Jones Creek Golf Club Blog

Punching the greens

We wanted to send out a post about some of the course projects that we have been doing. This was the first year in a few that we were able to get the fertilizer application on that was required. The course has sprung to life and the grass is taking to the application beautifully. June 21st was aerifacation day at Jones Creek. The aerifying went great and the greens should be excellent in a few weeks. We would like to give a special thanks to all the volunteers (Wymans Warriors)

Aerifying the greens

Member volunteers filling divots

that came out to fill divots and do some general maintenance on the course.  The difference in the fairways was great and we thank you for making your course the best.

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Nicole Jeray

Finally some exciting news….I qualified for the US Open.  36 holes on the hottest day of the year.  72-73 to tie as low qualifier.  The US Open will be played at Oakmont C.C. in Pittsburgh where Jack Nicklaus won his first tournament (a major championship).

You have not seen me practicing at Jones Creek because my schedule brings me to the Midwest which is close to my Mom and Sister.  Ill have 5 tournaments in a row starting with State Farm Classic in Springfield, IL and ending with the US Open.  Vaughn Taylor only plays 2 or 3 in a row for a good reason – its exhausting and your brain gets mushy.  Unfortunately LPGA events are very limited so I will really have to make sure I pace myself with these 5.  You can follow my scores with real-time scoring at www.lpga.com.

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Terrific Masters!!!  I was very happy to see Phil win.  Even though I was rooting for Freddie, Phil is an awesome Champion.  Hopefully Phil is the family man that he appears to be.My play in Daytona Beach this week was not as terrific as what went on at the Augusta National.  I shot 73-75 to miss the cut by a few.  I will focus on my good shots, work on my putting, and visualize making birdies in my next LPGA event in Morelia, Mexico.Highlight of the week:  Playing the pro-am with the highest paid NFL kicker, Sebastian Janikowski.  He plays for the Oakland Raiders.   Great guy and a pretty good golfer as well.  He drove the ball a mile (in several directions) and rolled the ball extremely well on the greens.  We won the pro-am with our net score and had a lot of laughs as well.

Sebastian is the big guy on the left.  He is 2 yards short of the longest field goal ever.  (actually 1 yard…they round down the yardage when they used to round up)

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I’d like to give you an update on my first two events this year.

My first tournament was a Duramed Futures Tour event in Winter Haven, FL.  Jody Keepers, my boyfriend, was able to caddy for me so that was quite nice.  We drove down together and stayed with a terrific family in a beautiful home on a lake.  We shot 70-74 to finish T-16^th after the last round was canceled due to a huge storm that flooded the golf course.  Let me tell you that Augusta is not the only place hit with a hard winter.  Such a terrific golf course that is suffering from the crazy weather.

My next event was an LPGA tournament in CA at La Costa.  San Diego obviously is having better weather because the course was perfect.  Long course, small greens, sticky rough, and in pristine condition.  I arrived Monday evening, played practice round on Tuesday, player meeting Tuesday night discussing the globalization of the LPGA tour, 9 holes wed morning with lots of practice then teed it up on Thursday for my first round on the LPGA tour in 2010.  So exciting.  I played pretty decent on Thursday shooting 73.

As soon as I left the scoring tent, I am approached  by player services, Drug Testing.  3 ½ hours later, I was finally released.

Jones Creeks, Nicole Jeray

Since my caddy waited this entire time, I thought it’d be a good idea to practice.  I have now been at the course 12 hours.  On Friday, I shot 78.  Moments of brilliance, but a very sloppy swing & game.  Missed the cut by 3 shots.

Jody caddies for Samantha Richdale on the LPGA.  They fortunately played the weekend…not great, but playing is better than having the weekend off.  Sunday night was our flight back to the east coast.  We were on separate flights, both red eyes.  I arrived in Jacksonville at 8:30 am.  Jody’s plane was supposed to be there around 9ish.  I waited and waited and waited in baggage claim…no Jody.  Finally at around Noon, Jody calls and proceeds to tell me this massive story about an emergency landing in Omaha.  Yep, he was in the middle of it all.  Did you see his mug shot in the paper?  Jody’s caddie expertise in dealing with crazy women came in handy on his flight. Article  We finally made it back to Augusta 24 hours later.

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Wyman Repairing #9

New Sod

Painting the Clubhouse

Planting Spring Flowers

New umbrellas on the Patio

Spring is finally here and we have been very busy trying to knock off a punch list of projects. Greens Superintendent Wyman Tyler and his crew have been doing a great job with the course. Early in March they tackled the bunkers, and have just about finished removing bad liners, evening out the sand and making all the bunkers consistent. Several applications were used on the greens and green complexes to get rid of the poa annua.  A number of dead trees have been removed and 143 stumps were taken out. A few of the greens had some bad areas  that have been re-sodded. These spots on the greens will be played as ground under repair. The wet parts of the fairways have been roped off to give the turf  a good chance to fill in. Being able to direct the cart traffic should help greatly and we really appreciate your efforts with this project.

The clubhouse area has received a bit of a face-lift as well. You may have noticed the patio now has umbrellas, and we hope you enjoy them while dining outside this spring. The columns around the clubhouse as well as the clubhouse  have been repainted. Over two hundred flowers have been planted all around the clubhouse area and we think it really looks great.  We have several more projects on the list and we will keep you posted as we get them done.

Hope everyone has a wonderful Masters Week.

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Finished Bunker On Hole 5

Working on Hole 5

The weather finally broke last weekend and the turnout was great. We hosted the Ladies Golf Association round robin tournament on Monday. All the ladies seemed to have a good time and we received a number of great comments

Wyman’s work on the bunkers is becoming very noticeable. The green side bunker on hole #5 has been completed and getting the proper amount of sand in all the green side bunkers is up next. The driving range has been re-seeded and the range is getting considerable attention. Irrigation on the course and the range has been a priority this week in preparation for spring. The greens and approaches have been sprayed again for poa annua and Wyman is happy with the progress.

There are a few things to mark in your calenders. Wednesday the 17th is St. Patrick’s Day and we will be having a Karaoke party at the clubhouse. The cost is ten dollars and we will have an Irish Dinner and as always a cash bar will be available. Lastly, a reminder that daylight savings begins this Sunday the 14th of March.

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Im am so excited to be representing such a fantastic golf club while I play the LPGA tour this year.  Jones Creek is a diamond in the rough – good people and great course.  I love the beauty of the tree-lined fairways and we all know what a challenge Jones Creek can be.  The practice facility is also fantastic.   My favorite spot is the back of the range where I can hit all kinds of  wedge shots to a green and beat buckets of balls from nice grass and side-hill lies.  The two excellent practice greens with nice sandtraps really help me keep my short game sharp.  Thank you Jones Creek for extending such a terrific facility to me.  Looks like the weather is going to get better so you all should see me out there preparing for my first event March 15.  Please stop and say hello. Id love to meet you and answer any questions you may have.   You can also visit my web site to learn more about me www.nicolejeray.com or follow my tweets at ww.twitter.com/golfnjeray  I will look forward to seeing everyone.  Happy golfing and remember “One shot at a time”

Nicole and Jones Creek

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Jones Creek would like to welcome Wyman Tyler to the staff. Wyman comes to us with a wealth of not only golf course maintenance knowledge but also golf

Welcome Wyman

course construction. His last two positions were held at Champions Retreat, and Mt Vintage Plantation as an assistant  superintendent. He has worked with Course Crafters LLC, a golf construction company and has worked on the building of courses as far away as Portugal. Wyman is thrilled to be at Jones Creek and is looking forward to the job at hand.

The first 2 weeks I primarily worked on pruning low hanging limbs and improving bunkers – edging and replacing/repairing liners.  We have also made the bunker at 18 green more player friendly and repainted the greens.  In the coming weeks we will focus on getting the course ready for Master’s Week.  We will be spraying for weeds around tees, greens, and on fairways as long as Mother Nature cooperates.  We will continue to work on bunkers – sand and liner issues

I would like to say thanks for your cooperation and patience with the cart path only rule.  We will keep this in effect since we have had so much rain and snow.  This will make playing conditions better for members once things dry out. Spring is right around the corner and the golf course staff and myself are looking forward to bringing the course along to peak condition and something we will all be proud of.

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Jones Creek,
Last week I competed in a Hooters Tour Winter Series event in Mrytle Beach, SC. Due to bad weather the first round was cancelled and we were to play 36 holes on the second day. I started the tournament 6 over through 12 holes in very windy conditions and played my last 24 holes even par. I shot 79 71 and missed the cut by 2 shots.
All in all it was an enjoyable week. My father caddied for me which was very nice to spend some time with him. My next event wil be February 17-20 in Hilton Head. Thanks for the continued support!

Jordan

Jordan Johnstun

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Please join us at Jones Creek on Feb 10th for a wonderful evening of wine and food. Please call  706-860-4228 to make your reservation.

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