I would like to take this opportunity to introduce you to your current Executive Committee;
 

 The summer of 2008 proved to be a great year for golf.  The executive and clubhouse staff will do their best to make the 2009 season another great year on the course.  Currently there are several vacant positions that need to be filled for 2009 golf season, including Vice President.  If you are interested in volunteering for this worthy effort, please contact one of the Executive members.  Each and every spring the club organizes a volunteer work party to help get the season started.  Last year was a great success with a large turnout of members out helping the club clean up the course and getting started for the season. This year we will once again be asking for your help sometime in early May, 2009.

             The course is always open to green fee players, however you should call to ensure tee times are available.  Also the course can used to host your own personnel tournaments, contact the club manager Darlyne Fathers for availability and rates.

            Efforts continue to try and improve the golf course and facilities.   There will be several new changes and other developments you should be aware for the 2009 season;     

•       Hole#2 - Thanks to the hard work of our Greens Keeper, Allan O’Dowd late last summer, we will have a second teebox, back and slightly north of the existing teebox.  Hopefully this will be ready to play this spring and will certainly add to the challenge on this hole;
   

•       Hole#3 - Sometime before the end of March, a contractor will begin installing poles and hanging 200 feet of netting along the left/western side of the fairway.  17 Wing is funding this in order to protect the parking lot behind Building 21.  The Club is providing six telephone poles to help offset the costs. On the east side of this fairway, the nets the Club installed three years ago are in rough shape.  Trying to get them fixed has been problematic, so we will have to look at spending some money on this in the coming year;   
   

•       New green Hole#3 – In September of last year, further ground testing was done to reassess the suspected contaminated areas. The good news is the amount of contaminated ground on or near the new green is less than previously suspected.  Now we have to wait for the Wing Engineers to approve a reclamation plan and implement it.  Once this is done, we can look at getting this green into playing shape and the new back teebox for Hole#4; and,
   

•       Hole #4 – The Air Division Headquarters in Building #25 is in the midst of a major project to renovate the entire building.  To support this, a small trailer complex is being established north of the building which will be present for up to five years.  This is in the area where a parking lot had been up until 2005.   Hopefully, this complex will not interfere with play; 
   

•      Hole #6 -  This year we will be increasing the size of the # 6 green.  The #6 hole is 585 yard par 5 usually played into the wind with a very narrow green that runs away from the fairway.  

             In the Clubhouse, the Handicap computer will be back in operation along with the Suggestion Box.  Suggestions must be signed by the member to be accepted and actioned by the Executive.  Another improvement coming soon will be updating of our internet Website by acquiring our own domain name and improving the functionality of the actual page. More to follow on this.            

            Once again, welcome to the 17 Wing Golf Course.  On behalf of the other members of your Executive Committee, I hope to see you on the golf course soon.

Greg Fleet