Golf Course Update

5/3/13 8am - We are open for the 2013 season and allowing carts on all 18 holes.

Ladies Night "Golf Clinic" Tuesday, May 21st.

We will be offering a spring Golf Clinic for the Ladies Night Members on Tuesday, May 21st 6pm.  The cost per person is $8 and should last approximately on hour.  This clinic is meant to cover the basics of the swing, set-up and pitching/chipping and be available to answer questions after.  Please call the pro shop to register 282-5415.

MRGC Season-Long Best Ball is back for 2013!

Registration deadline is Sunday, May 20th at 6pm.  For complete information click on this link... SEASON-LONG BEST BALL FLYER.pdf
*We are still in need of two teams to fill out the 16 team field... please call the pro shop to register!*

Member League information...

Please go to the "Leagues and Tournaments" section for up to date league information.

2013 (revised) Event Schedule!

Due to the extra long winter, we have had to shuffle, postpone and cancel a few scheduled events... Please see the revised 2013 Event Schedule by clicking on the following link. 2013 EVENT DATES.pdf.

Ladies Night Scrambles are set for 2013!

The Ladies Night scrambles have been scheduled for the second Tuesdays of June, July and August.  Check back for more information regarding the themes of each event... I'm sure Adam has some great plans for 2013!

Ladies Night kick's off Tuesday, May 28th at 6pm!

Join us for the first Ladies Night of 2013 on Tuesday, May 28th!  More information coming soon...

Looking for new team members at MRGC!

We are once again looking for Fun-Lovin' Hark-Workin' Team Members for the 2013 Golf Season!  Click the link below to complete an application ASAP!  We need to fill the following positions... Pro Shop staff, Bartenders and Beverage Cart staff.  We will be contacting qualified potential team members very soon!

Please send completed applications to:

info @ maplerivergolfclub.com

or

MRGC

PO Box 662

West Fargo, ND 58078

MRGC JOB APPLICATION.pdf

2013 Membership Form...

The 2013 Membership Rates have been set.  Please click the link below for the Membership Form.

2013 MEMBERSHIP FORM.pdf

The 2013 Member Referral Promotion Is Baaaaaack!

The very popular MRGC Member Referral promotion is back for 2013!  Click the link for more information!

 2013 MEMBER REFERRAL FLYER.pdf

The 4-Some Promotion is back for 2013!

2013 4-SOME FLYER.pdf


2013 MRGC Board of Directors...

The 2013 Board of Directors...

Jim Johnson - President

Jake Antony - Vice President

Reid Mattson - Treasurer

Wendy Burger - Secretary

Cary Wold

Troy Stone

Janel Pender

Cory Steiner

Andy Carr

Scott Beckman - Alternate

Joey Jeske - Alternate


2012 Toop Championship Results...

Congrats to Zach Bertschi for winning the 2012 Toop Cup Championship!  And thank you again to Ryan and Jess Toop of Toop Insurance for their third year of sponsoring our year long tournament points competition.  And of course thank you to the over 100 Members that participated this year!


A Letter from Jim Johnson, President - MRGC

A Letter from the President including an update on hole 16.pdf


2012 Toop Cup FINAL STANDINGS!

As of 9/3/12... 2012 TOOP CUP POINTS TRACKER FINAL STANDINGS.pdf


Letter from the Recognition Committee...

Club Championship Thanks Rec. Comm. Club Champ Thank you letter.pdf


Reid Mattson Repeats as MRGC Mens Club Champion!

Reid Mattson took control early going 4 up thru 4... new-comer Zach Bertschi settled in, and got dirty in the hazard on hole 14, to get within two holes before finally losing the Championship Match to Reid on the 16th hole.  Congrats to Reid Mattson on defending his title once again!  Jim Johnson/Dan Perrine match went into overtime to qualify for the Maple River Flight Championship... Jim narrowly escaped to face Scott Beckman in the finals.  After Jim took a quick 2 up lead thru 2... they had quite an entertaining match that ended on 17 with Scott Beckman victorious.  Congrats to Scott Beckman on winning the Maple River Flight Championship!  The Senior Division (now 16 players) Championship was a familiar pairing... Dave Baumann vs Tom Hogland.  Dave ended up being the Goliath in this battle, beating Tom to win the first ever 16-man field Senior Club Championship at MRGC!  Congrats to all the winners in this years Maple River Golf Club Men's and Women's Club Championships!


MRGC Ladies Club Championship Results...

Congrats to Janel Pender for winning the 2012 Ladies Club Championship!  Janel shot an 84 to edge LeAnn Montgomery and Carmen Felch by 1.  Thank you to everyone that participated!

Gross Division

Janel Pender - 1st

LeAnn Mondtgomery - 2nd

Wendy Burger - 3rd

Net Division 

Carmen Felch - 74

Sharon Western - 77

Joey Jeske - 79  


A letter from the Recognition Committee-Fundraiser Event.

Fundraiser Thank you.pdf

A letter from the Recognition Committee...

Please select the following link from the Recognition Committee Chairperson, Wendy Burger... Recognition Committee Letter.pdf


Letter from the President

Please select the following link and read the "Letter from the President" from our newly elected President, Jim Johnson...

2012 Letter from the President.pdf


MRGC 2012 Committee Chairpersons have been appointed.

During the May Board of Directors meeting, the 2012 Committee Chairspersons were appointed as well as the committee members.  If you are interested in serving on one of the following committees, or would like to discuss any ideas with a committee, please contact Dana or the Committee Chairperson.

Competition Committee (This committee is full)

Troy Stone - Chairperson

Andy Carr

Don Rodgers

Janel Pender

Dana Mjoness

Handicap Committee - Sub Committee of "Competition Committee" (This committee is full)

Don Rodgers - Chairperson

Sonny Clemenson

Bryce Mattson

Mike Western

Greens Committee (1 Member seats open)

Jay Dahlin - Co-Chairperson

Jake Antony - Co- Chairperson

Steve Burger

Dana Mjoness

Larry Waasdorp

Clubhouse Committee (This committee is full)

Cary Wold - Co-Chairperson

Justin Pearson - Co-Chairperson

Wendy Burger

Wade Lindgren

Dana Mjoness

Cory Holter

Finance Committee (This committee is full)

Reid Mattson - Chairperson

Jim Johnson 

Justin Pearson

Cory Steiner

Recognition Committee (1 Member seat available)

Wendy Burger - Chairperson

Paul Boese

Dana Mjoness

New for 2012... "Early Week" Special!

New for 2012 is the "Early Week" special... Mon, Tues, and Weds you can play 18 holes with a cart (2-players/cart) for only $20 before noon!!!  Tee times required.  Some restrictions may apply.  Call 282-5415 to make your tee time now!

 

  • Peter Uihlein's road less traveled paying off
    May 20, 2013 8:26:00 AM

    By Tim Rosaforte

    From the May 20 edition of Golf World Monday:

    Peter Uihlein took the road less traveled, but it was longer than the one, say, Jordan Spieth took to the PGA Tour. Spieth went to the University of Texas before turning pro halfway through his sophomore year and in less than a semester locked down full exempt status for the 2014 season. He didn't have to travel much beyond Pebble Beach or Hilton Head to get full playing privileges in his home country.

    Related: Peter Uihlein's win at the 2010 U.S. Amateur

    Uihlein, 23, went to Oklahoma State, won the 2010 U.S. Amateur, and instead of going the sponsor-exemption route, got his passport and took off on a European Tour work-study program to places like India, Kenya and Kazakhstan. This was the same path Adam Scott took from the suggestion box of the same people who advised Uihlein.

    blog-peter-uihlein-0520.jpgButch Harmon, who has been teaching Uihlein, and Peter's dad, Wally Uihlein, CEO of the Acushnet Company, who signed Scott to a Titleist deal when he turned pro in 2000, presented the idea. The famed European agent who signed Uihlein, Andrew (Chubby) Chandler, mapped out a schedule.

    Uihlein, who won the Madeira Islands Open yesterday, was all in. Just as Scott believed it paid off before his Masters victory, so too did Uihlein before his first pro win. "It's hard not to listen to guys like that who have been around the block," Uihlein said before going out to celebrate with Brooks Koepka, with whom he shares an apartment in Florida. "I think it made sense even before I won today. Look at all the guys who started over here. It's just different being an American and doing it."

    There were stumbling blocks early on, none worse than a trip to Morocco in March 2012 for the Trophee Hassan II that ended after an opening-round 83. Uihlein took nine weeks off during which he spent three weeks at Harmon's home in Las Vegas with Butch and wife Christy. "I really believe a young guy who comes out has it too easy on the U.S. Tour," Harmon said. "To go and play on the European Tour where the weather is bad, the courses different and the travel difficult, you become a better, well-rounded player in the long run."

    The win gets Uihlein into this week's BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth and with a European Tour card secured, it has him looking at sponsor exemptions in the U.S. this summer. It also gives him bragging rights on Koepka, the Florida State graduate who won a European Challenge Tour event on May 5. They share an apartment in Palm Beach Gardens with Matt Broome, who is playing the Minor League Tour.

    Related: "The next great American player" title doesn't always pan out

    From his American base, Uihlein works out at PGA National with the same trainer as Stacy Lewis (Dave Donatucci) and works on his game at Floridian with Claude Harmon III and Old Palm GC, where Chandler has an office.

    "This was quite a big win," Chandler said from his home in England. "He's been brave enough to do things differently when he could have had a lot of starts in the States, but he stuck to his plan. The idea was to learn the game before tackling the PGA Tour."

    The road may have been less traveled, but it's leading Peter Uihlein back where he belongs.

  • Winner's Bag: What Sang-Moon Bae used to capture his first PGA Tour victory
    May 20, 2013 7:44:00 AM

    By E. Michael Johnson By winning the Byron Nelson Championship, Sang-Moon Bae took home his first PGA Tour title. Here's a look at the clubs he used en route to the memorable victory: Driver: Callaway...

Course Improvements update...

The Board of Directors would like the thank the following people for all their efforts in getting the hole 16 project up and running...

First and foremost, Thank you to Fred Schmidt.  Without his time and talents, this project wouldn't have gotten started. He took out the old road, leveled/shaped the soon-to-be fairway and filled in a portion of the pond on 16 as well as built the permanent "temporary" tee box on hole 9 and raised the cart path on hole 10.  Thank you again Fred for helping make Maple River GC a better place!

We would also like to thank Larry, Erik, Doug and the grounds crew for the extra effort this Fall in getting all the course improvement projects moving before the snow flies... Thank you again for everything you guys do each and every year!

Steve Burger and Northern Pipe Products for supplying the pipe for 16 pond.

Jeff Loe and Roger Nelson at Titan Machine for getting us the best price on the equipment.  Thanks to Butler for getting us the scraper on such short notice!

Don Pfau for the use of the skid-steer, survey equipment and his advise on all of these projects.

Thank you to Deb Brand for the extremely generous donation that allowed us to build the new patio near the 18th green.  We will be furnishing the patio next spring with a portion of Deb's donation and hope all of our Members enjoy the new outside seating area for years and years to come! Thank you again Deb!

And finally, thank you to Paul Boese for coordinating the project.  Paul's efforts in getting everything lined up were instrumental in getting this project off the ground. 

When you see any of these people at MRGC, please take a minute to thank them... without their efforts, these projects would still be ideas on paper...

 

2011 FINAL TOOP CUP POINTS TRACKER TOP 30.pdf

Maple River Information

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