners. The big winners were Sondra and Buck Turk, who took first low gross, and Dari Gail and Earl Adams for first low net. They shall reign as our Mr. and Mrs.WGA until the next competition in 2008. Congratulations!
Other winners in this event were:
First Flight:
2nd low gross -Vida & Dennis O’Brien
Nancy Honebrink & Johnny Johnson
1st low net Carol & Larry Fugit
2nd low net Marion Bateman & Mike Richardson
Second Flight
1st low gross Joanne & George Facaros
2nd low gross Denice & Ernie Leon
2nd low net Betty Young & Tom Brown
Third Flight
1st low gross Donna & Mel Johnson
2nd low gross Shirley & Selden Robinson
1st low net (tie) Lois Shreve & Dannie Goodwin
Joanne & Bill Werley
At our meeting, officers for the upcoming year were installed:
President - Bobbie Steuber
Vice Presendent - Phyllis Busse
Secretary - Sue Stevens
Treasurer - Sue Trahan
I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for your cards and calls during my recent hospital stay. It was a strange experience, to say the least, and your concern is very much appreciated.
All Valley News
All Valley was held at Treasure Hills on June 13, and our HCC gals came through for us this month. In the First Flight, we had two winners– Denice Leon took low gross and overall low gross and Leolla Fisher took low net and overall low net. Very nice ladies!
July play will be at Monte Cristo Golf and Country Club in Edinburg on July 11 with a 9:00 shotgun start. Cost will be $34.00 including lunch. It will be team play this month and you are invited to bring a guest, providing she has an established handicap.
August play will be at South Padre Golf Club on August 8th.
It will be team play again, and again you are invited to bring a guest with the above provision. Cost is $49.00, no lunch.
September’s event will be at Palmview Golf Club on the 12th. No other information is available at this time.
There will not be a column in August, as I will be on vacation in the wilds of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. I can be reached by Internet at MaryEPearson@aol.com if there is anything you would like to have me include in the September column.
Golf is a day spent in a round of strenuous idleness–
William Wordsworth
Let's Tee Up
Members! Members! Come by the golf shop, if you haven’t done so already, and meet our new PGA Golf Professional, Michael Fernuik. Michael brings a wealth of knowledge and ideas to our club. He welcomes all suggestions to help make Harlingen Country Club the premier private facility in South Texas.
HOT! HOT! HOT! That is how the weather has been. Be sure to put on your sun block and mosquito spray, we have plenty in the Golf Shop.
FEATS: David Nittler had an eagle on Number 8 and also broke 90. During the South Texas Junior Golf Tournament, Felicia Espericuerta, 18, had a Hole in One on Number 15.
DOs AND DON’Ts
Summer time is the time when family and friends go on vacation. If you have family or friends that visit and play golf, please check your guests in with the golf shop. We’d love to meet them.
TWILIGHTERS: This has been a great success. We have had 40-45 players each tournament. Remember people this is a FUN get together tournament to play and meet new people.
The winners are: June 6 -
1st- 31 Barb Sondock Bill Greer
Hannah Greer Holly Lieberenze
John Ferris
2nd- 32 Gus Hurt Joyce Hurt
Marvin Sondock Sue Knetig
COME IN THE Golf Pro Shop AND CHECK OUT OUR WEEKLY SPECIALS, CLUB SPECIALS, AND SALE RACK. THERE IS ALWAYS SOMETHING GOING ON IN THE GOLF SHOP!!!!!!
Mark your calendars for this year’s “QUE PASO” Member-Guest on October 11th, 12th and 13th.
COMING EVENTS:
July 4 Holiday Hours Flag Tournament
July 11 Twilighters
July 14 MGA Five(5) Club Stroke Play
July 25 Twilighters
July 30 Regular Aerification
RULES OF THE MONTH
DECISION ON THE RULE OF GOLF:
14/1 Club Stopped on Downswing by Agency Other Than Player
Q. If a player starts his downswing and his club head is deflected or stopped by an agency other than himself, e.g., the branch of a tree, is he deemed to have made a stroke?
A. Yes.
Finance Article
Finance Article
by Joe Neely,
It was one of those hot summer days in the Valley. The kind you know about if you have lived here more than a month. The mercury read 98º. I thought it was hotter. The usual summer breeze took a day’s vacation. I had just spent four hours in the heat pushing that little white ball around the course. I was hot from the weather and the fact that I missed a three foot putt on eighteen. As I opened the door to the cool hall on my way to the men's locker room where I hoped to find
some decent temperature and a cool draft beer; I was
stopped by a member who asked, "Joe, how is the financial
condition of the Club?"
It is a valid question and one that I should always be
able to answer on any day of the week. Today was not
one of those days.
Quickly, I thought how specific should I be with the
answer. Should I tell him about the cooling tower on
the air conditioning system that went out this week. I
cannot remember if it is the second or third one that
has broken this month. What about the ball retriever
for the range that is worn out beyond repair and we
have to spend another couple of thousand on a
replacement. Then there is that pesky little computer
system, software and electrical valves on the course
sprinkler system that are way past their expected
life. I know, I will tell him about the increased
revenue that we are getting from the $35.00 late fees. In fact, we billed $1365.00 this month in late fees.
That is over $16,000.00 a year in increased revenue.
Maybe he would be interested in the other side of that
coin, which indicates that we have 39 members who are over 30 days late in paying their obligation to the
club. This represents about $22,000 of overdue
accounts. We could be using that money to pay our
vendors and support our other obligations. Could he be
interested in knowing only about half our membership
spend over $50.00 per month on food and beverage? Is he interested in profit margins? We operate on a very thin
margin.
Finally, I settle on the general answer. "Given the current
circumstances, we are keeping our head above water in the financial sea." Then I step around him and head for the locker room and that cool draft beer.
From The Dsk of Tom Bloemendaal
Members of Harlingen Country Club,
I have received feedback that the Par Four has been late in arriving to your home or business the last couple of months. We have historically always printed the Par Four around the 27th of the month and mailed it bulk mail on or around the 30th of the month. I have been told that it has landed on your doorstep as late as the 12th of the months’. We are moving our deadlines to accept material for the publication up to the 20th and will print on or around the 22nd and mail on or before the 26th. Bulk mail has been slow as of late, hopefully this will get the Par Four in your hands at the beginning of each month. Sorry for the inconvenience.
The heat of the Summer is upon us and the pace around the Club has slowed somewhat. Check this months Par Four to stay in tune with all the Special nights and happenings around the Club.
Michael Fernuik, our new Head Golf Professional, is on the job and trying to get acquainted with as many members as possible. Come by the Pro Shop and say hello to Michael and welcome him to our HCC Family.
Also, new to the Staff is Mindy Bersalona. Mindy is our new Event Coordinator. She will be taking over the responsibilities of planning and organizing our banquet activities. She is very qualified and is an excellent addition to our HCC Family. She will be taking those responsibilities over from Joey so he can concentrate on improving service and your overall experience while enjoying your time at the Club. Call or come by and meet Mindy and let her take care of all your party needs. There will be an informal reception on the Patio on July 12th to meet both Michael and Mindy and their families in conjunction with the Thursday Evening Cookout that will also take place . The Club will provide an Open Bar from 6:00 till 8:00 PM to honor and welcome Michael and Mindy and their families to HCC.
My door is always open
Tom
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