Membership Newsletter 4/28/26

Todays Date: April 28th, 2026

From Superintendent Steve:

• The rough around the aprons of the greens has been cut down after springing up over the last week due to the amount of rain.

Member Events: 

• Saturdays Two Man Best Ball was a success! A big thank you to all the members who came out for our season opening event.

• Winners of the event were the team of Jason Middlebrook & Bill Roos who shot net 66. The team of Derby Shutts & Bob Blackburn won the gross with a 76.

• Member Marc Martinez gave great feedback on the tournament sign up process. Starting today you will receive a confirmation email for each tournament entry you submit for your records. If you have suggestions for further improvements please feel free to reach out to Jack anytime.

• IMPORTANT: Members have said they have not received many of the emails being sent out. Please check your spam, junk, or promotional folders within your respective email clients, they tend to be sorted there. Additionally, you can find every email sent out on our membership website under the "blog" tab. 

• Monthly Medal will begin May 1st, $10 entry and you must play your medal round with at least one other member.

• The full event calendar and entry forms are available at copakecc.com(Password: copakecc1921)

• Mark your calendars for Friday May 15 at 5pm for our Membership Meetingbeing held in the side patio. It will be a meet and greet with head professional Jack Johnson and superintendent Steve Curry giving members the opportunity to ask questions and hear first hand updates on course/membership progress.

• If you haven't renewed your membership for the 2026 season or your USGA GHIN, stop by the pro shop and speak with Jack to do so.

Birding Update:

• TOM WALSH: Among the many great signs of spring on our beautiful golf course is the blooming of our birdhouses. We've got 41 of them now, at last count. Around 35 of those are very visible in open areas bordered by trees, the preferred habitats for most of our nesters, near your tees, fairways, and greens.

  Tenants are arriving, and as of April 24th, nesting is underway in 9 of those nesting boxes. All of them are Eastern Bluebird nests. Tree Swallows, our top customers in terms of birdhouse nesting numbers every year, will start building nests shortly.

  So we hope you're enjoying the visual pleasures that birdhouses provide, but please confine yourselves to looking only! 

  Meaning, we ask that you please don't open any of them. I monitor all the boxes on pretty specific schedules and with careful protocol to avoid disturbing the occupants. So, respectfully, please look but don't touch. Thanks a lot for your cooperation. (photos below. Left, a likely Bluebird nest including a Wild Turkey feather, April 23rd, 7th hole. Right, Our first eggs of ‘26, Eastern Bluebird, April 23rd, 4th hole.)

Club Notes: 

• As we draw near to the end of early season play, we would like to remind you that doing your part to help maintain the golf course improves the experience for all players and reduces the strain on our greens staff, allowing them to focus their time and efforts on other course improvements. Please help to maintain the course by fixing ball marks, replacing divots, and raking all bunkers.

• If you have any items you would like included in future updates please let us know.