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Thank you!

Paul Bussiere
GENERAL MANAGER’S MESSAGE

We’ve reached the unofficial halfway point of the Our second New Member Event of the year occurred
season and I wanted to take this opportunity to thank on July 24. Paddy led a clinic to start the event for
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the staff and the Members for a great first half of the our Unlimited Trial, new 1 year Members, 2 year
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season. This past month started off with a hugely Members, Intermediate Members, and their buddies.
successful DCM PGA Women’s Championship of Everything was going great until the rain hit two holes
Canada. That event began with a Pro-Am on July 3 for in. That didn’t stop this event from being a blast.
128 pros and amateurs. Minutes before the tee-off, the Loryn came prepared and ran a trivia night for all
club suffered a power outage that lasted 7.5 hours. the participants. There was so much fun being had,
That meant while the golfers were out on the golf apologies had to be made to the Members dining that
course, the kitchen and clubhouse staff had to devise a night for all the noise and laughter coming from trivia
plan to serve those 128 people with no power! Not only night. Kudos to Loryn, Paddy, Lisa, Umesh, and the rest
were they able to do it, but they did it so well, I’m still of the staff for creating a wonderful evening for our
receiving compliments from participants on the meal. Members. It has been great to see the camaraderie
The two competition days were fantastic with three amongst our Unlimited Trial members this year.
of our Members competing (Elizabeth Tong, Selena Everyone seems to be having a great time and I think
Costabile, and Club Champion Lauren Zaretsky). Our we have a fantastic group of future Members in that
three ladies represented us well and played superb crowd.
golf both days. Elizabeth took the low honours of the
three, finishing at +1 to par over the two days, in a tie for
5 place. Congratulations to all three ladies. I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and don’t
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forget to bring out your guests, so they can experience
Ladies’ looking so beautiful.
As good as the golf was during that event, the highlight
for our staff came after the event was over, when Lorie
Kane tweeted some photos of our Golf Shop and
congratulated us on thinking outside the box by coming Paul
up with an inviting and friendly retail space. When a
golfer who has been in thousands of golf shops all over
the world pays you a compliment like that, it’s hard
not to be happy. The players have been continuously
sending in rave reviews of the golf course and the staff.
Many of the players had never played here before and
were gushing over the conditions and the layout. John
and his staff have done an incredible job of keeping
the course in fantastic shape all year. The event was
such as success from the PGA of Canada’s perspective
and from their lead sponsor that they have asked us to
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host the event again in 2024 for our 100 anniversary.

I also must thank the Members who volunteered
their time to help make the event a success. We had
Members who helped with scoring, forecaddies, and
even billeting the players in their homes. Without the
support of the Members, this event could not have
happened, and we truly thank you for that.

The end of the month saw another event that turned
out to be a huge success despite some challenges.

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