Friday, December 19

Group plays at Tobacco Road

More than fifty members made the trip to play the very challenging Tobacco Road. Everyone had a great time and there was excellent golf played as well. The format for the day was best ball gross and best ball net. Closest to the pin prizes were awarded. The winners for the day are as follows: Closest to the Pin winners were Ron Carhart, John Marston, Joyce Gilliam and Brian Mathis. 1st place gross with a score of 64 was the team of Bill Fox, Bill Guwang, Richard Daniel and Head Pro, Mike Krick. 1st place net was the team of Dave and Penny Turner and Fred and Barbara Brown with a 49, 2nd place was the team of Ginny Seeger, Bibi Brown, Sue Palmer and Laila Nuzzolo with a 54, 3rd place was the team of Ray Nuzzolo, Gary Peterson, Jim Morris and Scott Schaeffer with 56. The 4th place team of GM Brad Bourret, Director of Golf Course Maintenance,Tim Hart, Ron Carhart and Bob Carlson also shot 56 but lost on match of cards. Thanks to Tobacco Road for a great day.

Monday, December 15

A visit from Santa

94 members came out to the Holiday Potluck at the Marathon Bar on Sunday. They enjoyed a crackling fire, caroling, great food and drink specials, and a special visit from Santa "Brock" Claus.

Friday, December 12

Top Ranked Private Golf Course

The Triangle Business Journal recently ranked Carolina Trace Country Club in the Top 25 best private golf course list. Arguably, one of the biggest attractions to CTCC is the two golf courses, Lake and Creek, designed by legendary architect Robert Trent Jones, Sr. During his career, Jones, Sr. designed or re-designed nearly 500 courses in at least 40 states in the U.S. and 35 countries around the world. At Carolina Trace Country Club, members are fortunate to have two courses designed by such a world renowned architect. Jones, Sr. worked with golf legend Bobby Jones on the Peachtree course in Atlanta and again on the Augusta National course, the home of the annual Masters Tournament. Robert Trent Jones, Sr. became a national celebrity with his complete re-design of the Oakland Hills South course for the U.S. Open Tournament in 1951. He immediately became the "Open Doctor" and in quick succession re-designed such major venues as Baltusrol-Lower course, Olympic-Lake course, Southern Hills, Oak Hill and Congressional Country Club. Among the many courses Jones, Sr. designed are: Dorado Beach in Puerto Rico, Bellerive in Missouri, Hazeltine in Minnesota, Shady Oaks in Texas, Upper Montclair in New Jersey and Spyglass in California. In addition to these accomplishments, Jones, Sr. helped found the American Society of Golf Course Architects, and was the first golf course architect inducted into the Golf World Hall of Fame.