Resident's Cup : the Pictures

New Year Reception - January 3rd

2014

INVITATION

TO THE ANUAL ROYAL MOUGINS GOLF CLUB & RESORT

NEW YEAR’S RECEPTION

For auld lang syne, my dear

For auld lang syne,

We’ll tak a cup o’kindness yet

For auld lang syne!

The management team of Royal Mougins Golf Club & Resort would like to kick off the New Year 2014 together with you, taste, gusto, music and a Happy New Year wish to all. It’s therefore with great pleasure that we invite all members to this year’s New Year’s Reception:

from 5.30 pm (till 7.30 pm) on Friday January 3^rd, at our Clubhouse.

This convivial, informal gathering forms an ideal opportunity for you to get together with other members and our team in order to reflect back on 2013 as well as celebrate that the New Year will bring us nothing but good things.

Approach the New Year with resolve

 to find the opportunities hidden in each new day.

Looking forward to welcoming you the 3^rd!

Myriam ABECASSIS, General Manager Real Estate

Mireille CRUCIANI, Director Human Resources

Anne VIEL, Front Office Manager

Alexandra FOVELLE, Head Housekeeping

Farah van SANTEN, Spa Manager

Julie BELLAICHE, Event Manager

Ilona WONDERGEM, Manager Half Way House

Richard MEYRIEUX, Head Green keeper

Mikael BENEAUX, Sports Director

Philippe ARTAUD, Executive Chef

Thierry GUILLO, Maitre d’Hotel

Jean-Francois STEFANI, Financial Director

Jurgen WONDERGEM, General Manager

Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right J

R.S.V.P.

Last days before Christmas ! Think about a gift certificate.

Last days before Christmas ! Think about a gift certificate.
spa@royalmougins.fr or + 33 492 92 49 65

Bridge Club

Some Members have expressed interest in the formation of an evening bridge club.

Before we proceed further with such matter, we would like to know how many Members wish to be involved.

Guests would also be welcome.

Initial thoughts were to play on Monday evenings at the club house.

If you are interested to join in a friendly game of bridge, please let me know by sending your reply to my e-mail address: jan@plesman.eu.

Thank you very much

Jan Plesman

Captain's Drive

Coupe du Restaurant & du Proshop

New Year's Eve : just relax in your Suite

Royal Mougins Hotel : Package @ 460 € for one night, including:

• One night in your 4 stars suite for 2 guests. Upgrade upon availability.
• Free Wifi and in room movies
• Two New Year's Eve diners & party, excluding drinks.
• Access to the Spa

 Reservation : + 33 492 92 49 69 or reservation@royalmougins.fr

Prosecco Golf Cup

Pictures of the day

Resident's Trophy

Private Sales in your Proshop

Make your Christmas' gifts in your favorite Proshop

- 60 % on all articles without logo
- 20 % on all articles with logo

You're All welcome!!

Royal Spa : New opening Hours

The new opening  hours of the Spa are as follows :

Monday 10 am - 5 pm

Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday 10 am - 6 pm

Closed on Tuesday & Wednesday

Exceptional opening hours : Tuesday 24th & Tuesday 31st December

Kind regards,

Farah

spa@royalmougins.fr

Coupe de la Saint Nicolas

Yoga @ Royal Mougins Spa

Dear Members,

We would like to welcome you to join our NEW yoga class at the Royal Mougins Spa!

We will start our first class on November 25^th from 2 to 3 pm.

If you are interested please contact the Spa and let us know as soon as possible.

We will introduce you to our fantastic yoga teacher Sonja.

Spa + 33 492 92 49 67 or spa@royalmougins.fr.

20 € per class.

Guests Trophy : a few pictures

Get ready for the New Year Evening. Invite your friends at Broadway!

Annual closure of the Mi House

Dear Members, we inform you that the mi house will be closed from 08th November till 19th November. Nevertheless it will be open for the guest trophy, 09th November, and the Prosecco Cup, 17th November.
Yours faithfully, Illona and her team.

Prosecco Golf Tour

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Prosecco-Golf-Cup/111847278853445

The restaurant is closed for dinner

The restaurant is closed for dinner until December 27th.

Guest Trophy

News from the Greenkeeper and John Clarkin

This summer, the weather conditions were typical of a normal summer on the Riviera, dry and hot. A big effort was made by the greenkeeping team to reduce irrigation as much as possible and there is no doubt less water was used this year compared to last year. There were still areas on the course that were saturated for long periods due to the irrigation and this seemed to be a common complaint through the season. This was due to the following:

·         Undulations of the fairways and water moving off the high areas into the low areas.

·         Poor sprinkler system in some zones.

·         Compaction on the fairways.

·         Clay(sticky) soil conditions.

·         Poor structure of the soil.

·         Lack of topdressing.

This makes uniformed irrigation of the fairways virtually impossible. Actions are being taken to have more consistent dry fairways for next year. We are having an irrigation audit carried out to look at more efficient watering practises.  While certain areas were wet, we all noticed areas drying out on the course like the approach to the 3^rd green and the 13^th fairway where there was an infestation of warm season grasses. This was proof that the irrigation is not getting to the targeted zones of the fairways and approaches.

This October the greenkeepers are carrying out the following programmes to ensure better fairways for next year including:

·         Total Vertidraining of the fairways and semi rough to relieve compaction. This will continue throughout the winter.

·         Carottaging( hollowtining ) of the approaches.

·         Overseeding with a drought tolerant ryegrass suitable for Royal Mougins.

·         Topdressing of the fairways and approaches. There will be some holes that will have slightly excessive amounts of sand but this will be short lived and the benefits will far outweigh the negatives. This too will continue through the winter.

·         Selective verticutting of the fairways.

On the greens, there was more consistency this year with less disease. We are trying to keep the speed above 2.7m on the stimpmeter and we have largely been successful as a result of the topdressing programme of once every week. The greens too will be hollowtined,  overseeded and topdressed from the 7^th October. Hopefully the weather will be on our side and they should be back to normal within 2 weeks.

Following on from this the same procedure will be carried out on the tees.

The winter programme will address the following:

·         Entrances to the fairways. Both resodding and the introduction of artificial turf for some areas.

·         Tree management.

·         Reduction of weeds.

·         Levelling of the 8^th and 9^th tee boxes.

·         Increasing the depth of sand in the bases of the bunkers especially the greenside ones.

·         Continue to improve the driving range.

There is a long way to go to achieve our goal at Royal Mougins. It will take patience from the members as certain mechanical operations are required to bring the course to the standard expected and deserved by the members and guests. The majority of these works will take place between now and April of next year and we thank you for your understanding. We all look forward to producing a top class course for 2014.

Thank you

John Clarkin,  Turfgrass Consultancy Ltd

Richard Meyrieux, Head Greenkeeper 

Royal Cup 2013 : a Few Pictures

Prix de la Commission Sportive

Just watch

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/10/02/sport/golf/golf-fox-course-switzerland/index.html?hpt=hp_c5

Marshal report

Marshall’s reports

RMGC is a happy club and the need for the disciplinary committee to take action is extremely rare. However, like any club, there are incidents on the course. Almost all of these are dealt with promptly and are resolved in a courteous manner. To the members’ credit, the general behaviour on the course is impeccable and is exactly what one expects from a club of our standing.

The course marshall is in the front line. He completes a daily report of events on the course. I have reviewed these reports. The following highlights some of the more important issues:

• No shows are not acceptable. If you book a tee time and then cannot make it there is no excuse for failing to call the pro shop to cancel. No shows run the risk that they will be refused future bookings.
• You may not play anywhere or at any time on the course without first contacting the pro shop.
• Slow play is a common complaint and is unacceptable. We have a guideline of 4.5 hours for a three or four ball. This is an average of 15 mins per hole. Obviously a two ball should be faster. Please leave the green promptly once you have putted out. All too frequently players stroll off the green in a leisurely fashion.
• Equally unacceptable is that there are a few faster players who constantly and irritatingly push the players in front of them even though they are well within the time guide and they themselves are being held up in front.
• Five balls are not accepted. There have been several instances of members trying to play five balls and trying to fool the marshall. If you are so attached to your four friends that you feel that you simply cannot play a round without having all of them with you then you need to get a life. Just look somewhere outside of our club for this life.
• Several members believe they have the right to drive their golf carts anywhere on the course. If you do not obey the rules you will not be allowed to drive a golf cart. I shall be proposing a one strike and you are out rule.
• A few members seem to believe they enjoy a special privilege in that they are exempt from raking bunkers. These are generally the same members who complain about others being slow. Failure to rake a bunker is a particularly serious issue. It is utterly selfish. It is a direct slap in the face to those playing behind you. It tells the world at large that you are an egocentric oaf and that you have not understood the most basic golfing issue i.e. that above all, you should show courtesy and respect to other players. The marshall’s requests to these members to rake their bunkers are often ignored or mocked. I will be making proposals that we name and shame the offenders. This will allow all the members to know the names of the people responsible for leaving their large, ugly footprints in bunkers and not only the members unfortunate enough to play behind them and have their ball land in a footprint.

Please, both on and off the course, ensure courtesy and respect for others at all times.

Andrew Pearce
Club Captain

Royal Cup

4 balle meilleure balle: Tortues 10 Lièvres 5
Scramble à 2: Tortues 7,5 Lièvres 7,5
Single match play: Tortues 13,5 Lièvres 15,5

Les Tortues remportent la Royal Cup 31 à 28

Peugeot 308 presentation...

Discover the new Peugeot 308 at Royal Mougins Golf Club.

On Saturday October 5th, from 10am to 5 pm.

Presentation, road tests, fresh drinks, golf initioation....

Free entrance

Welcome to Sarah van Santen

We are pleased to announce the arrival of Farah van Santen, our Spa Manager, at Royal Mougins.

Please feel free to come and meet her and her team, including Valérie Ploessen who is in charge of Pilates & Kinesis coaching on appointment.

Opening hours remain the same : 

from Tuesday to Sunday – 10am to 7pm.

Reservations : spa@royalmougins.fr 

+33 (0)4 92 92 49 67

Wedding at Royal Mougins

The restaurant will be closed after 4 pm on Saturday 21st, due to a private wedding organized by a member.
We thank you for your understanding.

Championnat de France interclub par Equipes Mid Amateur à Taulane

Thursday 12th september we went with hope in our hearts to Taulane and played our practise round.

The course was heavy after a lot of rain, but we were lucky and it dried out the next days.
Beautiful wheather.

Next two days we had to play twice 18 holes strokeplay and after day one we were on the 5th
place (out of 11) with only one stroke difference with nr 4.

Stress the next day, and again we were beaten by 1 stroke by Aix les Bain. Hard luck.
No qualification matches for us on day nr 3 to try to promote to the 3rd division.

Next year better!!!

Jacky, Lene, Merete, Gerd and Julie, thank you for all your efforts!!
Conny Plesman

Exclusively for members : Perfume Creation with Galimard – Grasse

The Parfumerie Galimard invites our Ladies to come and visit their premises and create their own eau de toilette in the Studio des Fragrances in Grasse. Dear Ladies, come and invent your scent with a graduate perfumer and leave with your unique 100ml eau de toilette numbered.

An unforgettable experience in a house where historicity goes with quality and expertise since 1747!

2 dates are reserved (each session is limited to 30 people):

Thursday 19th and Friday 27th September at 2pm.
Special Price for the "Royal Mougins Ladies” € 36:

Creation + Tour (Time: 3 hours).
Booking and preliminary payment at the Proshop or Reception before

Friday, 13th, September.

Gastronomy & Music on September 13th

Club Championship

Royal Cup..

The Western Competition is back...

For sale - Royal Mougins Golf Club - Charming

 

FOR SALE

Beautiful provencal house on a very nice exotic garden of 2930 m² with heated swimming pool and petanques court. A lot of charm !

Ref : ROY 918

Price on request

Contact : + 33 492 92 49 64 or realestate@royalmougins.fr

Plage Royale Cup : the Pictures

Dear Members,

We have to postpone the Sunday, 18^th August evening party .
It will take place at the same conditions, same format in September, more information will be forwarded in due time.

Thanking you for your attention and interest in our offers and activities,

The Royal Mougins Team, at your service.

Plage Royale Golf Cup

Christie's Private Jewelry Sale

Christie's Private Sales requests the pleasure of your company for a Sparkling Cocktail Party followed by a Magnificient Jewels Sale.

15 Invitations for two will be available at the reception deskon August 11th, at 10.

First come, First served.

Private views can be organized between August 10th and August 18th.

organise une vente privée de pièces de Joaillerie le mardi 13 août en Principauté de Monaco.

A cette occasion une sélection exceptionnelle de pièces de Haute Joaillerie d'une grande qualité et d'une rare beauté sera présentée à quelques clients privilégiés.

CHRISTIE’S a l’honneur de disposer 15 invitations privilèges pour 2 personnes pour les Membres du Royal Mougins Golf Club.

Ces invitations seront disponibles pour les 15 premiers Membres privilégiés qui se présenteront à la Réception du Clubhouse, dès le dimanche 11 août à 10 heures.

Pour des raisons de suivi et de sécurité, nos Réceptionnistes vous demanderont vos noms, qui seront transmis à la Maison CHRISTIE’S pour sa Guestlist.

Le mardi 13 août, Madame Freysseline accueillera individuellement les invités, et en tant que consultante et experte en Joaillerie, aura un rôle de conseil et d’accompagnement.

Madame Freysseline se propose également entre le 10 et le 18 août, à la demande de certains d’entre vous, et UNIQUEMENT sur rdv, d’organiser, en plus de la vente privée des "private views" dans le salon d'exposition.

Club Championship

Sales .... and New Collection

Just a few more days for the Sales...

We will have the pleasure to introduce our new Winter Collection on August 15th in the ProShop

Must see...

Very nice sea view - Superb new villa with contemporary style, on a nice landscaped plot of 3000 m² with heated swimming pool and sea view. It offers a living and dining room, kitchen, tv lounge, 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, nice terraces, basement of 60 m², garage. Must be seen !

Prix : 2.975.000 €

Contact : realestate@royalmougins.fr or + 33 492 92 49 64

 
Réf : ROY 1080 MA

Cart park hole 8

To keep an eye on your golf cart, a cart park have been created next to the 8's green!