Mill Creek Country Club Member Newsletter April-May 2014

MESSAGE FROM THE GENERAL MANAGER Dear Members, At the Club Mill Creek Country Club 15500 Country Club Drive Mill Creek, Washington 98012 Club House: 425-743-1444 Lounge: ext. 118 Pro Shop: 425-743-5664 Club Staff Warmer weather is on its way and golf season is underway. Mill Creek Country Club has unveiled a new membership referral program that is designed to increase our membership and for you to be rewarded for bringing your friends and family to the Club. Your support of YOUR Golf Shop is always appreciated. Keep in mind that you as members own the Golf Shop. If you see a price at another golf shop or store please let us know and we will do our best to meet or beat that price. New merchandise continues to arrive on a daily basis. We have new arrivals from Adidas, Cutter & Buck, FootJoy, and Nike. Please stop in the Golf Shop for the latest in apparel and equipment. The Golf Shop is stocked with the latest in new technology from PING, Nike, TaylorMade, Callaway, Titliest and Tour Edge. Mark your calendars for Saturday, April 26, as we will have a Demo Day from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Callaway, Nike and Tour Edge are currently scheduled to participate. Pars & Birdies, Cory Carper, General Manager/Head Golf Professional General Manager / Head Golf Professional Cory Carper 425-743-1444 ext. 128 Membership Director Scott Anderson 425-743-1444 ext. 113. Superintendent Paul Hoffman 425-745-5354 Executive Chef Joe Marchel 425-743-1444 ext. 116 Assistant Golf Professional Travis Haugen 425-743-5664 Banquet Manager Meridith Lambert 425-743-1444 ext. 111 www.millcreek.cc MESSAGE FROM THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS The golf season is fast approaching and hopefully the good weather will come along with it. Sequoia recently hired Scott Anderson as our new Membership Director. Scott’s focus will be to market and sell Equity Memberships at the Club. He will do everything he can to expose MCCC to the community but will need your assistance with referrals. Be sure to take advantage of our current referral program (found on page 4)! We recently sent amendments to the Terms and Conditions for both Charter Equity Members and Premier Members. This amendment is used so we can modify the “Two Sale Rule.” This will allow the club to sell new Equity memberships for $3,000 to $5,000, selling as many new equity memberships as needed to collect the amount required to pay off the next member on the sale list. We have received 100 or more signed amendments back – be sure to send yours in if you haven’t done so already. So far we have eight Charter Equity Plus members who have signed extensions and we have four who have verbally committed to extending their membership. We are now offering new $100,000 Equity Plus memberships. We had a presentation on February 12 and so far we have two interested parties who have signed letters of intent and given us a deposit. We have other members that we are talking to as well that have shown interest and Sequoia is also marketing that membership to new members. The Tennis Club has exercised their option to purchase their building at $1,550,000. The escrow should close in late summer. As part of the escrow, we will have to do a lot split which will require us to separate the utilities and relocate our carts that are being charged up against the tennis club building. The attorneys are currently working on this agreement. We are working on some other things that I hope to announce in our next newsletter. Until then enjoy your time at the Club. Sincerely, - Bart Pitzer, President Board of Directors Nearest Point of Relief Fund – Member Driven Fundraiser Green Committee Updates Please Replace or Sand Your Divots Cart Path Repairs Planned We have noticed an alarming increase in the number of unattended divots. We normally advocate filling divots with sand during the dry seasons, but it is the time of year when you can replace the divot, stomp it firmly into the ground and put sand on top where necessary. Do not put sand between bare ground and the divot as the fix won’t take. Please make sure that when you sand a divot, it is level with the ground. Mounds of sand ruin fairway mower blades. In late April, remaining funds in the course improvement fund will be used to remove some of the worst bumps and potholes on our cart paths. The green committee has evaluated the cart paths and identified areas that warrant immediate attention on numbers 1, 5, 7, 10, 11, 15 and 18. Once these repair ́

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