River Ridge Golf Club - West Houston, Katy Texas

Newsworthy:

This Could Happen to YOU!

Get your renewal in for your 2012 GHIN Handicap- need to get in by mid-February. Call or email the pro shop to get it in. Or it expires. Then you sign up for an event. You don’t have a handicap. Your buddy turns you in and everyone in the shop vouches for you. Yea, he’s a good guy.....Then you have the weekend of your life. Break 80 twice for the first time ever. In a tournament. With a party afterwards. With an open bar..... the guys you just beat. Then you try to leave. You all know how this is going to end, right? Don’t wind up on YouTube or The Smoking Gun. Do you really want to call your wife for bail money? Do you want to read about yourself on Yahoo? And not in a good way? Renew your handicap. It can save your life.

PGA Merchandise Sneak Preview

Have some 2012 apparel already into the shop from Nike and Foot Joy, ahead of the PGA Merchandise Show which is wrapping up today. Call it a River Ridge sneak preview of great things to come for the year. Check it out when you come through the next few days. Going to be a beautiful weekend. Super Bowl is a week away. NBA is, well....remember what momma said....the NBA has started their season. What else are you going to do besides drive your kids nuts? Spend your time efficiently and wisely. You go home happy, kids are happy, everyone is happy. All because of River Ridge. Because we care. Even more than one paragraph ago. Sarah McLachlan song....everyone looks forlornly at the camera...kids, puppies, baby seals, fuzzy yellow ducklings. You know, before they get big, chase you and turn into feathered dirty flea hotels...sorry had to get that out....good for the soul....RR logo fades in....Sarah’s crying.....that’s good.....you get it....

Doppler Doppelgänger - We Have Vision

Yes we do, oh yes we do. Radar. Doppler Radar. Only we’re not using it to plan fishing trips. (Well we are, but that’s really none of your business now, is it? So there’s some company equipment that can possibly be used to plan pleasure excursions. And said equipment will tell me the launch angle of a hardhead when I whack it with an ASR rod in the head...tell me who hasn’t? You’re sitting there right now on your browser looking at boats, condos and betting sites. Is that any different? I’m not a monster, I’m just weak. Does this submarine my bid for the Presidency? Does that mean I can’t get my own show on Oprah’s channel? Does that mean..wha? huh?...got sidetracked...where were we? Oh yeah)

Doppler Radar. We can tell you your launch, ball speed, clubhead speed, swing path and carry distance. With three swings. We’ll even let you warm up first so you have no excuses. That’s how we roll.

Call the pro shop or email to set up your fitting appointment. And ixnay on the ishfay thing, OK?

Just a quick post to tell you all HAPPY NEW YEAR!!

Looking forward to 2012 and we’ve already started breaking out the toys. Class, we’re going to talk about two things today. The first is a flat out personal referral. We know that there are X amount of you that are die-hard coffee or tea drinkers. Well your intrepid, no fish-catching author has discovered something. It’s called a Hydro-Flask and we have them in the River Ridge pro shop. My personal endorsement? Went fishing Wednesday and filled my Hydro Flask with iced tea. Picked it up Thursday night off my backseat floorboard. It still has ice in it. Did I mention it doesn’t sweat? Did I mention it was on a kayak in the water for five hours with me the day before? Did I mention I can’t catch fish? Think that thing would come in handy when it’s 100 degrees in the shade and you want a nice cold drink? Or you want a slug of coffee when it’s an ice cube outside? Just saying....

The second toy is big. For all you swing geeks, tech geeks, anyone who really wants to know what your golf club and your golf ball are doing, we present to you.....The Doppler Radar System. That’s right we have one. The only one on this side of the world. If you want to know your launch angle, ball flight specs, clubhead speed, probably your heart rate and underwear size, this little baby can do it. And it can do it on the driving range where you can see your ball, not into a net or a wall in a dark room. If you really want to know....REALLY want to know the truth, call the River Ridge pro shop and set up an appointment with our Director of Instruction, Jim Apple. Jim will show you all the data you can possibly compile. Whether you really want to know is entirely up to you.

Last but certainly not least, hope everyone has had a great holiday season and wishing you all a Happy New Year. Please be safe and courteous on the roads and make sure you make it home. See you in 2012!

Re: December 13

We will be closed after 12:00 Tuesday December 13th for a private function.

Do you love the color green?

Why yes Jimmy, that grass is green. From tee to green. That’s because we’ve provided you with something this winter that you just won’t get at your normal public golf course. Overseeded fairways. What that means to you is pretty, bright green fairways to aim at all winter. And when you get to your ball, you’re hitting off grass. All winter. Think that will help your score out any? Just trying to keep providing you with the best public course in the region. Think of it this way...yes we may have a big mouth, but we’ve got the grass to back it up.

What Drives You?

Congrats go out to Henry Jones our October winner of the Dozen Dozen. One more month to go to win 12 dozen Pro V1’s. Since most of you have already registered with the site and we have your email address, you need to give us something different. So here’s how you enter this month. Send me an email titled “Dozen Dozen” and tell me what driver you play. Don’t just give us a generic brand name; we want make, model, shaft the whole shebang. When we want to know about our customers, we really want to know about our customers.

The Day After Thanksgiving

We will be closed on Thanksgiving Day. The Friday after Thanksgiving is holiday rates, so no passes or coupons accepted that day. That’s also the day everything in the world goes on sale for Christmas. Think River Ridge will have some bargains? Hmm....

Titleist Ball Fitting

Time is running out- Titleist ball fitting next Saturday the 29th. We’ve got a few morning slots left, so email the pro shop or give us a call to get on the list!! Or just keep playing the same ball you always play. You know, the one you found in the hazard on Parkland #4 last week. The one that keeps going shorter than your partners. By all means, you should keep playing that short, crooked ball. On that note, what are you doing next week? Have some guys interested in playing with you....

Mark your calendars

Remember, we are closed this Sunday the 23rd and next Friday the 28th for private events.