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Board of Directors President  Ernie Gault Vice President  Tom Jenkins Secretary  Jan Gunnell, Esquire Treasurer  Dick Rossetti Stewart Bush John Ditta Bob Klein Timothy Lang, MD, DDS, PhD Mike O’Grady Committee Chair Roster Communications Committee Chair Stewart Bush Finance Committee Chair Dick Rossetti Golf Committee Co-Chairs Tim Lang & John Ditta Green Committee Chair Tom Jenkins Grievance Committee Chair Jan Gunnell & Bob Klein House Committee Chair Jan Gunnell Legal & Bylaws Committee Chair Jan Gunnell Membership & Marketing Committee Chair Bob Klein Strategic Planning Committee Chair Mike O’Grady Tennis Committee Chair Tim Lang

Submissions: All copy and photos must be submitted electronically, and not to exceed a 350 word count. The deadline for all articles is the 1st of the month prior to the publication month. All submissions are subject to editing and approval without notice. When submitting photographs, please provide an appropriate caption and/or member name(s). Photos will be placed on a “space available” basis. For an electronic copy of this issue, please go to: www.suntree.com/membershipopportunities/ membernewsletters

Publicaton Information Facilitated by Michelle Walker, Director of Membership [email protected] About the Cover: New Fairway (#8 Classic)

Staff Contact Information

Phone

Steve Lamontagne - General Manager 321-242-6249 Jon Cockerham - Director of Golf Course Maintenance 321-242-6240 Melody Damm - Director of Club Communications 321-242-6255 Paul Davis - Head Tennis Professional 321-242-6242 Hannah Fullem - Activities Director 321-242-6259 Lucas Handrahan - Executive Chef 321-242-6252 Glenn Massanova - Facilities Maintenance Manager 321-242-6227 Brent Naylor - Head Golf Professional 321-242-6236 Cindy Parr - Director of Finance 321-242-6225 Lucy Paulson - Director of Catering 321-242-6248 Charlotte Pinabell - Accounts Receivable 321-242-6224 Michelle Walker - Director of Membership 321-242-6252 One Country Club Drive, Melbourne, FL 32940

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Welcome new Board of Directors Stewart Bush, John Ditta and Michael O’Grady! These directors, elected by equity member vote on March 16, 2015, will serve a three year term.

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Message from

the  General Manager Steve Lamontagne General Manager

As we head into the middle of the summer, many club improvements are in progress. The Classic course is going through the regrassing process which consists of the fairways, greens and roughs. This 75 acre grass grow in is with the latest proven and environmentally friendly genetic strain of Bermuda turfgrass. We are regrassing all areas that our new irrigation system can cover. The process will enable us to provide more pin placements on the greens and have the greens go back to their original size. We are also fixing drainage issues on the course while it is closed. Mother Nature will be the one to determine when the course will re-open for all to enjoy. Other projects that will occur this summer include a remodel of the patio bar, ladies pool bathroom and new tennis poles and lights on courts 3&4. We will also seal our club’s main parking lot and continue to move along with the overlay of some cart paths on the Classic course. Our summer camp registration is well under way and filling quickly. The Around the World theme delivers an educational experience by way of fun filled games, activities and all new field trips. Our swim team is in full swing and we are seeing growing participation from previous years. Our golf and tennis academies will be in progress through the end of July.

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Many of the academy’s recent participants have gone on to have much success throughout their high school golfing years. I’m proud to say and have been fortunate enough to see many of our younger kids that have participated in our programs receive college scholarships. Our activities and dining departments are gearing up for the summer. Plans are in place for a comedy show, specialty buffets, holiday poolside celebrations and bus trips. Our tennis department is excited to be introducing our Intra-Club Mixed Doubles League. I look forward to this league as an opportunity for new and existing members alike to meet each other and to enjoy their club! Suntree Country Club has made many improvements over the past few years. These improvements including a new irrigation system and complete regressing of our Classic course will be instrumental in reaching our goal of 525 Golf members.

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Suntree Membership  News Michelle Walker

Director of Membership

Our members have been busy here at the Club! The FIT Chopper Dropper, President’s Ball, Family Easter Party and Poolside Memorial Day party, are just a few of the events enjoyed by our members. It was wonderful to see such a great turn out for our 40th anniversary party as well. Our members really do know how to have a good time together. We are keeping the party going throughout the summer having many great reasons to get together and to bring a guest!

be glad to help you. We have a variety of membership opportunities available that your friends, neighbors or co-workers may not be aware of. Please contact me so that I can provide you with information that could be just what they are looking for!

Our members get a great rate on our Summer Programs for children. As a member, kid’s summer camp, swim team and PGA/USPTA Junior Golf and Tennis Academies are offered at significantly lower rates than for non-members. Our Equity Memberships as well as our Summer Golf and Summer Social Memberships will allow you to take advantage of these great rates and give everyone in the family the perfect reason to be at Suntree Country Club for the summer. If you have questions about your membership, class or privileges, please stop by the membership office, call or email me; I will

2015 Mixed Doubles Tournament

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Suntree Golf

Course  News Brent Naylor

Head Golf Professional

Summer is truly an exciting time for golf professionals. It gives us the time and opportunity to work with our future golfers. This summer is no exception. We have a plethora of activates for junior golfers to get plugged in to at the club. There are three different levels of camps for kids ages 5-17 to participate in. Weekly clinics on Sunday from 1:00-2:00 are being offered as well. We are also excited to start up our tournament series towards the latter part of the summer. We have four beginning level camp sessions for our juniors. These camps offer kids the opportunity to learn the basic fundamentals, as well as, the rules and etiquette in a fun filled environment. There are two advanced camps being held to give kids the opportunity to improve their skills on the golf course, and learn new aspects of the game. We are also excited to introduce a new elite camp for those more experienced tournament players looking to play in high school and maybe one day in college. While the heat of the summer slows down the amount of play our golf courses see, we still invite everyone to participate in our Fourth of July and Labor Day golf tournaments. Multi day golf schools and demo days will be held to keep you busy during the dog days of summer.

We want to thank all members and their guests for participating in all of our Club tournaments this past season. We finished off the season with our Ladies member Guest golf tournament. This year’s event was the most attended Ladies Member Guest in club history. We would like to thank all of the committee members along with all of the lady participants that made this year’s event a great success. Beginning Camp Dates SESSION I: Tuesday, June 9 through Friday, June 12 SESSION II: Tuesday, June 23 through Friday, June 26 SESSION II: Tuesday, July 7 through Friday, July10 SESSION IV: Tuesday, July 21 through Friday, July 24 Advanced Camp Dates SESSION I: Tuesday, June 16 through Friday, June 19 SESSION II: Tuesday, July 28 through Friday, July 31 Elite Camp Dates SESSION I: Monday, July 13 through Thursday, June 16

SUNTREE CLUB TOURNAMENTS CHAMPIONS

Ladies Member Guest Champions Marsha Davis and Dianne Harney Ladies Club Champion Anne Telling 6

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Course  News Jon Cockerham

Director of Golf Course Maintenance

We are well underway with the regrassing project on the Classic Course. However, regrassing is not all that is going on. Cart paths are being repaved on 2, 3 and 8. Many bunkers are going to be renovated with new sand. Visual and drainage improvements will be made to those bunkers as well. The right side of #2 has had a surface water and ground water drainage system installed by an outside contractor. We will be regrading the drainage ditch along the right side of the #2 green to allow for easier maintenance. We are removing some of the heavy muck soils down the right side of the 10th hole and adding clean fill to be planted with the new Celebration turf to help alleviate many of the wet areas down that side of the hole. Improvements are being made to the area around the 7th tee cartpath to allow quicker drainage after heavy rains. Four tee tops have been stripped and laser graded; #8 white/blue tee, #17 gold/green tee, #18 green and gold tee. We will also be using a large roller to smooth out some of the minor crowning on all tee tops after we soften them with our aerifiers. These improvements are just to name a few in addition to the regressing project. During the greens regrassing stages we were able to return the greens to a much more user friendly condition by contouring

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pin location areas to provide more usable space. The left sides of greens 2, 5, 8 and 9 were significantly recontoured to allow “tournament” pin locations that are more receptive to good shots, while also keeping putts from the center of the green from rolling off the green. The north end of the putting green has been enlarged by 60% and contoured for much more usable space as well. We do not have an exact date to re-open the Classic course as the weather will play an important role in the grow-in phase. Suffice it to say that we are looking at an August/September time frame, and will not open the course until we feel that it is mature enough to handle routine golf traffic.

The Regrassing Project continues on the Classic Course.

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Suntree Tennis  News Paul Davis

Head Tennis Professional

Be prepared for an active summer at the Suntree Tennis Center! We will be having activities for both children and adults!

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We are excited to introduce the inaugural season of our IntraClub Mixed Doubles League!

August 17-20

Members signed up individually with their current USTA Rating and were placed in a draft. The teams were selected randomly. Three lines are played every Saturday night at 5pm. After tennis, we will head to the clubhouse for drinks and dinner. Kid’s club is available for those that have children. It is a great time to get to know many of the members and enjoy some fun tennis! Don’t worry if you were not here at the beginning of the season. We can add players at any time! Our junior programs will be filled with the tennis portion of the Golf/Tennis academy. Dates are listed below: 2015 PGA/USPTA Junior Golf & Tennis Summer Academies  SESSION I:

Tuesday, June 9 - Friday, June 12


July 20-23

We will be hosting a Ladies Doubles Tournament August 2123. You can sign up with a partner for the event. If you are having a difficult time finding a partner, we would be glad to assist you in finding one. You would be guaranteed three matches over the weekend. It is always a great time! It is close to that time of year again for our 5th Annual Suntree Slam Prize Money Men’s Doubles Event to be held on October 9-11! It will be another opportunity to watch some fantastic professional men’s doubles while at the same time supporting a tremendous cause with our philanthropy being the Women’s Center for Women with Children. Sponsorship opportunities are still available so don’t hesitate to let us know about your interest. We will be holding our annual Suntree Slam After Party at the Club on Saturday night October 10. Great food, drink and music are trademarks of these parties so don’t miss it! All of the events above are open to the public except for the IntraClub Mixed Doubles League. We hope to see you on the courts very soon! If you have any questions about our programs, don’t hesitate to contact us at 321.242.6242.

SESSION II: Tuesday, June 23 - Friday, June 26
 SESSION III: Tuesday, July 7 - Friday, July 10
 SESSION IV: Tuesday, July 21 - July 24 
The 10 & Under programs will be held on the same dates as above with the times from 11am-12:30pm each day.

Have a fantastic summer and hope to see you on the courts soon!

The Junior Elite programs will be running the following weeks from 11am-3pm daily: June 15-19 June 29-July 3 July 13-17 July 27-31 August 3-7 I will be hosting Ladies Doubles Camps throughout the summer. They will be held from 9:30am-12pm each of the dates listed. Feel free to attend all or any of the days available. It will be a great opportunity to learn from our tremendous staff of teaching professionals.

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Suntree Activities  News Hannah Fullem Activities Director

Reoccurring Activities Schedule: Kids’ Club: Select Saturday’s of each month / 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm / Cabana Room / sponsored guests are welcome! / NEW! Registration is now available online! Visit the Junior Program’s tab at Suntree.com to register & view pricing information Mah Jong: every Monday at 9:00 am in the Cabana Room Bunco: First & Third Tuesday of each month / 7:00 pm / Suntree Room / $10 per person *small bills are appreciated Duplicate Bridge: Every Tuesday / 1:00 p.m. / Cabana Room Morning Social Bridge: Every Wednesday / 9:00 a.m. / Cabana Room Social Evening Bridge: Wednesday evenings / Dinner 5:30 p.m. / Bridge 6:30 pm / Magnolia Room Bingo: Third Thursday of each month / Dinner 5:00 pm / Bingo 7:00 pm / $10 per person *small bills are appreciated Book Club: Last Tuesday of each month / 2:00 pm / Suntree Room / be sure to check the website for the monthly book schedule / no reservation required, just show up and have a great time! Yoga: Friday morning / 9:00 a.m. / Cabana Room NEW! Online Registration Available When it comes to signing up for various activities convenience is key! We all have such busy lives, why not make it less complicated by registering online! You can now register online for the following activities: summer camp & Kids’ Club. Online reservations will also be available for seasonal activities and bus trips. Be on the look-out for more information! Summer Camp News Summer is right around the corner! Don’t wait until it is too late to sign up your kiddos for the 2015 Around the World Summer Camp. Camp will begin on Tuesday, June 2 and run through Tuesday, August 11. This summer your kiddos will have the opportunity to learn about various countries around the world while in a safe, fun-filled environment. Camp pricing includes a

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custom dri-fit camp T-shirt, tennis & golf instruction, field trips, and much more! Check out the Junior Program’s tab at Suntree.com to view detailed schedules, field trips, pricing, and to register online! Registration is open through the summer; subject to availability. Campers must be between the ages of 4-13 to participate. Summer Swim Team News Looking for a way to get your kid’s out of the house and off of their electronic devices? Register them for Suntree Country Club’s Summer Swim Team! This is a great way for your children to participate in a summer sport, while having a blast in the pool! Visit the Junior Program’s tab at Suntree.com to download the registration forms, view pricing information, and learn more about the swim team. To register, drop off the registration form at the reception desk, along with payment (payable to Suntree Country Club) and we will see you at the pool! Pricing includes practices & custom swim team shirt. Contact Information Olivia Cerrato (Swim Team Instructor) [email protected] Other Activities News The Activities Department is hard at work planning fun & exciting activities for all ages! Be on the look-out for new bus trips, music trivia, dance lessons, game show night, various exercise classes, and the rebirth of Club Suntree! Feel free to contact me with any questions or stop by my office in the Cabana Room! I am always looking for feedback and ideas to better the department, so do not hesitate! I look forward to making this department the most fun of them all! See you soon!

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Event and

Catering  News Lucy Paulson

Director of Catering

Event Planning Made Easy! I enjoy providing members and outside clients with personalized catering service. Suntree Country Club is the perfect location with multiple venues for any event you are planning. Imagine your wedding ceremony on our beautifully landscaped lawn, then have your cocktail hour poolside or in our Cabana room. Finally, we take you and your guests upstairs to our Magnolia room for your memorable reception. Call us and let us check availability for your special date. If you can dream it, we can do it! Members, we are gearing up for the summer with some spectacular dining events for our members. Check your calendars to attend our Seafood Night, Pasta Night & Steak

Night. Be sure to stop by the Patio Bar on June 19 to welcome back Johnny Dangerously! He is a great entertainer and he’s looking forward to playing at the club again. We will also be hosting a Club Suntree Dance on July 18 with one of the best DJs in town! Bring your dance partner and join in on the fun! Finally, it’s time to book your holiday party! Call today and reserve your date and venue!

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Double  Doors Lucas Handrahan

Executive Chef

Is it just me, or is this year flying by? Our Memorial Day barbeque has come and gone, a sure sign that another HOT summer is fast approaching. Our kitchen staff was poolside grilling our “classic holiday buffet” and enjoyed some food, fun and sun with our members and guests. Our first BBQ of the summer was a huge success and fun was had by all. Summer time usually means a little bit of a slowdown period for the kitchen, but not this year. I have just finished new menus to be featured in the next few months that I hope will grab your attention and tempt you to come in for some fantastic events. I’ve scheduled one of our most popular buffets for early June, the Suntree Seafood Buffet. The buffet will feature shrimp cocktail, snow crab legs and carved prime rib as this is one of our “staples” and favorites here at the club. Our next poolside BBQ is scheduled for the 4th of July, so be sure to join us before taking a nap and checking out some fireworks. I’ve also put together a few Saturday evening’s in July featuring steaks and pasta’s. Cowboy Ribeye’s, Porterhouse’s and Fresh Local Grouper will be highlight at our grill and sauté stations as I challenge my culinary team to deliver mouthwatering dishes

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to our members and their guests. We will be out of the kitchen sautéing up some delightful pasta dishes during our Pasta night wrapping up the month. My staff always enjoys the opportunity to meet and get to know our members while serving at our pasta and carving stations. We hope that you do to! I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who attended our very successful Mother’s Day Brunch. It was a challenge, yet one met head on as our wonderful staff served over 400 members and their guests with little or no interruptions from my pesky friend Murphy, as in “Murphy’s Law”. I look forward to Father’s Day Brunch as another well attended event for our members and families to be a part of. Reservations are always encouraged as we strive to make everyone’s experience as enjoyable as possible. Once again, thank you for all of your support and suggestions. I look forward to seeing you around the club!

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2015 President’s Ball

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