APRIL NEWSLETTER by hillcrestcclbk

HILLCREST NEWSLETTER

IN THIS ISSUE

Meet the Team

General Manager Kirk Williams

Head Pro Stephen Gage

2025 Tournament Schedule

Director of Golf Pete Peterson

Kathy Vicks-Tennis

Gil Carter Golf Course Maintenance

Kirk Williams

General manager

We are quickly trying to finish up projects in several areas of the Country Club, including some sand trap work as well as new tee boxes, the bridge on #5, stonework on #11, and irrigation installation between 6 and 7. The greens are healthy and appear to be in the best shape I remember in 4 or 5 years. In addition, we will be doing the Dry Ject treatment in early April, that really helped the greens late last year. Our entire golf course maintenance crew (with Gil’s leadership), worked as a team trimming trees, moving dirt and working diligently to give our members the course that we knew and believed it could be. We had a surge of new members as we completed our winter discount, but we encourage every member to continue showing and bringing new members. As we increase membership it gives us funding for improvements in every area. Our pool will open in May and we are already ordering parts that we needed last year to complete the deferred maintenance that had happened for quite some time. A new heater will be added, new skimmers and work on the baby pool to improve the overall enjoyment of families. We are still trying to get the final courts turned into pickle ball courts before May, but it depends on the vendor’s schedule. Looking forward to a great Spring and Summer season, email me at any time with suggestions or comments to kwilliams@hillcrestcc.com

THE TEAM

Kirk Williams, General Manager

Pete Peterson, Director of Golf

Stephen Gage, Head Golf Pro

Kathy Vick, Head Tennis Pro

BUISNESS HOURS

PRO SHOP

Monday- Sunday- 9am-5pm**

DINING HOURS

Tuesday- 11am-2pm**

Wednesday-Saturday- 11am-8:30pm**

Sunday 10:30am-2:00pm**

MIXED GRILL

Tuesday-Thursday- 10:30am-8:30pm**

Friday-Saturday- 7:30am-8:30pm** Sunday-7:30am-7:00pm**

OFFICE HOURS

Administration: Monday-Friday 9am-4pm**

Kirk Williams: kwilliams@hillcrestcc.com

FOR EVENT INQUIRES, please email events@hillcrestcc com

**closing time is dependent on weather and customer volume**

Kirk Williams

Food and Beverage

This month we will have our Wine Dinner, another Bingo Night and possibly a Comedy Club evening. Those events coupled with several tournaments should make April an enjoyable month to be part of and attend at Hillcrest. When possible bring a non-member to play golf, dine or come to one of our events. Our goal is to share the knowledge of the improvements here and where the club is headed into 2025.

Final note.. I wanted to share that Braden Daniels has joined our team as the accountant and member account finance manager. As many have expressed this was one area we needed improvement and if you’ve had the pleasure to work with Braden recently you will admit it’s the best thing we could do for this specific area of the business.

HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL

Members,

Spring is finally here!! We are excited to get back into the golfing season! There are a ton of events coming up in the month of April so make sure to mark your calendars.

• April 1st – Match Play Begins

• April 3rd – BNO Thursday Night

• April 5th- 6th – The Hillcrest Cup

• April 10th- 13th- THE MASTERS

• April 10th – BNO Thursday Night

• April 11th – Callaway Demo Day (3:00pm-7:00pm)

• April 12th – Mizuno Demo Day (10:00am-2:00pm)

• April 13th- 15th – Trinity Regional Golf Tournament

o No Sunday Tee Times are available from 2:00pm-4:00pm

o No Tuesday Tee Times are available until 12:00pm

• April 17th – Dri Jet Greens (Afternoon Tee Times available) (No BNO)

• April 20th – Easter Sunday

• April 24th – BNO Thursday Night

• April 26th – 27th – Horse Race

• April 30th – Junior Academy Begins (5:30pm)

• April 30th – Round 1 of Match Play concludes

We have received a bunch of great new spring apparel that we are excited about for the upcoming season that includes:

• Adidas (Apparel Ladies / Men’s and Shoes)

• Anderson Ord

• Donald Ross

• ECCO Shoes

• FootJoy (Apparel and Shoes)

• NexBelt

• Puma (Apparel and Shoes)

• Pukka

• 7 Diamonds *Coming Soon*

• Nike Shoes *Coming Soon*

Come stop by and check everything out! Always feel free to contact Pete, Skyler, or myself if you have any questions about anything!

Thanks, Stephen

Stephen Gage

Members,

I would like to start by thanking all of those who participated in and congratulating the winners of this year’s Spring Forward Couples Scramble.

1st Flight Champions: Chad Hamilton/MacKenzie Hamilton/ Travis Reagan/Hailey Reagan

2nd Flight Champions: Jason Dennis/Kala Dennis/Ben

Brewer/Lakee Brewer

To all our male golfers. We have been doing as much as we can to keep the Men’s Locker Room clean and presentable for you all. We ask that if you see signs on the door indicating that cleaning is in progress, that you please use the restroom on the north end of the building adjacent to the dining room. This will give our cleaning staff adequate time and privacy to make sure your locker room is always clean and stocked with all necessities. With the weather improving and play increasing, you may notice several areas on the golf course that are roped off. We are asking all players to please keep your carts out of these areas. This will give Gil and his staff every opportunity to make sure our golf course is in the best possible condition for the 2025 season.

Lastly, I would like to remind everyone that tee times can be reserved no more than one week in advance. If you and your group are planning to play on a Saturday or Sunday morning. We recommend calling to reserve your tee time as early as possible. Please let me, Stephen, or Skyler know if you have any questions. Have a great month!

As always, please contact the golf shop if you have any questions about new equipment. (806)765-5208.

Pete Petersen, PGA Director of Golf, Hillcrest Country Club

Pete Peterson

Kathy Vick

Hi Tennis Players,

This month’s article deals with self talk and how many players are so negative and critical of their own play. Some display such a temper that they are constantly hitting their racket on the ground or actually throwing it. Others outwardly verbally abuse themselves and many just quietly demean their play throughout the match. Getting stuck in the “negative filtering trap” can be deadly. After a while the player is convinced that he is not good enough, consistent enough, fast enough, etc. This player beats himself up constantly.

To combat this trap, one needs to tune in to his thinking pattern. He needs to remind himself of the positive aspects of his game that day. There are always positives and one needs to acknowledge those as well. The negative players walks off the court with a loss and basically just feels like a loser. However, what is really happening is so much more. With every defeat, there are mini successes and things you learned that could propel you forward in your next match or even be a turning point in your career, if you see it that way. When you find yourself on the negative path, tune in to your thoughts and examine the evidence. If you are fair, you will likely find a few positive examples of your greatness.

Gil Carter

Finally warmer days and night are here, although I am sure we will get our late April shot of cold. The course is starting to green up and look better. We are in the transition time where different grasses don't grow at the same rate. The cool season grass is starting to pop, especially around greens and a few fairways. We will do our best to make these areas as playable as possible until the Bermuda catches up, we will mow these areas a little lower or weed eat them to try to keep the clumps down as much as possible.

April 17th we will be doing the DryJect process on the greens, same as we did last July. We will be putting out fertilizer a couple weeks before to kick the growth rate up to help the greens recover quicker. This year we will be more aggressive on doing light top dressings and Verti cuts. Both of these processes will help fight disease and help firm up the greens as well as allow us to have smoother, faster greens. We will also be doing small tine aerifications to help the greens breath and allow the water to work its way deeper down. Interference in playability will be minimal during these times.

Bunkers are starting to slowly improve, right now we are tilling them once a week. Fairway bunkers are still a work in process but are getting much better. There have been several questions about all the sand that has blown out into the fairways, although it stands out right now, these spots will green up and look good. We basically top dressed the fairways with out actually doing it. We are dragging the sand in to help smooth these areas out.

In the next couple weeks, we will begin spiking fairways and tees and putting fertilizer down. We will also be putting Iron down on fairways and tees to help them green up.

In order to get everything watered we have to start front fairways at 7 PM, so beware that heads might be popping up while you are playing. Water programs run all night until about 9 AM.

Gil

NEW COCKTAILS

PINEAPPLE

PINACOLODA MARTINI

20th April 2025

First seating at 11:00

Second seating at 1:00

We will be capping each seating at 150 per seating

Easter egg hunt at 12:30

( please bring your own baskets for the egg hunt)

Rsvp to events@hillcrestcc.com or 806.765.6601

April 6th

Four cheese Lasagna

Roasted potatoes, broccoli

Southern Chicken fried steak

Au jus, Pico de Gallo. HCC green beans. Roasted potatoes

Avocado toast

Cherry tomato, fresh mozzarella, balsamic glazed

BRUNCH $19 75++

SUNDAYS 11AM-2 PM

CHICKEN TENDERS

FRESH SEASONAL FRUIT

GRAND SALAD BAR

ASSORTED DESSERTS

SOUP OF THE DAY

OMELETTE STATION

GOLDEN MALTED WAFFLES

BUTTERMILK BISCUIT’S

OLD FASHIONED WHITE GRAVY

April 13th

BACON WRAPPED BEEF TENDERLOIN

CREAMY HORSERADISH. BAKED POTATO, HCC

GREEN BEANS

PINK SAUCE TORTELLINI

GRILLED CHICKEN, SPINACH

FISH, SHRIMP AND CHIPS

WILD RICE, HCC GREEN BEANS, FRENCH FRIES

April 20th

EASTER BRUNCH

April 27th

SPAGHETTI AND MEATBALL

GARLIC TOAST

MEXICAN SHRIMP COCKTAIL

CELERY, ONION, AVOCADO, SALTINE CRACKER

MAMA’S POT ROAST

ROASTED POTATOES, GRILLED ASPARAGUS

Wednesday 02

Family night Comfort

buffet special

Chicken fried chicken,

Chicken fried steak

Homemade Mashed potatoes

Hillcrest green beans

Fried okra

Dinner roll

Wednesday 09 Pasta night

Buffet Style

Make your own pasta. Alfredo, marinara or pink sauce

Sauce of the day

Zucchini noodles

Garlic bread

Pepperoni pizza

Wednesday16th

Streettacos

Quesa-Birria (shredded beef)

Asada

Shredded chicken

Pastor

Corn or flour tortilla

Rice and beans

Wednesday 23rd

Stir fry night

( Plated Entrees)

White rice

Rice noodles

chicken/shrimp/beef

Teriyaki sauce

Sweet and sour sauce

Lots of vegetables

Vegetable rolls

Chips queso guac salsa

Wednesday 30th

BBQ {Plated Entrees)

Choice 2 meats: Brisket, sausage

Smoked chicken, short ribs

Green beans, baked potato, baked beans

Family Nights

$17++ Included in price is:

bar

Attn. All members, Effective April 8 of this year, ownership has decided to increase the price of the everyday cart fee, as well as the following green fees: SOCIAL MEMBER GREEN FEE, FAMILY MEMBER GUEST FEE, and REGULAR GUEST FEE. This was not an easy decision to make, but with all the on course projects, and new fleet of carts on the way, we have determined that this is the best way to make sure our club is set up for success moving forward this season, and into 2026. Below you will find all price increases.

*ALL PRICES INCLUDE TAX & CART FEE*

CART FEE

Currently- $18.00 New Price- $20.00

SOCIAL MEMBER GREEN FEE

Weekday: Current Price- $64.95 New Price: $75.00

Weekend: Current Price- $74.95 New Price: $85.00

FAMILY MEMBER GUEST FEE

Weekday: Current Price- $54.95 New Price: $65.00

Weekend: Current Price- $64 95 New Price: $75 00

REGULAR GUEST FEE

Weekday: Current Price- $79.95 New Price: $89.95

Weekend: Current Price- $89 95 New Price: $99 95

*All 9 hole fees will be half of the 18 hole fee displayed above*

We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and as always, if you have any questions do not hesitate to contact the Pro Shop.

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