Club Life June 2016

CLUB LIFE

THE CLUB AT SPURWING

JUNE 2016

JASON BIDEGANETA | DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP & MARKETING

Showcasing The Club

INSIDE THIS ISSUE June has arrived! ence with them. If your guests are
This month The interested in becoming a member of
Welcome/New Members 2 Club is showcased The Club, I am more than happy to
in so many ways. It arrange a tour of The Club with
Golf Shop 3 is time for us, as a them. Stop by my office anytime for
club, to put our more information.
Food & Beverage 4 best foot forward.
With both the Men Before you get too far into the news-
Instruction 5 and Women hosting letter reading about all the fun ac-
their annual mem- tivities at the pool and the social
June Social Events 6 ber/guest golf tour- events at The Club, don’t forget that
nament, The Club you can find the latest information
July Social Events 7 looks forward to welcoming hundreds on our new mobile app! Simply log in
of golfers for a SpurWing preview. to ForeTees how you always do, click
Great Shots 8 We understand that many of these on the golf tab, go to settings and
guests are traveling from other clubs then click on the “generate pass-
On the Grounds/Chef Adam 10 around the valley and country and word” button. Now that you have
are excited to see what we have to done this, you are ready to download
Resource Center / 11 offer. We will certainly make sure ForeTees ClubCentral from your app
Chef Continued not to disappoint! store on your mobile device and in-
sert your credentials. Once you login
June Calendar 12 As members, if you have any requests the first time, you never have to
on how we can make your guests ex- login again. This is the fastest, easi-
perience at The Club better, more est way to have access to everything
welcoming and memorable, please that goes on at The Club.
let us know how we can help. We
take pride in making our guests feel Warm weather in Idaho is all about
like members while they are here making memories with family and
and much of that comes from the friends. I wish all of our members a
hospitality of our membership. Be- very fun and safe summer season. If
fore the events even begin, we want there is anything we can do at The
to thank you all for inviting your Club to make your summer better,
guests to our biggest tournaments of please let us know!
the year and sharing The Club experi-

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THE CLUB

CLUB NEWS CLUB DIRECTORY
www.theclubatspurwing.com
WELCOME | MAY 2016 NEW MEMBERS For the most complete and up to
date Club information, please visit
JONG MI & TAE YOP CHO THOMAS FLEMING
JOHN & STEPHANIE NICOLAS BRITTNEY STEADMAN & our website
E-MAIL
RON & JANE VAN AUKER MASON SMITH
RON & AMY VAN AUKER CATHERINE WIEGAND Adam Martens, PGA
CHRISTOPHER CAREW Director of Golf & Club
DENISE LAFEVER Operations
NICK ROBERTS [email protected]

2016 NEW MEMBERSHIP COUNT | 50 Jason Bideganeta, CMP
Director of Membership &
2015 FINAL NEW MEMBERSHIP COUNT | 120 Marketing
TOTAL CLUB MEMBERSHIP COUNT | 686 [email protected]

Jared Stanek
Superintendent
[email protected]

WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM CLUB MEMBERS & THE MANAGEMENT TEAM, Sean Cooper
Food & Beverage Manager
WE CONGRATULATE THESE INDIVIDUALS FOR BEING SELECTED AS [email protected]
EMPLOYEES OF THE MONTH FOR MAY!

BRYAN QUINTON is a returning employee Rob Davis
from last year who works in the landscape Controller
department. Bryan has excellent atten- [email protected]
Adam Sundin
dance, with a great can-do attitude. He Executive Chef
always manages to get the job done, no [email protected]
matter what the task is. Thank you for your Brett Nagel, PGA
continued hard work Bryan! Director of Instruction
[email protected]

VERONICA RICO is The Club at SpurWing's Robin Thibault
pantry chef extraordinaire. She has been Office Manager
with The Club for 8 years and has been [email protected]

working hard with a smile on her face the THE CLUB AT SPURWING
whole time. Thank you Veronica! 6800 North SpurWing Way

Meridian, ID 83646
Phone (208) 887-1800

Fax (208) 887-5475
Golf Shop (208) 884-4445

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GOLF SHOP

ADAM MARTENS | DIRECTOR OF GOLF & CLUB OPERATIONS

Member/Guest Championship Month

It’s a great time The pool is open full time and every JUNIOR GOLF DATES
of the year to get day you can enjoy poolside happy
out and enjoy all hour from 1:00-4:00. Also there will  Summer Series 2-Day Clinics:
that The Club has be live music during happy hour. June 14-15, June 28-29, July
to offer. It’s an Bring out the whole family to enjoy 12-13, July 26-27: Ages 4-7
exciting month, some fun in the sun! Another great from 9-9:45am and Ages 8-13
highlighted by option for the family on Sunday’s is from 10-11am
two of the biggest to play the Challenge course and
tournaments of any kid 12 and under eat free from  2016 Junior Club Champion-
the year with the kids menu before or after golf. ship: Wednesday, August 3
both the men and
women competing The first 9 & Dine of the summer is  Friday Morning Junior
for their respec- Friday, June 24th on the Challenge League: June 17-July 29: Play
tive member/guest championships. course. This always popular event is starts at 8am and finishes at
The Wing Ding will be held June 9th great for golfers of all abilities. For- 10:30am
through the 11th, and the Ladies mat will be a fun 6-person scramble
Classic will be June 17th & 18th. I in- and the Pro’s are always good about SENIOR MEN’S GOLF
vite all members to come out and coming up with some twists to keep JUNE 2016
watch the final Shootouts for both it entertaining. Food and drinks for
events. It’s always very exciting to this first one of the season will be  JUNE 2 - SCRAMBLE AT 9AM
watch the teams battle it out under Asian themed. Make sure to save the ON THE CHAMP COURSE
some serious pressure. Come out date for the other two 9 & Dine
and enjoy the fun. You never know events on July 15th on the Champi-  JUNE 9 - WINGDING - 11AM AT
who will make it to the final hole! onship course and then night golf on FALCON CREST
the Challenge course September 9th.
June also means summer vacation
and no school for all the little ones. Have a great start to your summer
Let us help keep them busy during
the summer with all kinds of activi- and I hope to see you all at The
ties. We have plenty of lesson times
available for every golfer, swimmer, Club!
and tennis player in the family. All
lesson times and information are in  JUNE 16 - INDIVIDUAL STROKE
this month’s newsletter to help you PLAY AT 9AM ON THE CHAMP
schedule out your summer. Don’t COURSE
forget to join the Pro’s on Sunday
June 5th for the annual Junior Kick-  JUNE 23 - FLAG DAY AT 9AM
off with lots of fun, games and wa- ON THE CHAMP COURSE
ter balloons!
 JUNE 30 - SHAMBLE AT 9AM
ON THE CHAMP COURSE

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FOOD & BEVERAGE

SEAN COOPER | FOOD & BEVERAGE DIRECTOR

Summer Season Officially Begins at The Club

Greetings Mem- featuring 6 wine vendors and over Memorial Day weekend to Labor Day
bers! The summer 36 wines to sample. We have paired weekend featuring live music, food,
season has offi- food with a wine from each vendor and drink specials. We will also be
cially arrived so you are welcome to come hungry honoring a fabulous happy hour from
meaning the Wing and enjoy the shaded patio while 1-4pm each day to help maximize
Ding Classic is sipping on some wine. We are also your pool experience. Mark your
upon us, the pool giving you a chance to purchase the calendars for June 26th from 1-4pm
is open, the Nine wine at a lesser rate than you would for a family pool party with games,
and Dine’s begins, spend in stores. Overall this event more drink specials, and live music.
and it’s going to has grown each year and we expect Beat the heat and enjoy the pool
get really hot. We to see around 75 people come and this summer. If you can’t make it to
cannot control the enjoy. On June 3rd we have First the pool you can enjoy the air con-
heat, but we can bring you plenty of Friday with live music from Brandon ditioning of the clubhouse with a
entertainment to make it work in Pritchett and beer samples from nice cold beer or cocktail. Either
your favor. May was a busy month Payette Distributing. On June 5th way we have you covered. Have a
as always bringing almost 450 of you we have the Junior Kickoff Party great summer and we will see you at
out yet again for Mother’s Day along with golf games for all family mem- The Club!
with loads of golf. The pool offi- bers with food and drinks and all
cially opened with a packed Sunday you ask for. On June 8th we have a
and Monday showing us just how Wing Ding kickoff party with live
ready you all were to take advan- music and a BBQ on the north patio
tage of the pool season. We are open for all members and guests
happy to introduce a new floating from 4-8pm. On June 19th we honor
bar you can swim up to and relax thy father with our annual Father’s
with a canopy, cup holders, and a Day brunch from 10am-2pm. Finally
nice little area for a cooler to hold on June 24th we have our first Nine
your bucket of beer. We will cer- and Dine featuring Asian cuisine and
tainly get a chance to test its dura- drinks. You can find details about all
bility after a season of hundreds of the events and signup by going to
kids using it for whatever they will theclubatspurwing.com and logging
inevitably use it for. It might be in to “my account.” We are also
best to use while you can. May was happy to take reservations over the
indeed another great month for The phone by calling The Club at 887-
Club and we look forward to con- 1800.
tinuing to offer you more entertain-
ment for June and beyond. This year at the pool we are happy

June kicks off on day one with a to bring you a summer concert se-
Wednesday Wine Fest on June 1st
ries every Sunday from 1-4pm from

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INSTRUCTION

BRETT NAGEL | PGA DIRECTOR OF INSTRUCTION

Lesson Packages for Father’s Day

Golf season is in so please contact me anytime at JUNE EVENTS
[email protected] to sign up or
full swing and it’s if you have any questions. Short Game Clinic
hard to believe Every Saturday in June
June is also a great time to take a
Wing Ding is just private lesson if your game is in a 12pm
around the cor- little funk right now. You can sign
up for a full hour lesson or ½ hour Get Golf Ready
ner. These past lesson. If your game is really strug- Next Session begins on
two months I gling, we offer a package deal of
started the Get four lessons. July 7 from 6-7pm

Golf Ready clinics Father’s day is this month and I Free Clinic with
with great suc- don’t think Dad wants another tie. the Pros
How about a gift for some quality
cess. The partici- instruction? Gift certificates for les- Starts April 2nd and will
pants and I are sons make a great gift, and that spe- continue on Saturdays
cial guy in your life is happier when
having a blast learning this fun, yet his golf scores are getting lower. @ 1:00pm through
crazy, game. The next session of September.

Get Golf Ready clinics will start up
on 7/7 and will go from 6:00pm to
7:00pm. These clinics are a great

value at $99 and are open to anyone
who wants to learn the game of

golf. Please let your family,
friends, and co-workers know about

these great classes. Space is limited

Women’s Cocktail Clinic
Next Cocktail Clinic
June 22 @ 6pm

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JUNE SOCIAL EVENTS

WEDNESDAY JUNIOR KICKOFF FRIDAY, JUNE 24
WINE FESTIVAL 6PM
SUNDAY, JUNE 5
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 1 3-5PM Our first 9 & Dine of the Season will
6PM be hosted on the Challenge Course
The golf shop will yet again be and feature Asian themed food sta-
A special event on the North Patio, throwing a Junior Kickoff party to tions around the course.
surrounding the fire pits features get the season started. This is a
wines from multiple wine vendors fun day of food and games at The SUNDAY
with paired appetizers at each sta- Club! BRUNCH & POOL
tion. Don’t miss out on this one!
PATIO PARTY & PARTY
FIRST FRIDAY LIVE MUSIC
“Live Music” SUNDAY, JUNE 26
Wednesday, June 8 Brunch from 10am-2pm
FRIDAY, JUNE 3 4-7pm Family Pool Party from 1-4pm
5:30 - 8:30pm
On the afternoon of Wing Ding Adults $19.95
Join us for the First Friday in June practice rounds, The Club is bring- Children 12 & Under $13.95
with Live Music and drink specials. ing in live music on the patio for
the entire membership! 5 & under EAT FREE
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FATHER’S DAY birthday falls during the month,
BRUNCH brunch is on us!

SUNDAY, JUNE 19 Brunch is followed by a Family Pool
10AM-2PM Party with Live Music, Games &
Prizes!
Happy Father’s Day! This is yet an-
other amazing brunch and special
day for all Fathers!

JULY SOCIAL EVENTS

FIRST FRIDAY SUNDAY
“Live Music” BRUNCH

FRIDAY, JULY 1 9 & DINE SUNDAY, JULY 31
5:30 - 8:30pm Brunch from 10am-2pm
FRIDAY, JULY 15
Live Music in the Lounge with Drink 6PM Adults $19.95
and Appetizer Specials! Come on Children 12 & Under $13.95
out for a fun evening at The Club! Idaho style! Bringing Idaho Farms
to the tee! This event includes 9 5 & under EAT FREE
DATE NIGHT AT holes of golf with food stations fea- Monthly Sunday Brunch. If your
THE CLUB turing Idaho fresh food options. birthday falls during the month,
Don’t miss out on these sold out brunch is on us!
“Every Tuesday” events!

TUESDAY NIGHT’S IN 2016
6:00 - 8:00pm

Dinner Specials & Babysitting every
Tuesday Night. Take some time
out of your busy schedule, utilize
our babysitting service and relax
for an evening with your significant
other.

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GREAT

Club Life

MAY 2016
 Hole-in-one from Cindy

Tealey! Congrats Cindy on
the ultimate shot in golf!
 Memorial weekend flags at
The Club.
 Brett Nagel giving lessons.
Call now to schedule your
private or group lesson!
 Relaxing on the patios af-
ter a round of golf on me-
morial day.
 Couples Memorial Day
Tournament
 Beautiful Spring weather at
The Club brings out the
golfers and the games!

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SHOTS

Club Life

MAY 2016
 SpurWing professionals

Lance Rieber and Adam
Martens emerge victorious
at the pro-pro golf tourna-
ment
 Martens and Larson win
the pro-scratch
 The pool is open for the
season. Watch for happy
hours, live music every Sun-
day from 1-4pm and special
events!
 Memorial Day at The Club
- Honoring those who have
paid the ultimate price for
our country.
 The Boise State University
cheerleading squad attend-
ing the Lyle Smith Tourna-
ment at The Club
 After many requests from
the members of The Club
to paint pickle ball lines on
the tennis courts, they are
ready to use!

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ON THE GROUNDS

JARED STANEK | SUPERINTENDENT ADAM SUNDIN |
EXECUTIVE CHEF

Early Summer Update When I first
moved to Idaho, I
June has arrived I would like to thank the many knew the weather
members who have made me feel would be better
and thus far in the right at home (again) here at The than what I was
season the golf Club. It is an honor to work for you, used to in the
and makes the long hours in the hot states of Minne-
course has held up sun worth it! If you have any ques- sota and Mon-
quite nicely. The tions about the maintenance of the tana. However, I certainly did not
course feel free to send me an email expect to see 80 degrees in the
longer, warmer to [email protected]. I prom- month of May. I am already trying to
days and higher ise I will get back to you promptly! find ways to beat the heat and it’s
night time tem- only June!
Jared Stanek
peratures mean Superintendent Soup is one of my favorite dishes to
that the grass is make and eat. There is nothing
quite like looking in the cooler, pan-
requiring more try, and spice rack and coming up
water to stay with any combination that strikes
you. The possibilities are endless.
green. While the stressed out and But, for me, soup isn’t something I
brown areas on the course are inevi- eat a lot of in the summer. In an
effort to satiate my soup craving, I
table, your maintenance team is sometimes make a gazpacho. One of
fortunate to have several experi- my favorites is Champagne Melon. I
enced irrigators on staff to keep it thought I would share that recipe
today and maybe keep you a little
looking, and more importantly, play- cooler this summer.
ing great! The irrigators will be out

daily, hand watering dry areas and
setting up portable sprinklers to

cover for some of the areas where
irrigation coverage is insufficient.
We have a goal that the playing

conditions of The Club are the best
in the Treasure Valley, regardless of

how hot it gets.

One other tool in our arsenal is the Continued on page 11...
Air2G2. Many of you have seen this

green machine running on our
greens all spring. The Air2G2 is a
state of the art aerator that breaks

up compaction in the soil and allows
both water and roots to penetrate

deeper into the soil. For you as a
golfer, this will help us provide

firmer, truer greens throughout the
growing season.

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RESOURCE CENTER

CLUB Tee Times can be booked through ...Continued from page 10

Hours of Operation ForeTees up to 1 week in ad- INGREDIENTS AND
JUNE Dining Hours: vance. For login & password in- DIRECTIONS FOR GAZPACHO
Monday - 11am - 6pm
Tuesday - Friday - 11am - 9pm formation, contact the golf shop.
Saturday - 8am - 9pm Associations
Sunday - 8am - 8pm Men’s & Women’s Associations
Continental Breakfast at 7am
on Weekends available.

Website Junior Golf Academy 1 cantaloupe
www.theclubatspurwing.com The Junior Program includes our 1 honeydew
For questions regarding member summer clinics, summer play 1 cup of fresh squeezed orange juice
login or passwords please contact days, 1-day camps & Club Champi- 1/8 cup lime juice
the membership office. onship. 1/4 cup honey
Champagne
GOLF SHOP Leagues Mint leaves (optional)
Men’s, Women’s, Couples, Junior Fried prosciutto (optional)
Hours of Operation Golf & Senior Leagues available
JUNE Hours: seasonally. Please contact the PROCEDURE
CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF SHOP: golf shop for more information.
Monday 12pm - 8pm
Tuesday-Sunday 7:30am - 8pm FITNESS  Peel, seed, coarsely chop melons
CHALLENGE GOLF SHOP:  Place chopped melon in large con-
Monday-Sunday 7:30am-8pm Hours of Operation
(Challenge Shop opens at 10am on Open 24 hours a day tainer with orange juice, honey and
Wednesdays) 7 days a week
lime juice
Practice Facility & Golf Shop Open Keyless entrance: Code required  Process with an immersion blender (or
30 minutes before the first tee
time Interested in Personal Training? regular blender)
Contact the Membership Office  Add champagne to desired consistency
Member Services 208.887.1800
Our full service golf shop includes  Serve in soup cup
club repair, re-gripping, spike  Top with chiffonade mint leaves and/
changing, special orders & ship-
ping. Our members receive a 10% or fried prosciutto ( I prefer prosci-
discount in the golf shop. utto!)

Golf Instruction POOL ENJOY GAZPACHO ON A HOT DAY!!!
Lessons are available year-round,
including video analysis and club Hours of Operation
fitting in our Studio Training Open Memorial Weekend - Labor
Center.
Day 11am-8pm
On-Line Tee Time
Reservations TENNIS

Hours of Operation
Open during daylight hours only

Courts are open seasonally from
March 1-October 31

Keyless entrance: Code required

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THE CLUB AT SPURWING
6800 North SpurWing Way
Meridian, ID 83646

JUNE CALENDAR

SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY

JUNE DINING HOURS AT THE CLUB

Monday 11am - 6pm

Tuesday - Wednesday 11am - 9pm

Thursday - Saturday 8am - 9pm

Sunday 8am - 8pm

12 3 4
Wine Festival Senior League First Friday
Men’s League Ladies

Twilight

56 78 9 10 11
Junior Kickoff Date Night & WING DING WING DING WING DING WING DING
Live Poolside Couples PRACTICE
Music 1-4 League Patio Party
12 13 with Live
Live Poolside
Music 1-4 Ladies League Music

14 15 16 17 18
Date Night & Men’s League Senior League
Couples
League

Ladies League

19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Father’s Day Date Night & Men’s League Senior League 9 & Dine
Brunch Couples
Live Poolside League Ladies
Music 1-4 Twilight

Ladies League

26 27 28 29 30
Sunday Knife Aerifi- Date Night & Men’s League Senior League
Brunch & cation Couples
Pool Party Champ League Ladies
Knife Aerifi- Course Twilight

cation Champ Ladies League
Course

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