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Good afternoon,

I hope everyone is finally enjoying our Florida winter as we had a beautiful week of weather. Also, looking at the future forecast the weather is supposed to be beautiful for a few weeks as well…

With this warmer we will start to see some positive growth and the Golf course start to turn green again. We have to remember that we need the soil temperatures to close to 60 degrees to have positive growth. I was asked a few questions about if we are putting out any fertilizer or chemicals as people haven’t seen any granular as that’s everyone is used to seeing. I had a conversation about this, and he has been doing the correct practices to the Golf Course and he has been using liquid fertilizer. Please see below some information on the difference:

The pros of using liquid fertilizer compared to granular are numerous,

1. When spraying fertilizer, I can control where the fertilizer goes and only fertilizer where we want. Granular fertilizer you have to fertilize outside of the desired area to get good coverage. In this instance liquid is saving money by only fertilizing where desired.
2. Liquid fertilizer is readily available to the plant both through the foliage and soil without irrigation. Granular apps require irrigation to break the prill down for the plant to have access.
3. Coverage of liquid spray is uniform where granular apps do not have the uniform coverage.
4. Liquid fertilizer is not being broken down by the tertiary effluent water like the granular are by irrigation.

Hopefully this answers some questions on the process the Maintenance Team is using. Also, I know that the team is working on the greens as the cold weather hurt us on our normal bad greens 3, 5, 7 & 16. Todd has a good plan in place and with this weather he’s confident it will come back soon as he see’s good growth.

Next week the team will be needle tinning the greens on Monday to keep good oxygen getting into the greens. We will also continue to work on the bumpy areas as we have had a few positive comments on it working. They will also be down more winter projects with clean up, mulching projects, etc.…

We continue to grow in the Golf Operations department as we made great strides in our Outside Operations as we continue to grow that team. Hopefully you seen a better presence of Starters and Player Assistance on the Golf Course. We continue to get better in this area and are committed to get individuals to drive their carts in the correct areas of the Golf Course. I am still looking for Golf Shop employees as well as an Assistant to help run the Golf Shop, I will not rush as I would like to get the correct individual in this position as I have numerous of ideas I want to start:

• Saturday afternoon – Couples Night with 9 holes of Golf and Dinner
• Ladies Clinics – weekly

Just to name a few things that I want to do for the facility. I have many more as I’m getting some great ideas with the PGA Classes I’ve been taking lately.

All of the following events are open on the website so please if you have a chance sign up and let’s make these great events this year:

• February 8th – Mixed Couples – 8:30 Shotgun start
• February 22nd & 23rd – Club Championship – 8:30 Shotgun Start each day
• March 21st, 22nd & 23rd – Member Guest – Day 1 – practice round on your own, Day 2 &3 – 8:30 shotgun starts
• April 3rd, 4th & 5th – Member – Member – 8:30 Shotgun each day – I know this event seems to keep moving and it was moved because I heard the first dates, we had were not good due to the Masters Tournament. Then I didn’t look, and soon realized it was Easter weekend. So, after discussions with a few other members, they believed these were good dates and have volunteered to help with the event. We are going to make this a great Member – Member again!!

Let me know if you have any questions on these events and I would love to see some of the numbers register again like 2019 when I saw the tournament information from that year. Also, I need to order all the product for these events to make sure it’s here in time.

F&B had another wonderful week as watching our new team form and get better each day is wonderful to see and see all the positive attitudes. We still have along way to go and we are excited about February and have many fun items for the month.

Want to thank everyone who attended The Band last Friday and was nice to see everyone having a great time. Please sign up for our next Band on February 28th from 6:00 to 9:00 with doors opening at 5:30… please sign up and let’s continue to have fun!!

Please see the specials for next week:

• Saturday – February 1st – Lunch – Egg Salad Wrap – $13.95 – Dinner – Prime Rib Night – $30.95
• Sunday – February 2nd – Breakfast – Breakfast Wrap – $13.95
• Tuesday – February 4th – Lunch – Southwestern Salad with Shrimp – $14.95 – Baked Ziti – $14.95
• Wednesday – February 5th – Lunch – Chicken Ceaser Wrap – $13.95 – Dinner – Burger & a Brew – $13.00
• Thursday – February 6th – Lunch – Ham & Cheese Sub – $13.95 – Dinner – Italian Night with Chef Majdy – $23.95
• Friday – February 7th – Lunch – Grouper Fingers – $13.95 – Fried Fish & Chips – $21.95
• Saturday – February 8th – Lunch – Pesto Chicken Sandwich – $13.95 – Dinner – Prime Rib Night – $30.95

Another great week of specials… Please call and make a reservation and enjoy a nice evening the restaurant. We appreciate the support as we continue to grow as a team.

I hope everyone is has great weekend and everyone get’s a chance to golf or get outside and enjoy this beautiful weather. If anyone has any questions, please let me know and thanks for the support.

Good afternoon,

I hope everyone is having a great week and has stay warm as we have dealt with this unusual cold weather for Florida this winter. The good news is we will be back to our normal 70-to-75-degree weather all next week…

With this weather the Maintenance team didn’t work a lot this week, but they did continue to finish projects we had planned for this winter:

• Continue to mulch areas on the golf course
• Worked on cart paths
• Still try to work the bumpy areas to try to make them smoother for golf carts

We did top-dress all the greens this week to help keep them warm as the past two (2) mornings have been really cold and we want to protect them.

Next week Todd is going to start with some of the pre-emergent programs he has in place and with the weather we have coming hopefully we can get a little growth and start to green up. I know Todd is excited about having some warmer weather and gives him an opportunity to get some more work done and make the golf course continue to get better.

With this weather as most of you know it’s been really slow this week and haven’t had many rounds or many people visit the Golf Shop.

Unfortunately, we did have to postpone the Mixed Couples event until February 8th, and I have opened the website to try to get more signups for the event as of today we only had 20 players…

Please stop by the Golf Shop and take a look at some of the new product that has arrived new Adidas shirts, new shoes and we have some more new product coming in as well.

Tomorrow, Saturday 1.25.25 we are expecting a thick frost and will not open until at least 8:00 am as of right now.

Please sign up for the following events:

• February 8th – Mixed Couples – 8:30 Shotgun start
• February 22nd & 23rd – Club Championship – 8:30 Shotgun Start each day
• March 21st, 22nd & 23rd – Member Guest – Day 1 – practice round on your own, Day 2 &3 – 8:30 shotgun starts
• April 17th, 18th & 19th – Member – Member – 8:30 Shotgun each day

All of these events are open on the website to sign up for currently. If you’re going to play in these events, please sign up early as I will need to get individual shirt sizes for people so we can make sure the product is in on time. I’m looking forward to making these events better each year and it will be a great time.

I’ve heard numerous comments on the new menu and many people are enjoying it. Please give it a try and let us know what you think as we are always looking for positive feedback so we can improve daily.

We have 169 people going to tonight’s band at Fairfax Hall and I hope everyone has a wonderful evening and enjoys this band. We will have another Band on February 28th in Fairfax Hall and will be a Mardi Gras theme party. We will also have live entertainment in the restaurant next Friday call and make a reservation.

Also, please call and make reservations for the Valentine’s Day Dinner on Friday February 14th we will have two (2) seatings one at 4:30 PM and another at 6:00 PM, we will also have live entertainment. We are excited to host another wonderful evening.

Please see our specials for next week:

• Saturday January 25th – Lunch – Patty Melt – $13.95 – Dinner – Shrimp & Grits with a salad – $20.95
• Sunday – January 26th – Breakfast – Blueberry Pancakes with choice of meat – $11.95
• Tuesday – January 28th – Lunch – Turkey Rueben – $13.95 – Dinner – Linguine with meat sauce – $20.95
• Wednesday – January 29th – Lunch – BLT with chips – $13.95 – Dinner – Burger Night – $10.00
• Thursday – January 30th – Lunch – Chicken Pesto Sandwich – $13.95 – Dinner – Liver & Onions with salad – $18.95
• Friday – January 31st – Lunch – Fried Calamari – $13.95 – Dinner – Pan Seared White Fish in a lemon butter sauce – $26.95
• Saturday – February 1st – Lunch – Egg Salad Wrap – $13.95 – Dinner – Prime Rib with baked potato – $30.95
• Sunday – February 2nd – Breakfast – Breakfast Wrap – $13.95

Another week of great specials please come out and enjoy and call and make reservations and enjoy a wonderful dinner.

Also please sign up for the following events:

• Every Tuesday – Sign up for Trivia
• 1st & 3rd Fridays – Karaoke at Fairfax Hall
• January 29th – Sports Trivia – Dining Room at the Grille – 5:00

I hope everyone has a great weekend and is excited about the wonderful weather that we are about to have. We are still working on getting better and work on improving daily. Please continue to let me know how we are doing and how we can keep improving daily. Thanks for the support and enjoy your weekend.

Thanks,

Good afternoon,

I hope everyone is having a great week and staying warm. Hope everyone has a chance to get out this weekend as it’s supposed to warm up and have a nice Saturday.

With this cooler weather the golf course is doing great, and the team is getting some work done as we continue to try to make it better each day. This week the team continued to work on fixing the bumps on the golf course as this will be our next big project. The team started on hole #1 and will work around the course in order, they will also be working on cart paths to make sure they are smooth and not as bumpy. This will take some time and we are determined to get this fixed as well…

The greens continue to have a good roll on them, and the speed has been consistently better as well. We are getting ready for our pre-emergent to go down in February as I’m confident we are about to make a positive change in the weather and as most of you have seen we aren’t mowing the golf course as there is no growth at this time. We appreciate all the great comments and all the questions as well as we still have a long way to go to get the levels we are striving for.

We did receive 17 golf cars this week to help us out with the cars that have been down since the lighting strike. This will help us as we won’t be turning business away and we can gain more rounds. The word is getting out about the golf course, and we have had numerous phones calls this week for future rounds on the golf course. Also, as many of you have seen we have numerous new staff members as part of the team, and we will continue to grow our team and make sure everyone is trained. I’ve heard numerous comments this week on nice it was seeing Player Assistance on the course, and we will continue to daily and continue to educate players where to park and drive their carts.

I do appreciate everyone’s patience this week when the website went down, and we couldn’t have any registration for any events. It is back up and running and I appreciate the residents that helped out and spread the word for me to everyone.

Please sign up for the following events:

• January 25^th – Mixed Couples – 8:30 Shotgun – we currently have 10 players signed up and would love to get to 32 players. I will wait until Wednesday to see if we can get more sign ups to decide if we will have this event…  spread the word and sign up.

I also want to thank all the leagues for their patience with scoring for the events and I will be taking a class very soon to learn all the different ways to use golf genius and run things faster and better.

Please stop by the Golf Shop this week as we have new merchandise arriving this week. Stop by and use your credit book!

I hope everyone has had a chance to take a look at the new menu as I’ve heard a lot of wonderful comments this week on the menu and also that everyone is enjoying. If you have a chance, please stop by and try it out. One of the new items is a Steak of the month and this month it is:

• 12 Oz T-Bone Steak and the market price is $33.95. Served with Baked Potato and Vegetables.

The Friday entertainment is back and running and we continue to have a lot of happy customers signing and dancing and enjoying a nice evening in the restaurant. Except Friday the 24^th, the band will be in Fairfax. Call and make a reservation for before and enjoy a fun evening.

Also, please call and make reservations for The Valentines Day Dinner as the team has a wonderful meal planned and we will have a saxophone player playing on this evening. We will be doing two seatings one at 4:30 and second at 6:00.

Just a reminder that we strongly recommend reservations, especially on Friday nights and Sunday mornings.

Please sign up for the following events:

• Every Tuesday – Sign up for Trivia.
• 1^st & 3^rd Fridays – Karaoke at Fairfax Hall
• January 24^th – Soul’d Out – Fairfax Hall get your tickets on the website.
• January 29^th – Sports Trivia – Dining Room at the Grille – 5:00 pm

Please see the specials for next week:

• Saturday – January 18^th – Lunch – Buffalo Chicken Sandwich – $14.95 – Dinner – Prime Rib with Baked potato.
• Sunday – January 19^th – Breakfast – 2 eggs your way over corn beef hash – $13.95
• Tuesday – January 21st – Lunch – Pulled Pork Sandwich – $13.95 – Dinner – Chicken pot pie with salad – $21.95.
• Wednesday – January 22nd– Lunch – Beef Melt – $13.95 – Dinner – Burger Night – $10.95
• Thursday – January 23rd– Lunch – Meatball Sub – $13.95 – Dinner – Asian Night – $23.95
• Friday – January 24th– Tuna Salad Wrap – $13.95 – Dinner – Crab Stuffed Sole Fish – $25.95
• Saturday – January 25^th – Lunch – Patty Melt – $13.95 – Dinner – Shrimp & Grits with salad – $20.95
• Sunday – January 26^th – Breakfast – Blueberry Pancakes with choice of meat – $11.95

Another awesome week of specials and we really hope everyone comes out and supports the restaurant and enjoys a nice meal.

I hope everyone has a great weekend and we are excited about having another successful week as we continue to grow as a team and continue to make ARGC a great place to golf and eat. If anyone has any questions, please let me know and I’ll do my best to help.

Good afternoon,

I hope everyone is having a great week and is doing their best to stay warm with this cold weather we’ve been having.

We had a very successful week working on the Golf Course as we continued to make great strides with the work we’ve been doing. The team worked on numerous cart paths this week and worked on getting the ruts out and make them better for everyone’s carts. This won’t be the final product as Todd and his team are waiting for a product to come in and it will look better. With this cold weather we aren’t getting much growth currently, but the team continues to prepare for the Spring weather as we continue to fertilize and continue to work on the greens.

We have a punch list that we are currently working on for the golf course and we will continue to finish this list and continue to make the golf course better each day. The future forecast doesn’t look great as we continue to stay in this cold spell another 7 to 10 days and hopefully after that we will have some sunshine as warmer weather is coming in. The goal is to continue to work on the golf course and continue to improve daily. I have had numerous individuals approach me and ask questions or let me know if they see something. I really appreciate that and please if you see something let me know.

The Golf Operations team continues to grow as this week we’ve hired three (3) new outside staff employees and a new individual for the Golf Shop. We will continue to grow in all areas as we will have starters and player assistants on a daily basis, and we will have better control of where people drive their carts as well as make sure they are filling their divots and fixing their ball marks on greens.

I know I’ve received some questions about the golf cars and when they will be repaired as we are still waiting on the Insurance Company to give us an answer and hopefully next week, we will get more rentals to help us out and we don’t have to turn play away. Hopefully, we can get some warmer weather and we can get more golfers to come out as well…

Please sign up for the following events:

• January 25^th – Mixed Couples – 8:30 Shotgun

Also, I want to thank everyone for stopping by the Golf Shop to check in the days you play. We still have a few that don’t check in and would appreciate if you could, moving forward this helps us show documented member rounds as it helps the staff get to learn your names.

F&B has had a slow start to the year, and we are hoping that it will pick up next week as we will be rolling out the new menu on Sunday for breakfast. I apologize for the delay as we need to do some work and check out other golf courses and properties as we have raised the price on a few items on the new menu as cost of items continue to go up on us. For example, a case of Romaine lettuce is $150.00, and case of eggs cost us $98.18 which is 180 eggs, and our cost is .55 cents per egg, French fries have gone to $68.00, and they were $33.00 per case. Also, we just had a 4.75% increase on all Pepsi products as well. The cost of all beer, liquor and wine have gone up as well. With this said unfortunately we had to raise some prices on some items. We haven’t had any rate increase in F&B in over a year and we hope everyone understands and continues to support us.

We are excited that tonight we have live entertainment back in the restaurant and look forward to seeing everyone and watching everyone have a fun evening and look forward to the next few weeks please call and make reservations as it fills up fast.

Please sign up for the following events:

• Tuesdays – Sign up for our Trivia as it’s fun evening.
• January 24^th – Soul’d Out – Fairfax Hall get your tickets on the website.
• January 29^th – Sports Trivia – Dining Room – 5:00 pm

Next week we are going to post our Valentines Day Dinner in the Restaurant we look forward to having a wonderful evening and improve on last year’s dinner.

Please see the specials for next week:

• Saturday – January 11^th – Lunch – Fish Sandwich – $14.95 – Dinner – Lamb Shank – $25.95
• Sunday – January 12^th – Breakfast – Florida Belgium Waffle – $11.95
• Tuesday – January 14^th – Lunch – Chicken Bacon Ranch – $14.95 – Dinner – Meat Loaf with mashed potato – $20.95
• Wednesday – January 15^th – Lunch – Sausage & pepper & onions – $13.95 – We have a private event in the Dining Room and Oak Room but will have seats in the Tavern for Burger Night for – $10.00.
• Thursday – January 16^th – Chili Cheese Fries – $10.95 – Dinner – BBQ Night – Brisket, pulled pork and Ribs – $23.95
• Friday – January 17^th – Lunch – Grouper Fingers – $14.95 – Dinner – Grilled Swordfish – $25.95
• Saturday – January 18^th – Lunch – Buffalo Chicken Sandwich – $14.95 – Dinner – Prime Rib with Baked Potato
• Sunday – January 19^th – Breakfast – 2 eggs your way over corn beef hash – $13.95

Another great week of specials and we really hope we see everyone, and everyone comes and enjoys an evening in the Restaurant and has a nice meal.

I’m looking forward to another great week and more opportunities to getting better and learn new things. I know I say this a lot but I’m extremely excited about the future and continue to have fun and make ARGC the best facility in Lake County. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to contact me and I will do my best to assist.

Thanks,