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.
Thanks,
Jason R. DeWildt – PGA
General Manager