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LADIES’ DAY

COMPETITION FEBRUARY 2012

DATE    FORMULE    FLIGHTS    RESPONSIBLE

07-02-12
Stableford   
By hcp   
Lilian

14-02-12 
Scramble a deux   
Mixed handicap    
Jacqueline

21-02-12  
Stroke       < 15
Stableford > 15   
By hcp   
Edith

28-02-12
Greensome   
Choosen partner   
Lilian

Soyes les bienvenues!
Ladies’ Day Committee

The new man at the helm

He is 50 years old, he is Dutch and he has a broad professional background in the international hospitality industry. Apart from his native Dutch, he is fluent in English, French and German. He is the new General Manager of Royal Mougins Golf Club. His name is Jurgen Wondergem. He lives in Valbonne together with his wife Ilona and their two dogs.

After his three years of managing Royal Mougins, John Kouwenberg has decided to spend his time on the golf course and not just looking at it from a distance. Officially, he handed over his responsibilities to Jurgen Wondergem on January 16, who then became General Manager of all the departments within Royal Mougins, including the hotel, the golf course and the restaurant.

Jurgen Wondergem comes well-prepared to Royal Mougins. After having graduated from a hotel school in Holland, he worked at the Hilton in New York, before moving on to Kansas City to assist at the opening of a major hotel. In 1986, Jurgen Wondergem and a partner bought a restaurant in San Fransisco, which they sold after the earthquake in 1989. Next step was the running of a restaurant in sunny Palm Springs, California, but when he was offered a management position at the Marketing Board of Tourism in Holland, he and his wife decided it was time to leave the US.

It is said that once you get the taste of working in the hotel business, you never want to do anything else. So, when the opportunity came to open a luxury resort in Théoule-sur-Mer, close to Cannes, Jurgen Wondergem did not hesitate. “It was in the early nineties,” he remembers, “and as my wife has the same hotel background as me, we couldn’t resist. We have always worked together, and we ended up having three wonderful years on the Côte d’Azur.”

The next stop for the Wondergem couple was a 27-room, Relais & Châteaux hotel in Holland, the smallest five star hotel in the country. This was followed by the opening of another Dutch five star hotel, after which the couple took over the management of a Belgian member of the Relais & Châteaux chain, the superb Hostellerie La Butte aux Bois, a 40-room manor house in Lanaken close to Maastricht.

The last three years before arriving at Royal Mougins, Jurgen Wondergem has worked as General Manager of Le Kempferhof in Alsace, a well established golf club with a course ranking among the 1000 best courses in the world by the Guide Rolex 2011. There are many similarities between Le Kempferhof and Royal Mougins. First of all, both courses were designed by Robert von Hagge, both are private golf clubs with approximately the same number of members, and both have a small, luxury hotel on site. “Apart from knowing Royal Mougins by name, I had no prior knowledge of the Club before I came for my first interview,” Jurgen Wondergem tells us. “This may be due to the fact that although I am a golfer myself I didn’t get to play around a lot – during my three years at Kempferhof, I only played the course once... I am quite sure that I will not have more time to play here at Royal Mougins. Instead ,I will use every opportunity to listen to what the Members have to say about their Club and learning the ropes. Obviously, I shall also rely on the advice of John Kouwenberg, Joost Rieter and the other heads of department. Through listening to and learning from the Members, guests and the staff, I will do everything needed in order to continue the positive trend the Club has experienced during the last couple of years – economically as well as socially.”

PBB

Saint Valentine's Cup

On Sunday, February 12th, at 10:30, come and play the Saint Valentine's cup
The formula will be a stableford greensome
There will be 2 categories, one for couples and another for friends!
This competition will be followed by a pasta buffet and wine, for the prize giving.
Registration is open until 11th February at 12.00.

Winter Jazz

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ROYAL MOUGINS LADIES SECTION 2012

JACQUELINE SNIJDERS
Ladies’ Captain

Ladies’ Day Committee    Ladies’ Day (every Tuesday)    Internal Club Competition

Laurence Guillemard Team Manager    Reminiscence Trophy (one Thursday per month)   
Regional Interclub Competition

Competition Committee    Mid-Amateur Dames Seniors    French Regional & National Championships

Training Thursday

LADIES’ DAY COMMITTEE    REMINISCENCE    COMPETITION COMMITTEE

Jacqueline Lanting
   
Laurence Guillemard
   
Conny Plesman

Christine Blocquaux

Gilda Vivarelli

Edith Zegerius

Time to say good-bye

The time has come for me to say farewell to the position as General Manager of Royal Mougins Golf Club, returning to the ranks of ordinary Members and to start playing golf again.

The management team has achieved a lot during the past two and a half years, but, unfortunately, not everything we had in mind from the start has seen the light of day. The financial turmoil was not very much in our favour, but in spite of all that we have succeeded in creating a solid base for the future.
The performance of every department within RMGC has improved tremendously, thanks to everybody working together as a team.
A big hand and thanks to all the department heads. It was not always easy - but we did it!

Trying to find the balance between the interest of the Members and the business part of RMGC is not always easy. Members are the most important factor of our Club but there is also a big part, which needs to be treated as a business. I sincerely hope that we have managed to establish this delicate balance.  We have had many discussions, sometimes tough ones, but in general I am looking back on many positive dialogues.
Thanks you very much to you all for your understanding, your help and positive criticism.

Jurgen Wondergem,a true professional, is taking over from me on January 16th. He comes with a lot of experience having spent the last couple of years as general manager of  a similar set up as RMGC.
I am very confident that he will bring the quality as well as the service of RMGC up to a higher level.  I wish Jurgen all the success in the world, and I hope that you will treat him the same way as you have treated me.

Royal Mougins Golf Club is a pure gem. The ambiance, the atmosphere is incredible!! The terrace is fabulous and so is the food. We have a challenging and never dull golf course. There is no match.
LET’S DO OUR UTMOST TO KEEP IT THAT WAY!!

Warm Regards
John

Winter Sales....

WINTER SALES

Starting Wednesday January 11th

At Royal Mougins Golf Proshop

                                                             

50 % Discount on the Winter Collection

20% discount on clothes with Logo 

You are welcome...

Coupe du Classement

Till end of february and because of frozen greens, tee times will be every 10 minutes from 12.00!

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