Jones Creek Golf Club Blog

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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We are finally back from the PGA Show and it was a success!  It really is an amazing place to go to, and if you ever have a chance to go, do it!  I can’t really put into words about how big the show is (770,000 square ft of display area), and how many miles we have put on our feet, but it is quite evident by watching Jim, Ray and I limp around when got back!  I went to many interesting seminars and heard some amazing speakers.  My favorite speaker Manuel de la Torre because of the unbelievable respect that other PGA Professionals were showing him when he was speaking.  He is one of the greatest golf instructors ever and has been the Head Professional at Milwaukee Country Club for the last 60 years (he is 89)!    I also have been learning about the biggest buzz word of the show, the growing world of “Social Media Platforms” (Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin, etc).  If you haven’t yet, check out our fan page on Facebook, or follow me (Jonescreekpro) or Jones Creek  (Jonescreekgolf) on Twitter!

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