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2019 FoxTale Member NewsletterSummer Summary and Fall Preview

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Welcome New Members!

Family Memberships

David & Jake Gage – Lyme, CT Mark & Mylene Geronimo – Old Lyme, CT

Tom & Mary Palilonis – Moodus, CT Nicholas & Karen DeFelice – Chester, CT

Single Memberships

John Ahern Jr. – Salem, CT John Bauer – Deep River, CT

Henry Dugan – Lyme, CT Andrew Glassman – Jacksonville, FL

Keith Goodman – Old Lyme, CT Doug Guyer – Deep River, CT Craig Judge – Colchester, CT

Michael Kuziak – Old Lyme, CT Marc Levine – Haddam, CT Alan Maziarz – Salem, CT

Robert Perras – Norwich, CT

Intermediate Memberships

Adam Grillo – Old Saybrook, CT Chelsea Phillips – Old Saybrook, CT

Colin Kupfer – Old Lyme, CT Nicholas Paradis – Old Saybrook, CT

Cory Schroder – Mystic, CT

Junior Memberships

Michael Brousseau – Niantic, CT Alex Cabral – Old Saybrook, CT Shane Davies – Waterford, CT Patrick Herlihy – New York, NY

Tyler Imbriaco – Niantic, CT Patrick Loftus – Niantic, CT

Christopher Perras – Essex, CT

Tournament Review

Opening Mixed ScrambleSaturday, April 27th

Our opening event of the season was an all-around nice day... nice turnout, nice weather and nice scores. The winning team of Fred Atwell, Tyler Imbriaco, Tom Johnston, and Jim Pedrick, shot a smooth 63 and took home the top prize in the

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first tournament of the year. Three teams tied for second with a score of 67, thanks to everyone who came out!

Fox Shoot-out 9-9-9Saturday, May 18th

This event featured nine holes, each of three different formats: scramble, better ball and modified alternate shot.

Our overall champions this year were Mike Crowley and Stu Munro recording an impressive Net score of 87. Our A-Flight Champions were Kevin Fries and Marc Zgorski (94) and our B-Flight Champions were Louise Lupone and Jan Welch

(95)

Men's Summer ClassicJune 28th-30th

This years Summer Classic was one of our best ever, with three days of great weather, fantastic course conditions and spirited competition. Each team in our

seven flights played five matches in their quest for a Flight Championship. At the end of the matches, the seven flight champions and one Wildcard team gathered on

the 16th tee for a big alternate shot shoot-out to determine an overall winner. The large gallery was treated to an exciting finish as the D-Flight Champions, Mike

Crowley and his guest Mike Higgins, edged out the C-Flight team of Bill Buscetto and his guest Kevin Petchark on the 18th hole by one stroke.

D Flight: Mike Crowley & Mike Higgins

A Flight: Marc Zgorski & Maki Kobayashi

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B Flight: Billy Buscetto Jr & Matt Fuller

E Flight: Merritt Zahner & Joe Breda

C Flight: Bill Buscetto & Kevin Petchark

F Flight: Jeff Burdsall & Issak Lazarou

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G Flight: Adam Viggiano & Justin Burton

Thanks to all of the participants for making this

such a great weekend!

Flag TournamentThursday, July 4th

Our Independence Day Flag Tournament is always one of our more popular events of the year. Everyone starts with a flag in tow and plants it where their score plus

their handicap equals 71.

This year's winner was Harriet Wolfe who finished 18 holes with enough strokes left to get her ball all the way to the green on #2. Susan Burke finished second, reaching the #2 fairway. Laura Yurczyk finished third, reaching the #1 fairway. John Twomey finished fourth at the greenside bunker on #1 and Nancy Delisi

finished in fifth on the fairway of #1.

Senior Club ChampionshipAugust 3rd & 4th

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This year's event differed from last year, mostly due to the fact that

everyone was able to play 36 holes instead of only 18. Thank you for

cooperating this year Mother Nature! The women's division saw defending champion Linda Lyons edge Cindy

Hedge by one stroke, with a total score of 165, to retain her title as Champion. Cindy still finished tied for first place

Net with Barbara DePalo, with scores of 148.

The men's flight needed two sudden death playoff holes to determine this

year's champion. Kevin Fries claimed the title of Champion over Jack

Gedney in a thrilling battle that had both men totaling 159 after the 36 holes. The Net division winner was

David Thibodeau shooting an impressive score of 135, while Bob

Klein finished in second place with a score of 144.

2019 Senior Club Champion: Kevin Fries

2019 Women's Senior Club Champion: Linda Lyons

2019 Women's Senior Net Co-Champions:

Cindy Hedge & Barbara Depalo

Women's Golf League Member/Guest August 6th

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The format for this event was 2 Best Balls of the Foursome. There were 60 competitors for this year’s tournament, vying for the Gross and Net division titles. This year’s Gross division team consisted of Rose Petersen, Linda Olisky, Mary Piotrowski, and Lynn Scully with a score of 153. The second place

team of Susan Wiedmann, Amy Wilson, Debbie Gagliardi, and Jackie Cahill shot a 155. The Net division team of Ann Deshefy, Judy Miles, Jan Pacific, and Phyllis Palmer shot 118 and edged out the second place team of Hollis Barry,

Helene Nichols, Kacey Constable, and Pat Ermler by one stroke as they scored 119.

Club ChampionshipAugust 17th & 18th

It was déjá vu all over again, as Linda Lyons captured her 13th Women’s

Club Championship in 14 years with a 36-hole total of 170. This year,

however, Linda had to battle Cindy Hedge over 4 sudden-death playoff

holes before reclaiming her title. It was thrilling golf to witness as both ladies battled shot for shot during the extra holes of play. In the Women’s Net

Flight, Sue Lundgren ran away with the title over the field with a score of 139. Louise Lupone finished in 2nd

Place with a score of 150.

In the men’s division Julius Oppenheimer opened with an impressive score of 71 in

round one, en-route to his championship total of 147. Bill Buscetto moved up the leader

board on day 2 shooting the low round of the tournament with a score of 70 and finished with a 2nd Place total score of 151. In the Hopyard Flight, relative newcomer to golf

Adam Viggiano (he has only been playing for 3 years), earned gross honors with a 36-hole

total of 179. Adam’s second round score of 83 gave him a 1 stroke victory over tournament veteran Kim Kaiser, who finished with a total of 180 for the weekend. Despite missing out on the Gross Division title, Kim still managed

to take home the title of Net Division champion with a 2-stroke victory (148) over

Tom Palilonis (150).

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2019 Women's Club Net Champion:

Sue Lundgren & runner-up Louise Lupone

2019 Hopyard Flight Gross Champion: Adam Viggiano

2019 Hopyard Flight Net Champion:

Kim Kaiser

Congrats to Linda and Julius on being named Champion Golfer’s of the Year!

Upcoming Events

North vs South Fox Cup at Crumpin-Fox ClubSaturday, September 14th

ELIGIBILITY: Members from each club. FORMAT: Individual Match Play. 12 or 16 from CFC vs. 12 or 16 from

FHY. TEES: Men gross play blues, men net play gold and women play reds

FEE: $49 per player STARTING TIME: 11:00 a.m.

Married Couples Championship Sunday, September 15th

18 Holes & Dinner

ELIGIBILITY: All married members - must be family membership.FORMAT: Better ball, 100% handicap

STARTING TIME:12pm shotgun

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ENTRY FEE: $100pp - Includes: Cart, prizes & dinner

Fall Tips TournamentSunday, September 22nd

ELIGIBILITY: All members FORMAT: New – TBD

STARTING TIME: 8:00 am Shotgun ENTRY FEE: $20pp - Includes prizes and skins

Closing ScrambleSaturday, October 19th

ELIGIBILITY: All members FORMAT: Scramble, ABCD pairings by golf shop

STARTING TIME: 9:30 am Shotgun ENTRY FEE: $35 per player- Includes: cart, food, prizes.

Frostbite OpenSunday, November 17th

ELIGIBILITY: All members FORMAT: Scramble, ABCD pairings by golf shop, 10-hole cross country

course STARTING TIME: 10am Shotgun

ENTRY FEE: $30 per player - Includes: cart, food, prizes.

Hole In One News

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One Swing Was All They Needed!

First Ace of the Year: First Hole-in-One recorded this year was on Wednesday, June 26th, on hole #11 by Susan Wiedmann. She used her pitching wedge from 98 yards for her first ace of

her golfing career!

Signature Aces: Gary Boone used a nine iron from 158 yards for his Hole-in-One on #4 on June

6th. Gary never had a doubt after contact, but his playing partners are still in disbelief from what they witnessed.

Alan Kraska mastered hole #8 on Friday, August 9th with one swing of his pitching wedge. The hole played 122 yards long and was rendered defenseless with his

laser-like precision.

Most Recent Ace: On Friday August 23rd, Mike Crowley aced hole #4 from 153 yards out, using his

eight iron. This was a great confidence booster, propelling him to victory at the Member/Member-Member/Guest the next day!

Congratulations to the three of you!

From the Office of the Superintendent

The July heat wave is in the rearview mirror! The golf course can finally breathe a sigh of relief and enjoy these cooler evening temperatures. It was a record setting month for the state of Connecticut. July was the hottest month on record in the past 114 years with 19 of the 31 days

exceeding 90 degrees per Ryan Hanrahan, meteorologist of NBC 30. We are very glad to be through the excruciating heat and now look towards healing in the stressed areas on the playing surfaces at the Hopyard.

Here are a few of the items that are in the works as we turn the calendar towards the fall months.

Aerification took place August 27th and 28th on all playing surfaces. The Hopyard Maintenance team focused on the greens, utilizing 3/8” hollow tines to remove cores and topdressed all greens to help remove thatch

and promote drainage. After the aeration and topdressing, granular fertilizer was applied to all greens to help aid recovery efforts. The last

part of this process will be over seeding the greens. This is the first time we have over seeded greens in several years. We are incorporating a

newer creeping bentgrass variety, Luminary, which in university trials has shown excellent adaptability to extreme heat, provides an earlier spring

green up and helps reduce fungicide applications. We are very excited to have this process underway and know this will lead to premier playing

conditions for fall golf.

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Our outside contractors, Sportscapes, will be aerifying fairways, approaches and some tees. The same process as last year which is

utilizing 7/8” hollow tines, followed by a blowing of the playing surfaces. They are a very professional company and we are very fortunate to have them help with our aerification needs. Lastly, the white and blue tees on the par 3s will be aerated by the Hopyard team. Due to the increase of

rounds of golf this season, we will be aerating select tees with 3/8” hollow tines. The tees will then be topdressed and then over seeded. Finally, all

playing surfaces will receive a granular product, Sea Blend which is utilized twice a season. This organic fertilizer provides excellent fall color

and is an extremely high-end product.

Once the aerification process has concluded I will be sitting down with John Garcia of Atlantic Golf & Turf to review the results from our ISTRC test. This test provides information regarding our drainage capabilities, bulk density regarding root growth and organic matter content. This test

was last conducted in 2013 and we look forward to determining what changes may or may not be needed to improve our current aerification

practices.

Brian and I also had the opportunity to meet with Greg Moore, from U.S. Pitchcare regarding some tee expansion on a few of our par 3s. U.S.

Pitchcare has been diligently working to level and repair many of Crumpin-Fox teeing surfaces the past two years. If you have not had a chance to check out our sister course, it is well a worth a trip! Some of

the areas that are currently being discussed include: the two main driving tee areas, expanding the tees on 4, 8 and 11. We will provide more

information about these projects as we get closer to the end of September.

As always, if there are ever any questions or concerns regarding the golf course please feel free to reach out to me by email or by phone. We

would like to thank our members and guests for their cooperation when aerification begins at the end of the month. It is a crucial agronomic

process that will help promote healthy turf for years to come.

Wayne Lagasse (860) 434-6644 Ext. 114

wlagasse@golfthefox.com

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Greetings from On the Rocks Restaurant

Summer may be winding down, but we are just starting to heat up here at On the Rocks!

Autumn is our favorite season and we hope it will be yours as well. Enjoy the spectacular New England foliage on CT's #1 ranked golf course and

then join us and revel at all the harvest season has to offer.

Upcoming Events:

Farm to Table Wine Dinner- Our most popular wine dinner of theyear! Last year was a tremendous success with an unbelievable turnout, so be sure to make your reservations early!

Friday, September 6th @ 6:30 $85 per person + tax & gratuity

Harvest Beer Dinner- We created this for our "foodies" whohappen to love beer! Wine dinner style food, but with BEER!

Who could ask for more! Friday, October 25th @ 6:30 $70 per person + tax & gratuity

New Restaurant Menu- Launching the first week of October, comesee what we've put together with all the bounty that harvest season has to offer!

New Dessert Menu- We cant give you a new menu without givingyou new and amazing autumn-themed desserts! Come see what Chef has in store for you.

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Thanksgiving- Table after table of hand prepared holiday classicsand contemporary offerings from soup to dessert! Be sure to make your reservations early as we are sure to sell out.

Thursday, November 28th: 11-3:30 $40 per person + tax and gratuity

It gives us great pleasure to introduce you all to Salvatore Scaccinoce, our new Clubhouse Manager. Sal comes to us with a wealth of food and

beverage experience, specializing in Golf Course & Casino style background. Be sure to introduce yourself and say hello. He is as excited

to be here as we are to have him! Welcome to the OTR family Sal!

In closing, I'd like to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for all your input, support and patronage. You members are the reason

we are all here. Please know that our doors are always open for you and that we will do all we can, at all times to make sure that you feel

welcome, comfortable and appreciated.

My sincerest thanks, appreciation and gratitude, Chef Nick Muce, the management and all of of us here at On the Rocks

Thank you for an amazing season!

From the Desk of Sal

Allow me to introduce myself, my name is Salvatore Scaccianoce and I'm the new clubhouse manager. I have an extensive background in the

hospitality industry and plan to bring my experience and knowledge to Fox Hopyard. We're all one big family here at Fox and I am very excited to become a part of that family, a part of the team and look forward to

getting to know each and every one of you!

Live Where You Play!

New Model Home is Complete!

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Our newest model home located at #607 along the 3rd hole is complete, and this one

is a beauty!

It features a porch and deck overlooking the 3rd fairway, a vaulted great room, master

suite on the main floor, another en-suite and 3 other bedrooms and bath upstairs, plus a

finished walkout lower level. It's another stunning home with the golf course front and

center.

We invite all members of Fox Hopyard Golf Club to stop by one of our open houses or contact me at anytime for a personal tour.

Nick UcelloUccello Development, LLC

nuccello@uccellodevelopment.comOffice: 860.721.9068Mobile: 860.209.7505