Bay Creek Resort and Club Newsletter Archive - Member Insider

Club Championship Results
Restein, Robbins, George and Edwards Take Titles
Joe Restein shot 156 over 36 holes to win his 16th Bay Creek Club Championship by four strokes over Jaime Ibarra on July 14th and 15th. Fur Robbins shot 157 to win the Seniors Championship, Lisa George won the Women's title and Gail Edwards took the Senior Women's division. Adam Wells (Men's) and Bill Howat (Seniors) won the Low Net prizes. Payton Smith (No. 4), Joe Restein (No. 6), Ron Matthews (No. 12) and Fur Robbins (No. 15) won the Close to Pin contests. Congratulations to all! View the 2018 Championship Results.

Bay Creek Amateur
Saturday & Sunday, August 4-5
The field is full for the 11th Annual Bay Creek Amateur! The Amateur is a VSGA points event for Men, Seniors and Super Seniors. The two-day tournament consists of two rounds of stroke play, one on our Arnold Palmer Signature Course and one on our Jack Nicklaus Signature Course. Top amateur golfers, including this year's Virginia State champion, will compete. View the Tournament Field.

Pink Ball Tournament
Thursday, August 16 - 9:05 on the Palmer Course
All Bay Creek members, men and women, and your guests, are cordially invited to play in the Ladies Association’s annual Pink Ball Tournament. All proceeds will go to the Riverside Shore Memorial cancer fund tagged to help breast cancer patients right here on the Shore. Please put a team together and invite all your golfer friends to do the same. The cost is $20 per player for members and of course guests would need to pay green fees in addition to the $20. The teams can be all ladies, all men, or mixed. If you don't have a foursome but want to play, the Golf Shop staff will help find you some partners. Call 331-8623 or stop by the Golf Shop for more information.

Bay Creek Tennis

Bay Creek tennis players enjoyed a Round Robin and clinic with Randolph-Macon College's Tennis Pro Monica Sgritta on July 7th and 8th.

Sunday Golf Scrambles
Every Sunday at 4:00pm
Join the Fun! Open to all Members and their Guests, we play nine holes and many stay to eat dinner together afterward in the Tavern. Golfers of all skill levels are welcome including beginners! The Golf Shop makes the pairings to equalize the teams as much as possible. This is a great way to meet other members and just have fun! If only one person in your family plays golf, the others can join for dinner. Please stop by or call the Golf Shop at 757-331-8623 to sign up, you don't have to play every week to participate.

Crab Ball Tournament
Saturday, September 1 - 9:00 Shotgun Start
Members and your guests are cordially invited to play in this artful format on the Nicklaus Course! The “Crab Balls” are specially colored and imprinted with the Bay Creek Crab Logo. Each team will receive two Crab Balls. Teams will play a four person scramble and one player must use a Crab Ball for each shot, rotating use of the Crab Balls each hole. If you lose both, you can’t win! Entry $10 per player. Players may sign up as teams or as individuals. Pre-Registration is required. Register in the Golf Shop or by calling 757.331.8620 by Wednesday, August 30. View the 2018 field so far.

New Member
We are pleased to welcome John Jacob of Manakin-Sabot, VA as a new Bay Creek Member!

Martin Makes an Ace!
Rudy Martin made a Hole-In-One on the 12th hole on the Palmer Course. He used an 8-Iron from 127 yards. Congratulations from the staff at Bay Creek!

Nicklaus Cup Match Play Championship
The 2018 Nicklaus Cup, a season long match play tournament, is well underway. The Champion will receive the traditional shadowbox and personal parking space, with gift cards paid out to those reaching the quarterfinals or higher. View the Brackets Here.

King & Bear Tournament
Members - Although the event is not until November, the field is filling fast for the 2018 King & Bear . Please get your entry in right away to ensure a spot in this fun and competitive tournament. Click here for an Entry Form or View the Current Field.

Early U.S. Golf History
Scottish immigrants, merchants and soldiers and British colonists brought the game with them when they came to the new world. High concentrations of Scottish immigrants were settling in the Charleston, South Carolina and Savannah, Georgia area. The Charleston City Gazette indicates that the South Carolina Golf Club was founded in 1786. While there is evidence of golf making the leap to North America in the late 18th century, there was scattered play mostly by immigrants who had already been exposed to the game.

Golf did not really catch on in America until the late 19th century. In 1895, the U.S. Open was started at the Chicago Golf Club, marking the full integration of the sport into society in the U.S. In 1917, with World War 1 eminent, the U.S. Open and the PGA championship were cancelled. From the period between 1917 and 1942, a shortage of rubber and other supplies for the military caused many tournaments to be cancelled. During this period golf took a back seat to the efforts of war.

By 1900 the U.S. had over a thousand golf courses which was more than the rest of the world combined. Public golf courses also began to spring up. Van Cortlandt golf course in New York City opened in 1895 and was the States' first municipal golf course.

Today there are about 15,000 golf courses in the United States. -Tom Stevenson

BodyStretch Class
Please join us for BodyStretch Class on Tuesday mornings in August at 9:00am at the Beach Club. This class combines light calesthenics (no jumping) with basic stretches and simple movements from Yoga, Pilates and the Titleist Performance Institute for a FUN and effective workout for Members of all ages and fitness levels. There is no charge for members, your guests are welcome to pay a Guest fee and join in. You do not have to attend every week to participate.

August Hours and Schedule
Golf Shop
The first tee time every day in August will be 7:00am on Nicklaus and 7:05am on Palmer. The Golf Shop opens at 6:30am. For more information or to make tee time reservations, please call the Golf Shop at 331.8620 or Book Online.
Beach Club
The Fitness Club, Lounge and pools are open from 6:30am until 8:00pm Monday through Saturday and 7:00am until 8:00pm on Sunday.
Coach House Tavern
The Tavern serves Breakfast and Lunch and Dinner every day in August along with Brunch on Sunday. Surf & Turf Dinners are offered on Fridays and Saturdays along with fresh seafood and rotating specials. Italian Night continues on Monday evenings. Please phone the Tavern at 331.8630 to place carryout orders or to make a dinner reservation.
August Tavern Hours
Monday 7:00am - 8:00pm
Tuesday 7:00am - 8:00pm
Wednesday 7:00am - 8:00pm
Thursday 7:00am - 8:00pm
Friday 7:00am - 9:00pm
Saturday 7:00am - 9:00pm
Sunday 7:00am - 8:00pm

Palmer Wins the Open
Four weeks after his 1962 U.S. Open heartache at Oakmont, a de facto home game, Arnol Palmer crossed the Atlantic to win the '62 British Open at Royal Troon by six over Kel Nagle—the widest victory margin in 33 years.

Sam Snead, Jack Nicklaus, Bob Charles and Arnold Palmer at the 1962 Open at Troon