From the GM

From the General Manager, Mark Reid

Good news has arrived. Our new fleet of Golf Carts are on the way. The new carts will continue to be the No. 1 Rated EZGO Lithium Ion Elite Carts. Under this order, we have upgraded the seats to “Premium” for added member comfort. The Platinum color with Oyster seats and top will provide an upscale look for our Club.

We have a double bonus for new membership promotion this fall. Not only can new members who join this year enjoy the savings of the continued 40th anniversary promotion, but they will also receive the additional bonus of no billing until January 2021. For those who join now, that’s 2 ½ months of free golf! We would love to reach our goal of 300 members by the end of the year. If you know new members who are waiting in the wings for a fall promotion offer, this is it. Let’s all work the contacts and finish this year in grand style. The best is yet to come.

Our new fall menu is out and features many of the Club member’s favorites. The magic also happens in our nightly specials created by Chef Molly around the freshest available products. All of our members who dine frequently know the culinary art that goes into these dishes.

We will be posting nightly, or weekly specials on the Clubs Facebook page this fall. Obviously, with no “Food Minimum” being billed to members, we know we have to entice and earn your patronage. When we do, we hope that every member of the Club takes a few evenings every month to dine at the Argyle and support the Food and Beverage operations.

We have plenty of fall golf ahead of us, and the weather has been fantastic. We look forward to the natural beauty of the pallet of fall colors throughout the golf course.

We continue our improvement of the Golf Course. The pond on no. 9 was recently de-silted after 40 years of buildup at the inlet. Removal of the invasive aquatic plants has led to a much more visually attractive pond which also allows storm water to flow unrestricted again.

The fence along no. 13 fairway at the top of the stone wall has been under contract. The backlog due to COVID 19 has dictated that the installation schedule will be the first week of December. The old rotten wood rail fence will be replaced with a new black metal fence that matches the design of the fence on no. 13 wall.

We continue with good faith negotiations regarding the 2019 Jackson County Assessment, and we are now having hearings with the Board of Equalization. This painfully prolonged process has been further complicated by COVID 19. However, we believe we are getting close to resolving this. It was imperative that we challenge this after the Jackson County Assessor’s office place a valuation of $4.4 million on the Club while running our property tax burden up to almost $100,000. We have been very consistent in supporting our fair market valuation of $2.7 million. We are disappointed that we will have to spend over $10,000 in legal and professional appraisal fees this year just to provide further support to our position and secure a true and fair market valuation.