COHARIE AND THE COVID-19 VIRUS

NEWS FROM THE SOCIAL COMMITTEE

In an effort to keep our members safe we have canceled all social events at Coharie for now. As soon as it is allowed, we will reschedule as many events as possible. Our food service is in full swing as take out only. Enjoy Chef Emily’s delicious entrees at home...no cooking, no cleaning! Healthcare providers tell us that vitamin D is a great boost to the immune system. Our golf course and tennis courts remain open to get you out in the fresh air and sunshine. Come play a round of golf, a few sets of tennis or just take a walk on our beautiful course. Remember, getting outside you do not have to be around a lot of people or do anything risky. You can still get outside and stay healthy while significantly boosting your immune system and improving your mood! Hope to see you soon!

NEWS FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT

Well Spring has sprung, and with it has come many questions. The Corona virus has changed the way most of us have been living. Uncertain times are altering many of our lives and we are striving to get back to normalcy. However for my staff and it has been business as usual. We continue to keep the golf course in playing condition, and preparing for the upcoming season.

I had some soil samples tested on the Putting green, #1, and #2 to find out what may be affecting the growth of turf in those areas. The results came back with a minor deficiency in a few nutrients, a low pH balance, and a low count of soil microbes. I ordered some products to remedy this, and have already begun the applications. I have put out an application of Calcitic Lime to raise the pH and increase available Calcium for the plant. I will also be putting out some K-Mag to increase levels of Potassium and Magnesium. My next application will be in a spray form to increase Manganese and soil microbe activity in the soil. This will alleviate some of the issues with these areas. We will be doing two more tests in the next couple months for disease activity and for Nematode counts. Both of these next tests should give us a resolution to any issues in the soil that we can improve in minor ways. If the problem is more than we can control easily, the next solution would be to dig up those areas, put down a new soil and greens mix and re -sod or plug those spots to bring them back.

We are finally starting to see some greening up of the turf, and greens are starting to pick up growth. Hopefully we do not get another cold snap and we can continue to keep moving forward. I would like to be back to mowing and normal maintenance practices next month. Fingers crossed.
As always thank you all for your support and compliments. Stay safe and healthy, and if you can please come out and enjoy the course.

Sincerely,

Kevin McCamy, GCS

NEWS FROM THE POOL

Hello everyone-

I hope everyone is staying safe and looking forward to resuming "life as normal" before too long. One part of that will be enjoying the Coharie pool this summer. I think I have hired all my lifeguards now, and I am very pleased with them. I will introduce them to you in the next newsletter.

Assuming things will get better, the pool will open on weekends beginning on Saturday, May 25. If you have any pool-related questions, please call or text me at 385-8770. You can also email me at ncgirl77@aol.com. I am looking forward to this summer and getting back to "life as normal"!

Ms. Susan, Pool Manager

NEWS FROM THE CMGA

1.) All tickets for the reverse drawing are sold/spoken for.

2.) With social distancing it is difficult to collect money for tickets sold over the phone or in conversations with Randy or myself. If you have not paid for your ticket please get your money to me or Randy Wiggins or Richard Kimble at CCC as soon as possible.

3.) We have postponed the reverse drawing for now, waiting to see how the situation with the virus progresses.

4.) One idea being discussed is to hold the drawing in early May if things have returned to a sense of normalcy.

5.) I will keep you informed as we proceed in these uncharted times.

6.) Update of our tee project:

a.) At this time due to the unknown, we are going to postpone the planning project. I felt it better not to commit money that we do not have yet to this project. Hopefully we will be able to get this project completed next year.

b.) Plans are to proceed with the green tee construction portion of the project. I am currently waiting for the contractor to visit with me and get a definite time for work to begin.

c.) The CMGA will have nearly all of the necessary funds to complete this project at this time.

If you have not renewed your CMGA membership for the upcoming year please do so. Our goal is 50 members this year.

Thank you for all of your support and help as we work to improve Coharie CC.

Tim Pope

CMGA, President

NEWS FROM THE PRO SHOP

We have started to receive our spring shipments. We have just received new items from Adidas and Foot Joy for both Men and Women. Please stop by and check out these nice new clothing options.

We have just received some new PING golf bags with our club logo on them.

We still offer our members the best deals in golf. All special orders are cost plus 10% plus tax. Just be aware that some companies have closed down or have smaller crews working so there could be some delay in getting some items over the next few weeks.

Until further notice, we will allow our members to ride by themselves in order to maintain our social distancing during this time of Corona virus. We are asking if you are bringing a guest to play then please come after 2:30 on weekends. This will allow all carts to be used for our membership and we should have carts coming back in for you and your guest. Thanks for helping us with this issue. If you are going to play on weekends later in the day please call ahead and let us know that you are coming and so we can let you know when the carts will be available.

ORDER FROM THE LOUNGE ONLINE

You are now able to place you order for the lounge online. Simply go to www.cohariecc.com and click on the red “Online Ordering click here” button. It is on the home page under the USGA logo. You do not have to create an account to use it. You are able to order lunch, dinner, or sides and enter a time you would like to pick it up. You can pay online or pay when you pick it up. NOTE: Only menus that are available will be visible. For example, the Dinner menu is only visible during dinner hours. If you would like a detail set of instructions you can go to www.cohariecc.com/order and print directions. We hope member will enjoy this new service.

You can also launch the app from you phone using the following QR Code (you will need to install a QR Code reader on your phone):

MONTHLY SPECIAL FROM US FOODS

Ham is the item that we are featuring from US Foods You can go to www.cohariecc.com/usfoods for more details on the product. Use item number to look it up.

HAM

Preparation & Cooking
Preparations and Cooking Instructions
PREHEAT THE OVEN TO 350 DEGREES F. COVER IN FOIL AND PUT 1/4 CUP OF WATER IN THE BOTTOM OF THE PAN. HEAT FOR 8-10 MINUTES PER POUND OR TO AN INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF 140 DEGREES F.

Handling Instructions
KEEP REFRIGERATED BETWEEN 28-32 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

Serving Suggestions:
THE HAM CAN BE SLICED FOR SANDWICHES, SALADS, PITAS, ETC. IT CAN BE CUBED FOR SALADS, HAM SALAD, BREAKFAST ITEMS. IT CAN ALSO BE SLICED THICK FOR HAM STEAK DINNERS.

Item # 7664840

2/7 LBA Means there are 2 hams per box.

$4.47 / LB

HISTORIC COMMITTEE

Attention Coharie members: The newly formed Coharie Historic Committee is asking for your help to document the history and interesting stories about Coharie Country Club. If you have any artifacts including pictures, documents, or stories please share with anyone on the committee. (Brooks Barwick, Jeff Heath, Ronnie Honeycutt, Bill Nance, Whit Tart, Bill Turlington, Tom Turlington, Randy Wiggins, George Williams, Bob Yow)
The Committee goals:

• To research and collect documents, information and pictures of the history of Coharie Country Club
• Talk with current and former members to obtain interesting facts and stories
• Compile into a pictorial history book
• To have book ready for the 75th anniversary celebration in Fall of 2021

If anyone has copies of old minutes, newsletters or pictures to contribute to the Coharie Historical Committee, please leave at the club or contact Nancy Heath to pick up.

PICTURE FROM THE NEW UPDATED WALL OF FAME

NEW CREDIT CARD PROCESSING FEE

For those that pay their monthly house account with a credit card Starting Jan 1, 2019 the club will start charging a 4% credit card processing fee to cover our cost to process credit cards. If you have any questions about this please speak with Richard.

RANGE USERS

We are now able to practice from the grass tees. Thank you for only using the mats this winter.

Also we have purchased more range balls to get us through the winter. During the spring we will be getting more new range balls. Range balls will be distributed over the counter from now on. So see any pro shop staff to get your range balls.

MAILING LIST REMINDER

If you are not receiving our email updates from the new server (there have been several to go out at this point), please check your SPAM or JUNK mail folder and mark COHARIE COUNTRY CLUB as a “SAFE SENDER”. This will ensure that your emails from Coharie get sent to your appropriate inbox.

If you have received no emails from the new server, please contact Heather Port at info@cohariecc.com directly, or at 910-592-6745.

2017 CGA AGRONOMIST REPORT
We invite you to read the agronomist report about Coharie from Bill Anderson, CGCS Agronomist of the Carolina's Golf Association. Click here to read report.

2016 BY-LAWS
Review the 2016 by-laws that were approved at the last board meeting (click here).

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