Merry Christmas and Cheers for a Happy New Year

Blessings and best wishes to everyone. I thank you for your support this past year and can't tell you how excited I am for the New Year at Canterbury Golf Club. We have so many good ideas planned which will allow you and your family to enjoy your membership even more and have loads of fun. Look for our big January Email Blast announcing some cool stuff going forward!

May God continue to bless you!

2011 Kiely Cup Field is Set!!

Canterbury Golf Club

Kiely Cup

ARCHBISHOP HOBAN HIGH SCHOOL
AVON LAKE HIGH SCHOOL
CANTON CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL‪
CUYAHOGA VALLEY CHRISTIAN ACADEMY
DELAWARE-BUCKEYE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
FINDLAY LIBERTY-BENTON HIGH SCHOOL
GILMOUR ACADEMY
HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL MEDINA HIGH SCHOOL
ST. EDWARD HIGH SCHOOL
ST. IGNATIUS HIGH SCHOOL
STOW-MUNROE FALLS HIGH SCHOOL
SUGARCREEK GARAWAY HIGH SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY SCHOOL
WALSH JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL

The field for the 7th Annual Canterbury Kiely Cup, scheduled for

Monday, September 12, 2011, is set.

I seem to say this every year, “Next year’s invitees far and away represent the strongest teams ever assembled.” This holds true again. Ten of the fifteen squads qualified for STATE in Columbus this year and return equally experienced teams in 2011. In addition, we invited an excellent cross-section of public- private, Division I – II & III secondary schools.

Happily, four new schools get a chance to play our famed links for the fist time: Canton Central Catholic, Delaware-Buckeye Valley, Findlay Liberty-Benton and Sugarcreek Garaway (2007 & 2008 D-III State Champions). If 2011 is anything like this year; we’re in for a treat. University School’s 2009 tournament record of 308 lasted exactly twelve months. Joe Denton’s Walsh Jesuit team really came together in 2010 with a record breaking 302! (72-73-76-81) behind Tyler McHugh and freshman Chase Johnson’s 73. Co-medalists were crowned for the third time in our short six-year history. Tyler McHugh and 2010 Division-III State Champion, Alex Andrews of Gilmour Academy, returned scorecards at even par 72!

Happy Holidays!
Craig Fraser, Chairman

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Happy Thanksgiving 2010

2010 Turkey Open - Another Successful Fundraiser for the Hunger Network
On a very rainy day (ie: the water ski!) at Canterbury

Thank you again - Dave and Charna!

What a Difference a Week Makes!

Alex and Jay Park on Sunday, November 7th at Canterbury

Today at Canterbury - 65 degrees!

Canterbury Pride - Our Junior Golfers

Congratulations to Duncan DeFino and Will Reitan for their successful season of High School Golf. Duncan and his team from Gilmore winning the State Championship and Will's Medalist honors in the Regional and his University team's top three finish at State. Best wishes for continued success next year!!

Ireland 2010

A grand time was had by all in Ireland this past week. Team Canterbury toured some of the world's best courses, sampled the Irish lifestyle, with, obviously, pretty good weather!

Henry Picard Canterbury Cup

Congratulations to Brian Sparrow and Bob Fairchild as the 2010 Champions - this is the 5th win for them in the

16 year history of the event!

Senior Division Champions - Chris Kelos and Carl Nanni with Tournament Chairman, Brooks Kerrick

Hail to the Champions of the Mens League

Matthew Henry and Eamon Kelly
2010 Men's League Champions
Sponsored by "light beer"!

Patriot Day 2010

Congratulations to many Canterbury Members who supported the "Folds of Honor Foundation" on Patriot Day 2010. Proceeds from the event and lessons given by Michael Kernicki accounted for over $2,000 in donations to help kids of fallen soldiers get an education!

The Grabner's with two of the Blue Angels!

Congratulations Larry Oscar!

Larry Oscar made his second Hole In One of the season again on Hole #11 using the same club as Memorial Day weekend!!

2010 Champion Golfers of Year

Fred DiSanto repeats as the Champion Golfer of the Year for 2010











Barb Summers repeats as the Women's Champion in 2010

Ricky Fowler Revisited at Canterbury!

Loser of the Axelrod vs Thomas Match gets to be Ricky Fowler for the day! You're a good sport Toby!


Toby Thomas tees it up for his Quarter Final Club Championship Match just a vision in blue!

Men's Four Ball Champions

Congratulations to the 2010 Four Ball Champions

Don Benincasa and Scott Jared!

Winning 1 up on #18 over Fran Kopittke and Matt Henry

Canterbury Golf Club vs. Old Palm Golf Club

Canterbury members led by the Pro took on the team from Old Palm Golf Club. Canterbury leads the matches 13 points to 11 points heading to Old Palm in Palm Beach Gardens, FL next February. A great time was had by all!

Canterbury Classic Champions

Congratulations

Fran Kopittke and Michael Kay

2010 Canterbury Classic Champions

2010 Couples Championship

Congratulations to Alex and Kirsten Park as 2010 Couples Champions in the Low Net Division

Alan and Carla Brown won the Low Gross Division

Senior Club Championship

Congratulations to Jeff Knox
2010 Senior Club Champion

Runner Up - Nelson Shively

Congratulations to Canterbury Golf Club

Canterbury Golf Club named by Golf Digest as recipient of the 2010 Junior Development Award - bringing kids into the game and keeping them playing through innovative ideas.

More information about this year’s awards can be found in the September issue of Golf Digest (on newsstands August 10) and at http://www.golfdigest.com/magazine/2010-09/juniordevelopmentawards

Presidents Cup Champions

Congratulations to the following individuals who won The President's Cup in their respective handicap flights (this victory automatically seeds each into the Men's Club Championship within that Flight):

AA - Tim McCormick
A - Fran Kopittke
B - Jim Paulin
C - Randy Yetman
D - Bob Lee

Senior Stag Champions

Led by a career best round of 76 by Kevin Mackay, and Jim Morrissey's net 67, the team of Graves, Mackay, Morrissey, and Carr are the 2010 Senior Stag Champions

Morford's Winning Putt

Joe Morford's putt on the final shootout hole (#3) from 60 feet for the win!

Joe Morford-Scott Halloran Win Invitational

Congratulations to Joe Morford and his guest Scott Halloran for their victory in the Shootout to become Men's Invitational Champions. Morford sank the winning putt, over 50 feet, on Hole #3 for birdie to beat Fran Kopittke and his guest Eric Miller.

See all the Flight Champions on the Invitational Page.

Heritage Foundation - British Open Results

Louis Oosthuizen wins the Open!!!!
Frank DeFino = $600 (Open Champion)
Team #8 has the most points (led by Paul Casey, Nick Watney, and Martin Kaymer) - Brian Spear = $2200
Team #2 is Second Place - Frank DeFino = $1600
Team #1 is Third Place - Keith Yoho = $1300

Men's Invitational

All is in the ready for a fantastic Men's Invitational Member Guest.

Chef Rios and Head Golf Professional Michael Kernicki are eager to serve everyone's needs during the weekend!

Tiger Changes Putters

Check Out this article on the Golf Channel - Tiger just switched to The Method!

http://www.thegolfchannel.com/tour-insider/12-years-woods-leaning-putter-switch-38248/?hj=xfs

Home and Home Match in Canada

The Canterbury Men have traveled to Brantford, Ontario, Canada for the second leg of the Match with Brantford Golf and Country Club. Matches will take place, Saturday and the Final Singles Matches on Sunday, July 11th. Our team includes:
David Glickman, Pat Sedlak, Tony Asher, Scott Brewer, Eamon Kelly, Tom Reitan, Pat Bernhardt, Alex Park, Pete Gordon, Jay Park, Bob Morrissey and Michael Kernicki.

Happy 4th of July

Enjoy the day and remember all those who came before us and those who are in harms way today all giving us the opportunity to enjoy this round of golf with our good friends! Blessings to you and Blessings to America!

Congratulations Pat Sedlak

Hole in One for Pat Sedlak on Saturday, July 3rd on hole #7! First of his career - Congratulations Pat!

2010 Father Son on Father's Day

Best Thing About the Day - Having the Opportunity to Play Golf with Your Dad or Your Son!!



The Reitan's are the Long Drive Champions - Tom for the Father's and Will for the Sons - Will is using the hottest driver on tour - Nike's Victory Red - to hit it over 340 yards!!!

Team Asher were big winners - Tony was Low Net for Father's with a Net 67!

Henyey's and Gilmore's

Trimble's and Kaufman's

Leonard, Len, and Duncan DeFino

SR PGA Pro Am Champions

Congratulations Senior PGA Championship Pro Am Champions!

John Zingales, Walter Hammond, Craig Bashein, and Kevin Mackay

with 2009 SR PGA Champion Michael Allen

New Merchandise in the Golf Shop

Peter Millar has arrived for Summer

Plus: We have the Power Balance Bracelet!!!!

Worn by PGA Tour Professionals,

NBA, MLBA, NFL - why?

Balance, Power and Flexibility.

Spring Guest Day Champions - Congratulations!

David Cannon (far right) with his guests: Ken Liptay, Al Harte, and Bruce Smith - Champions of the Spring Guest Day at Canterbury Golf Club - June 3, 2010

What Are You Working On?

I spent part of yesterday with Davis Love and Hunter Mahan while they were doing a clinic for The Evans Scholars Program at the Memorial Tournament. When asked, "what do you work on when your swing seems off?"

His answer: "Just what I do all the time since I was 5 years old - fundamentals: alignment, grip, grip pressure, posture - the same stuff we work on daily" The same old stuff and just keep repeating. "Do all the little things over and over and you will get better".

My recommendation: Follow this advice and spend more time working on your short game since you need to get it up and down when your swing is off!

Northern Ohio Pro-Assistant Pro Championship

Well. . .if a few more putts dropped. . . There were 60+ teams and here is where we finished: Michael Kernicki was a partner with all three Pro's, therefore,
T10 for Michael with Bill McKinley at 66
T17 for Michael with Dan Banks at 67
T25 for Michael with Alan Semethy at 68

Congratulations SR PGA Pro-Am Champions

Heritage Committee Chairman Kevin Mackay along with Craig Bashein, Walter Hammond and John Zingales traveled to Colorado to represent Canterbury at the 2010 Senior PGA Championship Pro-Am . . . and Won!!!!

Drawing eleventh position in the draw for professionals, they had a choice of many Pro's but their hearts were set on Michael Allen, 2009 Champion at Canterbury - they got Michael and together they won. Michael Allen finished 3 under par and won Low Pro honors!

Memorial Day Weekend Events

Men:

• Memorial Day Event - Tee off by 11:30am and make your own game or call the Golf Shop to arrange a group - Teams of Two Net Better Ball - $20

Ladies

• "Saturday Birdies" May 29th - 11:30am - Sign Up via ForeTees or call the Golf Shop

Couples Golf

• Sunday, May 30th - 18 Holes at 1:00pm - 9 holes at 3:00pm - $10 per couple - make your own game or call the Golf Shop to make arrangements - A fun golf event is planned for 18 holers and 9 holers.

The Canterbury Memorial Day Cook Out begins with Festivities for the Kids at 4pm through 7pm with the Buffet beginning at 6pm until 8pm.

Demo Days!

Friday, May 28th is the Wedge Demo Night and Short Game Clinic 4-7pm

Friday, June 4th is for Putters - including a Putting Clinic - 4-7pm

Congratulations to the Masters - Champions!

Would you agree - a great weekend of Masters golf ???? Congratulations to Phil - what gutsy play the whole week - 3 Jackets - WOW!

Here are the results:
Champion - Phil Mickelson = Kevin Mackay team = $500
Win - Team #4 with 88.5 points = Len DeFino team = $2000
Place - Team #8 with 60 points = Kevin Mackay team = $1400
Show - Team #7 with 52.16 points = Alan Brown team = $1000

FYI - 4th place, Team #3 with the Champion at 51.16 points!

Notables:
Team #1 = 30.5 points
Team #2 = 46.5 points
Team #5 = 47.66 points
Team #6 = .16 point
Team #9 = 17.66 points
Team #10 = 22 points
Team #11 = 34 points
Team #12 = 14.5 points

Thank you for participating and on behalf of the Heritage Committee, thank you for supporting the Foundation!

Here is a thought for the future - you love Canterbury and you have the Canterbury pride! Please consider putting the Canterbury Heritage Foundation in your Estate. You can be a part of tradition for a lifetime. . . thank you for your consideration.

Check Us Out on Facebook

The Canterbury Golf Shop is now Live on Facebook - Tell Your Friends - Become a FAN
Go To: The Canterbury Golf Shop

April 1st - No Foolin!

ForeTees Tee Time Reservation System soon to be "Live"!
Expect an email from the Golf Shop later this week explaining how you use the system - it is easy and you will love it. You will be able to: Make tee times from your PDA, View information and Sign up for Golf Events, and so much more. . .

Welcome To Our Newest Member

I know the members of Canterbury join me in welcoming Steve Potter and his family as new members of Canterbury Golf Club. Steve is a fine addition and will be an active participant. Cheers to a lifetime of enjoyment at Canterbury!

Coming in April - Must Do Events!

REMINDER: The Men's Member-Guest Invitational Entry Information

will be mailed March 30th.
Please read the letter carefully - Entries must be received by May 1st

Wednesday, April 7th - Masters Draw Party in the O'Meara Grill 5:00pm - Your syndicate will be purchasing teams of players in the Masters Tournament with some of the pot going to support the Canterbury Heritage Foundation.

The Ultimate Ladies Night Out!!!!

Wednesday, April 14th at the Club 5:00pm to 8:00pm
The Golf Professional and Staff from most all of the Private Country Club's in Cleveland are bringing their ladies to Canterbury for the ultimate Trunk Show (over 20 vendors - all the latest golf and casual fashions and accessories) - purchase immediate and future orders at special discount prices - Shop in our Golf Shop for some very cool things - Hors oeuvre's and Drinks!
Tell your fellow members and bring your friends - this will be a happening!!

Cross Country Golf - The Celtic Open! Saturday, April 17th - Shotgun Start at 9:30am
Golf will be played not in the regular course set up and will be played rain, snow, or shine - You are allowed to wear your Viking or Scottish Attire - Prizes will be awarded at drinks after golf!

Practice Facilities Updated

Look for some long overdue updates to the Practice Facilities happening over the next few weeks.
New Mats - Fiberbuilt - The finest available and reacts like real turf. No more floppy rubber tees for Drivers, the unique teeing system is good for Drivers, Fairways, Utilities and Irons - these mats arrive March 20th.
Storage Building - Coming down!!! - The area will be reshaped to eventually extend the mat teeing area and will increase the size of the turf teeing ground by over 25%
Bag Racks for each hitting position - New, more efficient and less turf abraision.
Short Game Area - We will reshape, enlarge the green and chipping areas, plus reshape and add bunkers.
Targets - Will be repositioned for additional opportunities when playing short shots from near the short game area
Range Balls - New balls from Nike will be put into play by Opening Stag Weekend.

Special Bonus from Nike and the Golf Shop

Wow!! Hottest Driver on the PGA Tour - Nike VR (Victory Red) 22+ Worldwide Tour Wins!
Now you can purchase the driver and get a $100 Signing Bonus good on Nike products from the Golf Shop (equipment or apparel) - $75 on the new Machspeed Driver (now being used by Justin Leonard) $200 on Machspeed Irons, and $100 on the Slingshot irons. We have all these components in our Nike Fitting Cart and can fit you today!

Just got back. . . What's the Buzz?

Just returned from FL (was invited to play in the Honda Pro-Am). Here is the latest scoop:
Honda is offering Zero % down on leases - trying to stimulate sales. . . frankly most professionals could care less when Tiger returns. . . most people think the "Being John Daly" show on the Golf Channel is ridiculous. . . Canterbury is thought of as one of the finest conditioned best "classic" courses in the country (saw Jack Nicklaus at dinner on Tuesday night and he agreed). . . Golfweek has moved us down to 77 (from 95) on the list of Best Classic Courses. . . have some great ideas to entice new members to join Canterbury and will work tirelessly to make that happen! It was a fun three days. . . by the way, very proud that I played 3 over par for three rounds in cold, windy conditions after shoveling snow for the past two months!

Obviously happy to see Teri and Cooper but can't wait for the snow to be gone so we can get to playing golf!

Oh by the way. . . we just received some very cool Nike Men's Clothing - great colors!

Ricky Fowler - Very Cool!

First year, PGA Tour Player Ricky Fowler, made a big spash this weekend and nearly won his first Professional tournament losing by one stroke today in Phoenix. He is a snapshot of the future - and very cool in his Puma clothing from head to toe!

We have Puma coming this season as one of our new hot lines - expect delivery to the Golf Shop in May! Tell all your young friends - get your "painters caps" from the Golf Shop at Canterbury!

By the way - with kids like Fowler, Kim, Villegas, Mahan, Glover, and so many budding young stars on the scene - I think the Tour is just fine for excitement while Tiger is on the bench!

Nike - Hottest New Equipment for 2010

Nike Golf will lead the way this season with the hottest new golf equipment. The introduction of the Victory Red Driver and The Method Putter. Over twenty wins on tours worldwide in 2009 including Cink at the British Open and Glover at the US Open. The Golf Shop will have every component offered by Nike through our Nike Fitting Cart and we now have the Nike Computer Launch Monitor for all our fittings. Very cool stuff!! This is the best driver I have ever used in my thirty five years as a golf professional.
Check out The Method Putter and VR Driver with some very cool videos at:

http://www.nikegolf.com/

Congratulations Champ!

Congratulations to Canterbury Golf Club Ladies Club Champion, Barb Summers, who just won the 2010 Ladies Club Championship at Legend Lake Country Club in Florida!

Congratulations

Congratualtions Assistant Golf Professional Wade Foreman on receiving your first Head Golf Professional position at Firethorn Golf Club in Lincoln, NE - Best wishes for terrific success in your career!