12th Annual Legends Member Guest Tournament
Thursday, Friday & Saturday, September 20-22
Register now for the 2018 Legends Member Guest, our premier Member event of the season! This year's competition will include a Round Robin with each two-person team playing five 9-hole matches plus a Par Three Tournament, Skins Game and more. $625 per team includes Golf, Carts, Tee Gifts, Prizes, and Lunches Friday and Saturday as well as Dinner for Four on Saturday evening at Oyster Farm. Please call the Golf Shop at 757-331-8620 or
email Joe Burbee for more information or to enter your team. View the
current 2018 Tournament Field.
Bay Creek Amateur Results
Restein Wins Super Seniors
A very strong field of 158 of the top amateur golfers in the region competed in the 11th Annual Bay Creek Amateur on August 4-5. VCU golfer Alston Newsom, runner-up in the Eastern Amateur just three weeks earlier, shot 72-68-144 to win the Open title. Roger Newsom, one of only four players to have won both the State Open and State Senior Open, shot 69-64-133 to win the Senior Division by a record ten strokes. The elder Newsom is an opthalmologist from Virginia Beach and Alston's uncle. Our own Joe Restein shot 72-78-150 to win the Super Seniors division by a single stroke. Several other Bay Creek members did very well. Garrett Dunham finished 4th in the
Second Flight, Brad Whitfield was 11th in the
Seniors Second Flight, Jake Savage was 16th and Pat Sigmon 19th in the
Seniors First Flight and Bob Kraly finished 16th in the
First Flight.
The Bay Creek Amateur is VSGA points event for Men, Seniors and Super Seniors.The two-day tournament consisted of two rounds of stroke play, one on our Arnold Palmer Signature Course and one on our Jack Nicklaus Signature Course. In the Open Division, the Championship and First Flights played the Blue Tees, all other Flights played the White Tees. In the Senior Division, the Championship and First Flights played the White Tees, all others played the Gold Tees. The Super-Senior Division for golfers age 65+ played from the Red Tees. Click to view the
2018 Final Results.
Pink Ball Results
The team of Rich & Kathy Dorre, Barry Pitts and Mike & Stephanie Holvick stormed to a 12-under par 60 to win the annual Pink Ball Tournament by three strokes. The format was a Scramble with no handicap strokes. Ron & Sherry Wrucke, Rich Gliedman and Cathy Deafanbaugh finished second followed by the team of Bill Hitchings, Mike Walsh, H.M. Arnold and Tom Stauffer. All proceeds from this event go to the Riverside Shore Memorial cancer fund tagged to help breast cancer patients right here on the Shore.
Tennis Pro Monica Sgritta Returns to Bay Creek
Saturday, Sunday and Monday, September 1-3.
Join us this weekend! Monica has coached all around the college circuit and has a proven track record for teaching technique and strategy. She will be leading a Clinic Saturday and Sunday mornings, followed by the Member Round Robins. Whether you want to brush up on your ground stokes, fine-tune your net game, or tighten up your serve, this clinic will deliver!
Monica will also be teaching a Beginner Clinic on Monday morning. That’s right! Come try a lesson for the FIRST TIME! We will provide all the equipment.
Take a look at the following events and
Sign Up Here. Looking forward to seeing everyone! As always, please contact
Katie Gerecke for more information or if you are interested in playing tennis at Bay Creek. We would love to get you connected! 804.519.3119
Sunday Golf Scrambles
Every Sunday in September 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 before 10:00am to sign up for each Sunday you want to play so that we can make pairings.
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 Members
We are pleased to welcome the following new Bay Creek Members!
-Phillipa and David Wilcox of Alexandria, VA.
-Jonathan Riley and family Clare, Max, Sam and Francie of Frederick, MD.
-Rocco DeBellis and family Lenore, Tate, Joseph, Christina and Jessica of Cape Charles.
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 - The field for the
2018 King & Bear is full. In you havent gotten in yet, we are still taking stand-by entries in case we get some last minute cancellations.
View the Current Field.
BodyStretch Class
Please join us for BodyStretch Class on Tuesday mornings in September 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.
September Hours and Schedule
Golf Shop
The first tee time every day in September 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
Through September 23, 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. The pools close for the season on Monday, September 24 and gym hours will move to 7:00am until 7:00pm.
Coach House Tavern
The Tavern serves Breakfast and Lunch and Dinner every day in September 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.
September 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
Arnold Palmer on the 1975 Ryder Cup
"With my Ryder Cup career clearly waning, I pulled just about every string available with the sponsoring PGA of America to arrange for the Cup to come to Laurel Valley in 1975.
I’d hoped to play my way onto the team, but it wasn’t meant to be. Everyone knew that my selection as team captain was a very symbolic and sentimental choice. My record as a player in the event spoke for itself in that regard.
At that point in time, no American had a better win-loss record in Ryder Cup competition than me, but it was obvious that my better days on tour were behind me - as my mediocre tournament record from that year indicates. I was deeply honored to be selected captain, and what a team I had that year - golf’s equivalent of the Dream Team, and maybe the best Ryder Cup squad ever: Jack Nicklaus, Gene Littler, Lee Trevino, Johnny Miller, Tom Weiskopf, Raymond Floyd, Billy Casper, Hale Irwin, Al Geiberger, Dave Hill, J.C. Snead, Lou Graham, Bob Murphy.
I suppose the outcome was a foregone conclusion. In retrospect, the most interesting drama centred around the efforts of Nicklaus, who had a devil of a time with big Brian Barnes. It’s kind of funny now, but it was no laughing matter then. In their first singles match, Brian shocked everybody - and probably even himself – by upsetting Jack. During the lunch break, everyone was buzzing that I should engineer a rematch with Barnes so Jack could get his revenge. I could see that even Jack was itching for a rematch, so I pulled it off. They met again a little while later on the first tee. ‘Well, Brian,’ Jack said to Barnes. ‘You beat me this morning. You’re not going to beat me again.’ I don’t think anybody there would have disagreed with that assessment. Certainly not a Ladbroke bookie. That season Jack had already won six tournaments, including two majors, was the Tour’s leading money winner, and was en route to PGA Player of the Year honors. He was the game’s presiding master, at the top of his game.
But Barnes beat him again, 3 and 2. All that proves in my book is what splendid unpredictability match-play golf provided. It’s a reason I wish the PGA Championship would consider returning to its original match-play format.
I loved the Ryder Cup, because it simply wasn’t about playing for money. It was about playing for something far grander and more personal. I’m proud of what the Ryder Cup did for me - and for what I contributed to my teams in six Ryder Cup competitions as a player." -
Arnold Palmer
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| Jack Nicklaus practices for the 1975 Ryder Cup at Laurel Valley CC in Ligonier, PA. Team U.S.A. won 21-11 |
Bay Creek Phone Directory
Golf Shop 331-8620 or 331-8623
Coach House Tavern 331-8630
Beach Club 331-8730
Bay Creek Rentals 331-8750
Bay Creek Real Estate 331-8742
Joe Burbee, PGA 331-8624
Zach Pfingst, PGA 331-8625
Tom Stevenson, PGA, TPI 331-8633
Kristin Aigner 331-8635
Christine LeVick 331-8704
Julie Pruitt 331-8738
Susan Linfert 331-8626
Sally Stamper, PMA 646-6247 ext 117
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