TWIN LAKES GOLF RESORT
MEMBERS SITE
WELCOME
This
site has been developed for members and players of the Twin Lakes
Golf Resort located in the Okanagan near Penticton, BC, Canada. (This
site is not affiliated with the official Twin Lakes Golf Resort Website
which can be accessed by clicking
here.
)
Recent News
July 28, 2010Mark Green had a hole-in-one on hole #2 during the Twin Lakes Senior Men's Day tournament. Congratulations, Mark.
July 27, 2010"Famous Qups" was added to JUST FOR FUN
July 25, 2010The Twin Lakes Men's Club Match Play Tournament Results and pairings were updated and can be viewed in PDF format by clicking here. or by following the link on the MEN'S
CLUB page.
July 15, 2010The events CALENDAR was
updated and published several weeks ago, but not announced in this Recent News
section. Men's club events were modified to take advantage of time
slots available and to hold the Men's Championship prior to the greens
being re-punched. The sign up sheet for the Men's Championship is
now posted in the clubhouse.
July 15, 2010"Inner Peace" was added to JUST FOR FUN
July 2, 2010A
special unannounced prize table was held on July 1st for all those
players who stayed for the evening on Men's Night. Thank you Thad Elder
and Steve Lepper for providing all the great prizes. Further
unannounced prize tables are expected in the future for those who
remain in the evening after their round of golf.
June 29 2010
The Next Men's Night Major Sponsor Will Be
RONA
On July 15th FOLLOWED one week later on
July 22nd by PENTICTON TOYOTA.
Two July Men's Nights you will not want to miss.
OVER $1300 in cash and
prizes will be given out each week.
June 26, 2010
The Twin Lakes Men's Club Match Play Tournament Results and pairings can be viewed in PDF format by clicking here.or by following the link on the MEN'S
CLUB page.
The results will be updated throughout the summer.
June 16, 2010
Rob Tadey is now a CPGA Pro. Congratulations Rob.
June 12, 2010
The Twin Lakes Men's Club is holding a 5 man spring scramble on July 7th with a 2:00 PM shotgun start. Details are available by clicking here.
June 7, 2010
TWIN LAKES MIXED MEMBER TOURNAMENT
JUNE 27, 2010
SHOTGUN START AT 1:00PM
FORMAT IS CHAPMAN
(BOTH PLAYERS HIT DRIVES, THEN PLAY THEIR
PARTNERS BALL FOR SECOND SHOT
THEN ALTERNATE SHOTS TO FINISH HOLE)
MEMBERS' FEE $30.00
PAY WHEN YOU REGISTER
INCLUDES GOLF, DINNER AND PRIZES
SIGNUP AS A COUPLE OR AS A SINGLE AND WE WILL FIND YOU A PARTNER.
SIGN UP AND PAY AT THE PRO SHOP
June 4, 2010
Announcement from the Membership Committee
|
TWIN LAKES
MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE |
|
REPRESENTATIVES |
|
|
|
|
| LADIES CLUB |
Bernice Moody |
President |
|
Shirley McLean |
Secretary/Treasurer |
|
Dolores Lowenberger |
Social Chairman |
| MONDAY LADIES |
Darlene Gordon |
Social Chairman |
|
Diane Duncan |
Social Chairman |
| SENIOR MEN |
Rae Langille |
Tournament Chairman |
|
Ron English |
Director |
| MEN'S CLUB |
Dan Dimich |
Director |
|
Glen Jolliffe |
Vice President |
| ALL TWIN
LAKES GOLF COURSE MEMBERS |
|
| We
are here to be liaisons between members and management. Bring us your
concerns and suggestions and we will discuss them at our next meeting and if
we feel there is something the owners or management can do we will approach
management and see if we can resolve the problem. |
| We would be happy to explain the tournaments or social events
held on behalf of the members throughout the year. Every member of the course
is welcome to attend the tournaments and socials. You do not have to be a
member to the four clubs listed above, though we would be happy to have you
come as a guest or simply put your name on the weekly registration sheets
posted on the cork boards and join us for a round of golf. |
May 24, 2010 (Correction)
June 2, 2010 at 7:00 PM in the Twin Lakes
Clubhouse
A Wine and Cheese and members meeting will be held at the
Twin Lakes Clubhouse on June 2, 2010 at 7:00 PM at no additional cost to
members. Come and meet our new Pro, ask questions and re-acquaint with golfing
friends and perhaps make new ones.
May 10, 2010
An interesting golf book 's table of contents added to JUST FOR FUN
May 12, 2010
Announcement by Greg Pidlaski
Changes to Local Rules
I think we can all agree ,we want to enjoy
this great game with an adherence to the “ Rules of Golf “. With that in mind,
several changes are being made to the local rules on the new scorecard which is
now in production.
v Stones in bunkers will now be declared moveable obstructions and may
be removed. This allows you to carefully remove a stone or rock (only) that
might be near your ball.
v Large sand bunker on # 16 is a waste bunker ( you may ground your
club and remove loose impediments: which you cannot in a regular bunker )
v Large boulders on # 16 are declared immoveable obstructions, you may
take relief; one club length not nearer the hole but only with interference
from stance and area of intended swing.
v The green staked areas indicate an environmentally sensitive area,
you play the ball as it lies, relief is not permitted and please do not drive
power carts within these areas.
v The local rule concerning balls rolling backwards on # 12 (old # 3)
and dropping from furthest point of advancement is being eliminated.
This is an unusual situation and bad bounces can only be referred to as “rub of the green “
v Holes made from burrowing animal holes (marmots), relief is
permitted. No longer will the broad term of marmot habitat apply,
it’s only the hole made by the marmot which you are entitled to relief from and
only if your stance or area of intended swing is affected by that hole.
I am available
to discuss these local rules as well as any other points concerning playing the
game of golf. Enjoy your golf at Twin Lakes!
Greg Pidlaski
Manager/CPGA Head Professional
May 10, 2010There are no longer colored flags being used to show whether the pin
placement is front, center or back. The superintendent informed me that
the placements are rotated in order throughout the course from front to
center to back on each hole. If the pin is in the center on a green,
the next hole will have a back pin placement and the following hole a
front placement etc.
May 10, 2010With
the partial change of the back nine to the front nine, the hole
handicaps have changed. The front nine are still odd handicap holes and
the back nine are the even handicap holes. Be sure to double check your
card when applying strokes to events requiring adjusting gross scores
for each hole.
For example the men's most difficult hole is now #7 (old #16) and the easiest hole is #15 (old #6)
Some
of the Ladies Red tee handicaps have changed more dramatically. New
hole # 7 (former hole # 16) has changed from the 18th easiest hole to
the 7th.
May 10, 2010Men's
and Senior Men's weekly results are being posted on their respective
pages in addition to the Tuesday draw for the Senior Men each week (on
Saturdays?). Women's club and Monday Night Ladies results will be
posted if requested.
May 10, 2010You don't have to be a golfer to love this story!! Added to
JUST FOR FUN
May 5, 2010
The results of the May 4th competition of the
SENIOR
MEN'S CLUB is posted.
May 1, 2010
The
SENIOR
MEN'S CLUB
draw for the 9:00 AM shotgun start on May 4th is now
available. A club meeting will be held after the competition.
Please arrive early to register.
April 30, 2010
The Twin Lakes Members Newsletter written by Greg Pidlaski is
available here.
April 30, 2010
Twin Lakes Members list and their handicaps updated to April 30 , 2010 on the MEMBERS'
HANDICAPS
page. It is expected that your handicaps as of tomorrow, May 1st
will be used in calcualtion of "Most Improved for 2010" at the end of
the season.
April 25, 2010
The Men's Club Committee would like to thank those members
that responded to the announcement of changing Men's Night from Thursday
to Wednesday. In view of some of the opposition put forward, the
Committee feels that more input should have been received from the membership
prior to making a major change to the traditional men's night.
The Committee wishes to act in the best interest of the
members and therefore has decided that this change will not go ahead.
The first Men's Night will be on Thursday, May 6th.
The format outlined in previous e-mails including the four
to five week trial period of a 4:30 PM shotgun start for the nine hole event
will be initiated.
April 23, 2010The
new cart path around the back of the number 1 green to
connect the number 10 green with the new eleventh tee box has
been completed. New paving has been done in the parking lot area to
create a path from the new 18th hole back to the cart drop off area.
Work has begun on the new practice putting green above the #1 Gold tee box.
April 20, 2010The Scottish Golfer was added to JUST FOR FUN
April 20, 2010The SENIOR
MEN'S CLUB season opener will be a SHOTGUN START ON MAY 4th AT 9:00 AM,
Greg Pidlaski has agreed to a shotgun start for the season opener to
facilitate a meeting with the members following the scramble. Sign up
sheets are now posted on the Senior's Notice Board at the clubhouse for
both the May 4 and May 11 competitions. If you are unable to make it to
the clubhouse to sign up by Friday morning, April 30th contact either
Rae Langille 250-499-0079
or Ken Lintott 250-497-8980 so that you will be included in the draw. Entrance fees for members and non-members is $5.00. Green
fees for non-members on Senior’s Day is $40.
April 18, 2010The sponsors for the Men's Night Prize Tables and Men's Night Hole Sponsors are now displayed on this page and on the MEN'S
CLUB page. Please take a look at the list and
utilize their services whenever possible. If you are speaking to a
representative of any of the sponsors - tell them "Thank you for
sponsoring Men's Night!"
April 16, 2010The
changes to the course layout (reversing front and back nines while
maintaining the #1 and #10 holes) has necessitated a change in the
designation of skill holes for Men's night events.
1-
KP
second shot Handicap 12 and up
2-
Deuce
pot and closest to the pin
3
- Longest
drive Handicap 0-11
4
- Longest
drive Handicap 12 and up
5
- Deuce
pot and closest to the pin
6
- Closest to centre of fairway
7
- KP
second shot Handicap 0-11
8
- Longest
putt
9 – Closest to 150 Yd marker
April 16, 2010MONDAY
NIGHT LADIES will start on Monday, May 3rd.
April 15, 2010The
upper old number 2 green is again in bad shape and will be torn up and
re-done to prevent the problem each year. It is not expected to be in
use until July or after during which time the lower green will be used.
New cart paths are now under construction to accommodate the change in
front and back nines.
April 15, 2010The course is now scheduled to open April 28th.
April 15, 2010Further information provided by Rae Langille in conversation with Greg Pidlaski:
1.
Senior day tee times will begin at 9:00 AM as agreed to by most seniors
last season, albeit when we thought there would be a shotgun start.
2.
Tee times and foursomes will be emailed by the draw "committee" (Rae
Langille) to the pro shop on the weekend which will be entered into
their computer so that participants can call for their tee time and
foursome. The sheet will also be posted on the members board in the
washroom. It is "hoped" that confirmation of tee times could be emailed
to players who provide their email address to the pro shop.
3. The
block of consecutive tee times will always be sufficient to
accommodate all seniors signing up. The excess tee times will be freed
up for green fee players after the draw has been made. This will mean
that if you do not sign up by the time Rae picks up the sheet on the
Friday you will not be able to play unless there is a cancellation.
The sign up sheet will be posted two weeks in advance (compared
to one week previously) to accommodate as many people wishing to
participate.
April 8, 2010The rate schedule (
DUES AND FEES )for
green fees has been modified by Twin Lakes. They now show the
price for 10 and 20 round passes, free golf for juniors 15 and under
with a parent; nine hole prices are reduced by $5 and the time changed
from after 4:00 PM to after 3:00 PM. Spring and Fall rates are now
shown as $45.00 (previously call for rates).
April 8, 2010The
Twin Lakes Golf Resort Website has changed their general email address
and it appears that the new manager, Greg Pidlaski will be receiving
any messages. This is an important change since there have been
numberous complaints that email messages to Twin Lakes have gone
unanswered this past winter. Their new address is:
twinlakesgolf.greg@nethop.net
April 7, 2010I have been informed that the course will open April 27th.
April 6, 2010Senior Men's captain, Rae Langille recently met with Greg Pidlaski and
was informed of changes to the course layout as a result of issues with
ICBC with carts in the parking lot. As a result there will be a bag drop
area to drop your clubs before you park your car and to drop your bags
after the round to eliminate the carts driving around the parking
lot.This also means that carts cannot cross from hole # 9 to hole #10
resulting in the following changes to the course layout:
| Front 9 |
|
|
Back 9 |
|
| New |
Former |
|
New |
Former |
| hole # |
hole # |
|
hole # |
hole # |
|
|
|
|
|
| 1 |
1 |
|
10 |
10 |
| 2 |
11 |
|
11 |
2 |
| 3 |
12 |
|
12 |
3 |
| 4 |
13 |
|
13 |
4 |
| 5 |
14 |
|
14 |
5 |
| 6 |
15 |
|
15 |
6 |
| 7 |
16 |
|
16 |
7 |
| 8 |
17 |
|
17 |
8 |
| 9 |
18 |
|
18 |
9 |
April 1, 2010Do not let this happen to you long ball hitters!!! Added to
JUST FOR FUN.
March 25, 2010MONDAY
NIGHT LADIES page has been updated with season opening now on April 26. The
CALENDAR has also been updated.
March 16, 2010Twin Lakes Members list and their handicaps updated to March 16 , 2010 on the
MEMBERS'
HANDICAPS page.
March 16, 2010Twin Lakes Golf have published a
"DEVELOPMENT AT TWIN LAKES BROCHURE" (click here to view) The first phase will be 33 single family lots and 40 townhouses and is anticipated to be ready in 2011.
March 15, 2010Chris
Couzelis, spokesperson for the Twin Lakes Golf Course Ownership Group,
has announced the appointment of Greg Pidlaski, CPGA as the new manager
and head professional. Prior to his new role at Twin Lakes Golf,
Pidlaski served as Head Golf Professional at Kelowna Golf & Country
Club for 19 years and is a former touring professional on the Canadian,
South African, European, New Zealand and Australia Tours. The full
news release can be read by
CLICKING HERE.
March 15, 2010The fixture sheet for the 2010 season has been added to the
LADIES
CLUB page.
March 14, 2010MONDAY
NIGHT LADIES page has been updated with season opening information and the
CALENDAR has also been updated.
February 16, 2010Be careful out there! Added to
JUST FOR FUN.
February 14, 2010A letter from the Men's Club Committee outlining changes to the 2010 golf season has been added to the
MEN'S
CLUB page.
February 7, 2010An individual has asked whether anyone has a life time membership for sale.
E-mail me and I will put you in contact with the individual.
February 5, 2010Combined Service Credit clarification. In order to qualify for the $325 rebate when dues are paid prior to
March 5, 2010 you must pay the BCGA and Regional Zone dues and pay
the $350 tee time booking privilege. You
do not
also have to select the cart ride program. This has been confusing to
many members who thought that "you must participate in all three
services" meant including the cart program.
January 21, 2010
A Letter to the Members of the Twin Lakes Senior Men's Club has been added to the SENIOR MEN'S CLUB page.
January 18, 2010
Added dates to Rosemary Thomas' eight hole-in-ones at Twin Lakes on the CLUB CHAMPIONS page
January 17, 2010
The prelliminary schedule for the Senior Men's Club for the 2010 season has been posted on the SENIOR MEN'S CLUB page and included on the CALENDAR
January 2, 2010
A Moe Norman video has been added to JUST FOR FUN. A Canadian ecentric Golf legend, which sounds like an oxymoron but isn't.
December 31, 2009
A link to a video of a two year old golfer has been added to JUST FOR FUN. See how easy this game is when you don't follow the rules - like "keep your head still" or "keep your eyes on the ball"!
December 17, 2009
Attempts
to change the owners decision to not allow shotgun starts unless there
is a $45 payment per player (including members) has failed. There
will be no shotgun starts allowed as per the decision outliined by
management in their letter to the members dated October 20, 2009. The reasoning by Chris Couzelis is shown in the
FORUM under the post
No shotgun starts during "prime time"
December 17, 2009
Links have been added in the "Bookmark" section for the HANDICAP MANUAL which is a 1MB Adobe pdf file, and for the RCGA RULES OF GOLF
December 15, 2009
Photos of the caves at
Matala, Crete, were added to JUST
FOR FUN at the tongue-in-cheek request by Larry.
December 12, 2009
A new page called JUST FOR FUN has been
added. I'll post golf jokes and stories that are contributed by email.
December 4, 2009
A CALENDAR
has been added to the site. Currently it only shows opening and closing
dates and the days of the Mens, Senior Men's, Ladies and Wednesday
Ladies weekly tournaments but without starting times which will be
added as they become known. Individual club championships and any
relevant Zone 2 tournaments will also be added when they become known.
December 1, 2009
Since
this website was announced to the members on November 27, 2009, 144
visitors have had 1000 page views as of this morning! Thanks
for
looking and hopefully you will come back to see the results of the
weekly club tournaments during the 2010 golf season.
November 30, 2009
Added Overall Low
Handicap Factor End of 2009 Season to the CLUB CHAMPIONS page.
November
29, 2009
The CLUB CHAMPIONS page was
updated, although there are still a few missing names.
November
29, 2009
The Ladies Club Executive
was updated for 2010.
November
27, 2009
Twin
Lake members were contacted by e-mail yesterday that this site is now
in operation. Both the site and the Forum have had a great deal of
views and positive feedback. The ladies executive from last year was
added to the Ladies Club but the 2010 executive
will have
to wait until I receive that information. My e-mail address was added
to the Contact and Add Content
page. The @
symbol is removed from any e-mail addresses on this web site in order
to prevent "spam engines" from harvesting e-mail addresses to spread
their garbage.
November
25, 2009
Member dues
from the past four years and green fee rates from the past two years
have been added to the Dues and Fees section.
November
25, 2009
History
of the Twin Lakes Golf Resort was added from an article by
Bev Lintott published in the Inside Kaleden newsletter, April 1994 and
updated here.
November 23, 2009
Major bug fix for the way
pages are displayed by Internet Explorer.
November 20, 2009
Members
names and handicaps have been added to the Members'
Handicaps
page.
November 20, 2009
Members of the Senior Men's club executive are having discussions
regarding the 2010 golfing schedule, particularly in light of the new
owners not allowing shot gun starts throughout the year. (until after
September 19, 2010). Several members have decided not to renew their
membership for 2010 and many others are undecided.
Some of the points being discussed by the Senior Men's executive are
outlined on the
Senior
Men's Club page.
November 17, 2009
The Twin Lakes Golf Resort Website for Members went
"live" today.
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