Hope everyone is having a great week and enjoying the nice weather.

The maintenance team had a good week and if you played you can see that we have replaced some of the bad areas on the greens with new sod as we continue to work on the greens and make them better for play. They are also doing other jobs that they have on their punch list.

Next week they will continue to work of the punch list and work on the greens, tees, and fairways to continue to push positive growth. I would like to ask everyone to please stay on cart paths around all tee boxes and green complexes as they are trying to get positive growth in these areas as well. Also, next week we will be putting up more green and white stakes as well as ropes to keep carts of certain areas and we will be moving these frequently so please pay attention to these areas.

Also, you will notice that we have a new Golf Shop employees and please have patience with them as they learn your names and the groups you play in. They are all eager and excited to be here and we are building a great fun team.

As most of you know we have postponed the Club Championship due to the lack of signups. So, we have moved it to April 25th & 26th and this will be a free event for all members, and we will be running a great lunch special as well as drink specials for that event. Please sign up and let us make it a fun event.

Anyone that did sign up I have returned the money back to your credit card you paid with and please remember it takes 5 to 10 days to get back to your account.

Please sign up for the following events:

• March 21st,22nd & 23rd – Member – Guest – Friday please make your own practice round time and Saturday and Sunday will be 8:30 Shotgun Starts
• April 3rd, 4th & 5th – Member – Member – 8:30 Shotgun Starts

Let’s make these magnificent events and get a lot of participation…

F&B had another momentous week as we had a few parties, and we continue to numerous phone calls about more events as well… The team is doing a fantastic job learning the menu and learning the back of the house and we will continue to grow and get better each day.

Please see the specials for next week:

• Saturday – February 22nd – Lunch – Chicken Coren Bleu Sandwich – $13.95 – Dinner – Prime Rib Night – $30.95
• Sunday – February 23rd – Breakfast – Blueberry Waffles – $14.95
• Tuesday – February 25th – Lunch – Loaded Nachos – $13.95 – Chicken Michelle – $20.95
• Wednesday – February 26th – Lunch – Chicken Caeser Wrap – $13.95 – Dinner – Burger & Brew – $13.00
• Thursday – February 27th – Lunch – Fish Sandwich – $13.95 – Dinner – Mexican Lasagna – $20.95
• Friday – February 28th – Lunch – Chicken Salad Wrap – $13.95 – Dinner – Stuffed Sole Fish – 27.95
• Saturday – March 1st – Lunch – Grilled Cheese with Bacon – $12.95 – Dinner – Lamb Osso Bucco – $26.95
• Sunday – March 2nd – Breakfast – Corned Beef Hash with poached eggs with hollandaise sauce – $12.95

Another great week of specials please call and make a reservation and enjoy a nice, cooked meal.

I’m also excited to say that in March we are going to try something new on Wednesday and we will be having live entertainment in “The Tavern” from 4:00 to 6:00 with happy hour special drinks form 4:00 to 5:00… Please call and make a reservation and we are excited to try something new.

If anyone signed up for the Band on February 28th I have gone and gave everyone their money back to the credit card, you used to buy you ticket. It does take 5 to 10 business days for this to come back to your account.

Also, don’t forget about other fun items we have planned in the community:

• Karaoke and Name that tune.
• Women’s Night on March 30th – sign up on the website.

I appreciate everyone’s time and support, and we look forward to having a great end to the month of February and bring in March and have another successful month.

Once last thing thank you to all the individuals that reached out while I was out during my surgery and making sure I was good. It meant a lot to hear from everyone.

Have a great weekend and I will see you next week.

Good morning,

I hope everyone has had a great week and is enjoying the unseasonal weather for Florida and that everyone had a nice Valentines Day.

I know that I have taken numerous questions on the Golf Course this week about the conditions and what the team in doing on the Golf Course. They were very aggressive with the greens and trying to fix the bad spots on the typical holes that have issues – 3,5,7 & 16. They have taking plugs out of better greens to fix these areas on the bad greens, and I have gone out to all the greens and have asked today to fix other spots and make sure they are smooth and taken care of properly. We also need to remember that with those two (2) weeks of unseasonal weather the grass went dormant, and grass doesn’t grow, and we need temperatures in the 60’s at night for the soil to grow and it will come back with all the fertilization we’ve done in the past two weeks. I meet with Todd daily and also ride the course daily as I have the same concerns as every else does and have a very short window, I’ve given to get these items corrected.

Next week the team is only working on the areas I’ve asked Todd and his team to work on and we do have a punch list for all 18 holes with deadlines and goals to accomplish.

As, I said last week the Golf Operations team continues to grow and have brought in some new employees and we are excited to see new faces and excited to be on the team. There will be some mistakes made and we will continue to work with them so we eliminate them as fast as we can.

Appreciate everyone that played in the Mixed Couples event last Saturday and Congrats to the winners and glad everyone had a great time.

Please sign up for the following upcoming events:

• February 21st & 22nd Club Championship – 8:30 shotgun start, and I will have pairings out as soon as I can
• March 21st, 22nd & 23rd – Member Guest – Friday is a practice round make your own tee time and Saturday and Sunday will be 8:30 Shotgun starts.
• April 3rd, 4th & 5th – Member – Member – 8:30 shotguns each day

I really hope we have bigger fields, and we have already made great plans for these events

This week the F&B team had another successful week as we continue to train the staff with getting to tables faster and working with the kitchen staff to get quality food out at a descent ticket time while working with each other and having better communication.

Please see the specials for next week:

• Saturday – February 15th – Lunch – Sausage & Peppers Sandwich – $13.95 – Dinner – Prime Rib Night – $30.95
• Sunday – February 16th – Breakfast – Greek Omelet – $14.95
• Tuesday – February 18th – Lunch – Hot Dog & Chips $8.00 – Meatballs & Linguini – $20.95
• Wednesday – February 19th – Lunch – Turkey Rueben – $13.95 – Dinner – Burger & Brew – $13.00
• Thursday – February 20th – Lunch – Egg Salad Wrap – $13.95 – Dinner – Asian Night – Live cooking with Madjy – $22.95
• Friday – February 21st – Lunch – Brats & Chips – $13.95 – Dinner – Fish & Chips
• Saturday – February 22nd – Lunch – Chicken Corden Bleu Sandwich – $13.95 – Dinner – Prime Rib Night – $30.95
• Sunday – February 23rd – Breakfast – Blueberry Waffles

Another week of great specials and thanks for booking for the Valentines Dinner as it was a great meal.

Don’t forget the other fun items we are hosting:

• Karaoke & Name that Tune
• Friday night entertainment in the Restaurant
• Next Band Friday February 28th – CANCELED…. We only had 16 people signed up and we had to give the Band notice.  I will credit everyone’s credit card in the next few days.  We need to have sign ups earlier for these bands to continue to come to ARGC

We appreciate all the support and the comments on what we do good and what we can improve on. We have a dedicated team that wants to make everything better each day and we also have individuals that we are teaching, coaching and training that the property is going in a new direction and in the direction of being positive.

As most of you know I will be out a few days for a surgery I just had but will be working from home and hope to be back sooner then I thought.

If you have any questions, please let me know. Have a great weekend and we truly appreciate the support.

Thanks,

Jason R. DeWildt – PGA
General Manager

Good afternoon,

I hope everyone is having a great week and has enjoyed this beautiful weather we are having and is getting a chance to get out and enjoy it.

I want to start today with letting everyone know that we appreciate the support and the comments on how we perform our daily tasks. I want to let everyone know that as a “Team” we do our best on a daily basis, and we do make mistakes, and we try our best to learn from them, so we continue to grow. We do daily walk throughs in all areas to make sure things are done properly. We have certain standards that as a “Team” we try to meet on a daily basis and with that also have policies and procedures in place that we expect the “Team” to follow. If we don’t have these, we can’t get better and we continue to fail. Also, in the Hospitality business retaining staff is very difficult, some stay and some go, I try my best to retain them, but they also have other plans in their lives that they want to achieve. I believe I was brought to this property to help improve it, with a better golf course, a better F&B Operation and to make sure that it is ran like a successful business. Sometimes I make decisions that individuals don’t like, but I’m making them for the best of the business!! In the short time I’ve been here I believe we are doing these things for the best of the community… Golf is growing with more outsiders, tournaments and smaller events. F&B is growing by the day as we get more and more events and private parties and more individuals that support our daily specials. With that said every decision won’t make everyone happy but at the same time I’m thinking of Arlington Ridge and how we can continue to make it grow and become a better facility every day. As I always say please let me know if you have any concerns, thoughts or ideas as an individual my daily goals are to grow as well.

The maintenance team had another good week as this wonderful weather has really helped out and we are getting some great positive growth, and they did a lot of work on the greens, and you can see that we are taking plugs out of certain areas and putting them in some of the weaker areas of the greens. Next week the team will be doing the following projects:

• Verticutting and topdressing greens on Monday
• Continue to work on the bad areas of the greens and continue to work on speeds.
• We are also spraying the Poa weed and with the Herbicide we are using will take up to 14 days to show the weed dying.
• Also, as we continue to punch the bad and bumpy areas to try to have better turf and less bumps. With that please play those areas as “Ground under Repair”

As, we continue to look at future forecasts we have a great weather pattern coming and you will see positive changes to the golf course. We are also discussing a better plan for Mondays with Golf course maintenance as the team doesn’t have many days to get work done with the Shotguns we do. We may start back 9 starts on some Mondays and look at a later start time. Please make sure that we don’t tee off before our time.

The Golf Operations Team continues to grow, and we continue to numerous phone calls about playing here and I’ve booked two new events for the Golf Course. Stop by the Golf Shop and check out the new product and stock up on your golf balls.

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 3rd, 4th & 5th – Member – Member – 8:30 Shotgun each day

Had another great week in F&B as we had a busy week with individuals supporting the daily specials. We continue to add new team members to the team as we continue to sell numerous private parties.

Please see the Specials for next week:

• Saturday – February 8th – Lunch – Pesto Chicken Sandwich – $13.95 – Dinner – Prime Rib Night – $30.95
• Sunday – February 9th – Breakfast – Smoke Salmon Eggs Benedict – $14.95
• Tuesday – February 11th – Lunch – Roast Beef Wrap – $13.95 – Beef Stroganoff – $20.95
• Wednesday – February 12th – Lunch – Chef Salad – $13.95 – Dinner – Burger & a Brew – $13.00
• Thursday – February 13th – Lunch – Patty Melt – $14.95 – Dinner – BBQ Night (Brisket, Ribs & Pulled Pork) – $21.95
• Friday – February 14th – Lunch – Tuna Wrap – $13.95 – Valentines Dinner Night – SOLD OUT –
• Saturday – February 15th – Lunch – Smoked Sausage & Onion – $13.95 – Dinner – Prime Rib Night – $30.95

Another week of great specials and thanks for booking for the Valentines Dinner as it will be a great meal.

Don’t forget the other fun items we are hosting:

• Karaoke & Name that Tune
• Friday night entertainment in the Restaurant
• Next Band Friday February 28th – Buy your tickets on the website

I know the team has had numerous conversations about continuing to do different things and we truly appreciate the support as we do want to provide a good environment and an enjoyable atmosphere.

As I said above, we do work daily on making sure we have a better Golf Course, better Restaurant, and have a better Atmosphere for everyone, and we will make mistakes but we will also learn from them. If anyone has any comments, please let me know.