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Club News March 2020 SUGARMILL WOODS • SOUTHERN WOODS• OAK VILLAGE NEWSLETTER What’s New Message From the General Manager......................................3 Hit & Giggles Event .............................................................15 Cocktail Cuties .......................................................................3 Prime Rib Buffet...................................................................15 The Pro’s Corner.....................................................................4 Singles Night ........................................................................15 Game Night.............................................................................4 Tampa Bay Rays Game Day.................................................17 Message From The Membership Director..............................5 Calendar.......................................................................18 & 19 Message From Robin Frick ....................................................9 Sugarmill Woods Men’s Golf Association ..................20 & 21 Message From Chef Joe Coonse ............................................9 Southern Woods Men’s Golf Association.............................22 Sunday Brunch Buffet ..........................................................10 Hog Roast Invitational..........................................................23 St. Patrick’s Day Dinner .......................................................11 Sugarmill Woods Ladies’ Golf Association.................24 & 25 Oak Village ...........................................................................12 Fun and Games............................................................26 & 28 Drop Shots ............................................................................13 Southern Woods Ladies’ Golf Association ...........................27 Bridge Club...........................................................................13 Special Interest Groups................................................32 & 33 2 Message From The General Manager By Rick Kelso, General Manager golfing member plays at World Woods then they will have to pay the rack rate, and at Southern and Sugarmill Woods We have recently sprayed a pre-emerge for they will be charged the guest rate of a member not controlling the weeds at both Sugarmill exceeding the normal guest policy. Below are the rates and and Southern Woods and will so this every times at World Woods. 60 to 90 days. We have scheduled an application for mole crickets this month with Before to 10:00 am a weed killer to start eliminate the weeds we currently Full Golf Members not on the Cart Lease $20 have. We will keep the members posted on other Full Golf Members on the Cart Lease $20 applications as we get closer to the summer growing season. We appreciate everyone's support and patience Social/TNR Members $30 May – Oct during this time. $35 Nov – Dec, April $45 Jan – March We have had several internal changes to our staff and the last few months have created a steep learning curve. We The fee of $5 per nine holes will apply to the SHORT believe that we have assembled a great team and will now COURSE for all Golf Members. see a consistency that we all have grown to love at the After 10:00 am Sugarmill and Southern Woods restaurants. Thank you for Full Golf Members not on the Cart Lease $16.50 your support and your patience. Robin and the entire Sugarmill Woods Restaurant staff has been and will Full Golf Members on the Cart Lease $0 continue helping during the busier times at the Southern Social/TNR Members $25 May – Oct Woods. I really appreciate all they do to make sure the $30 Nov – Dec, April members are being taken care of to the best of our abilities. $40 Jan – March Going forward, if you need to book a food and beverage The 'cart lease' on the SHORT COURSE will apply. ** function at either Sugarmill Woods and Southern Woods then it will need to go through Robin. This will make sure The fee of $5 per nine holes will apply to the SHORT we will be able to provide the necessary help to make your COURSE for all golf members not on the cart lease. function what you expect. Golf carts for the SHORT COURSE are based on We will be hosting the annual Sugarmill/Southern Woods availability. Therefore, please call and verify prior to Ladies Golf Association "Ladies Member-Guest" on arrival. Range balls and practice holes at World Woods March 7th and 8th. For more details, please contact the have separate fees and are not part of any member club Southern Woods LGA. programs. David has been given the duties to work with the members to provide more golf events for the golfers to enjoy. This past month we had 60 players that played in the Valentine Day Golf Event on February 16th at Sugarmill Woods. Come join the “Sugarmill Cocktail This was a great event! Thank you to all the members that Cuties” on Tuesday in the Lounge, supported and promoted this event. They are currently starting at 3:30 pm every Tuesday. In working out details of all the upcoming golf functions, so addition to everyday 2 for 1 drinks, there will be a Tuesday only make sure you check your emails and the bulletin boards specialty Drink 2 for 1. If you are looking for some mid-week for these events. If there is an event that you would like to fun, this is the group to join! See you Tuesday in the Score’s see, then please make sure to let David Knighton know. Lounge. We have made some changes to our golf staff over the last few months and also implemented a new point of sale system at World Woods. We have seen, on several MARCH SPECIALS occasions, that many of our members were being charged March 3 Electric Lemonade incorrectly when playing at World Woods. We believe we have the POS system operating correctly and, each week, March 10 Cherry Blossom will send an updated list of all the members and the March 17 Peach Martini appropriate fees to the staff at World Woods. We apologize for any inconveniences caused. March 24 Mango Breeze I would like to clarify a few things. First, a single March 31 Grasshopper membership means that only one member is a golfing member and their significant other does not have any golf Open Invitation to all Ladies! privileges; they only have dining privileges. If the non- 3 The Pro’s Corner By David Knighton, Head Golf adjust your aim slightly to accommodate. For some Professional people, aiming at twelve and swinging through one works the best while others may prefer the one and two combos. The long-held belief that in order to hit a draw, you need to close the clubface to Putting a few tees in the ground in front of your ball may the target and swing normally is danger- help you visualize the different 'times' and target lines and ous and usually results in snap hooks. can help you feel what the swing should be like. Try and get The first principle, which has been proven by the club moving over the tee to the right after you strike the modern technology such as Trackman, is that the path of ball for a feeling of where the path of the club should be the club needs to be more to the right than your clubface in heading. order for a draw to be achieved. The second principle is Give a few of these tips and drills a try and see if that draw that the starting direction of your shot is determined by the just might be something you're able to hit. If you still need position of your clubface and not your club path. Bringing any help, feel free to ask me for any help. See you next these two things together, you can see that to hit a draw, the month on the practice tee. path of the club has to go more to the right than the face is pointing. How much further to the right depends on what club you hit, with the rule of thumb being the longer the club distance, the fewer degrees between path and clubface you need. Maybe 0.5 degrees for your driver and 3 degrees for your wedge. To make things simple, keep this simple phrase in your mind when over the ball: The clubface must be closed to the path of the club, not to the target. Set-up To Hit A Draw Knowing that the clubface must be closed to the path of the club, there are a few key points in your set-up that will help you achieve the combination necessary to hit a draw. To start, aim your clubface directly at the target or wherever you want the ball to end up. Next, aim your feet directly at, GAME NIGHT or just to the right of the target as this will help start the swing on an in-to-out path needed to create the draw Sugarmill Woods CC movement. Finally, grip your club as you normally would, but slightly rotate your right hand clockwise around the Tuesday, grip so that your thumb is sitting at about the one o'clock position. Strengthening your grip like this allows your March 10th, 2020 arms and hands to release and rollover on the downswing, letting your clubface square up to the target in the position where it needs to be – closed to the path of the club. The last part is probably the hardest, but without it the clubface will end up square, or even to the right of the path, resulting in a much-dreaded block or slice. Try to avoid flipping your wrists over too much as this will start the ball to the left and result in a hook! Easy Drill If you're out on the range or playing a casual round, this drill can help groove the feeling of generating a club path to the right of the clubface – it's very simple. Imagine a clock face on the ground with your ball in the very middle. Let twelve o'clock point to the target. To hit a consistent draw, aim your clubface at one o'clock and swing the club through two o'clock. The basic principle of a closed clubface to the path will result in a draw shape. Take note of where the ball starts and ends and 4 Message From The PROUDLY Presents Membership Director the 36th annual By Jordan Le Meur, Membership Director The next Rays game will be against the Pittsburgh Pirates on Thursday, March 26, 2020, on Opening Day! The game starts at 4:10 pm and the bus will be leaving the Sugarmill Woods Country Club parking lot at 1:00 pm.

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