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Jason's Weekly De-Scramble 1.31.25

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.

Thanks,
Jason R. DeWildt – PGA
General Manger