FLORENCE COUNTRY CLUB Life at The Club– General Manager

We are certainly going through a situation none of us has experienced before. Our business model has been challenged. We are learning as we go and making changes accordingly. We will continue to adjust to get better. We, all of us, members, staff and neighbors must come together and do our best. Our responsibility is at the highest to protect those around us and to protect the community at large. We will continue to keep the golf course and tennis courts open. The Clubhouse will remain closed, but the To Go Menu service will continue. We continue to make adjustments to speed up delivery and phone response time. Social distancing is being observed by limiting groups and using 1 cart per person. Our course is an easy walk for those looking for a little exercise. The tennis courts have also been busy with lessons and play. The Florence Country Club has a proud 96 year history and we will overcome these trying times. Our great members and staff make a tremendous foundation for us to not only survive but come out stronger. Stay safe while participating in your social distancing activities. As always, see you at The Club, Scott Simerlink

April 2020

Club Staff

General Manager: Mr. Scott Simerlink 843.662.1413X101

ssimerlink@florencecc.com

Executive Chef: Mr. Mark Cairns 843.662.1413X106

mcairns@florencecc.com

Head Golf Professional: Mr. Steve Behr 843.662.1413X108

stevebehrgolf@aol.com

Head Tennis Professional: Mr. Larry Rizzo 843.662.3015

lrizzo6430@aol.com

Accounting Manager: Mrs. Teresa Garris 843.662.1413X102

tgarris@florencecc.com

Banquet Coordinator: Mrs. Christine Welch 843.662.1413X100

Golf Course Superintendent: Mr. Dru Clark

843.662.5309 dclark@florencecc.com

In the 96 year history of The Club we have had many outstanding

members. Below are our current longest tenured members. A

special thanks to all our members for their loyalty and support.

Without you we could not be The Club that we are today.

Dr. George Richardson– 74 Years

C.V. Flowers– 62 Years

Laurence McIntosh– 59 Years

Dr. Clyde Padgett– 57 Years

Thomas E. Rogers Jr.– 56 Years

Betty McLeod– 56 Years

Dr. Townsend Holt– 56 Years

Betty Wyman– 56 Years

Larry Matthews– 55 Years

Dr. Eddie Floyd– 55 Years

Nelda Fowler– 55 Years

Laddie Hiller– 55 Years

Mark Buyck– 55 Years

Evans Holland– 54 Years

Dr. Carroll Player– 54 Years

Dr. Roy Huggins– 54 Years

Ann Houck– 54 Years

FCC Financial Spotlight

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MEMBER TYPE Feb ‘20 Feb ‘19 DIFF.

Junior 31 26 5

Ministerial 2 2 0

Non-Resident 16 18 -2

Resident 206 224 -18

Senior 47 46 1

Social 44 45 -1

Swim/Tennis 56 62 -6

Widow 9 10 -1

Total 411 433 -22

February 2020 2020 BUDGET 2019

INCOME 305,986 248,363 262,422

EXPENSES 317,732 282,082 286,413

DIFFERENCE -11,745 -33,719 -23,991

YTD 2020 2020 BUDGET 2019

INCOME 794,287 760,632 756,791

EXPENSES 741,779 779,705 739,517

DIFFERNCE 52,508 -19,073 17,274

Board of Directors

President Mr. Sonny Slaughter Office: 843.665.7599

Vice President & House Committee

Mr. Jamie Herbert Office: 843.662.8988

Secretary/Treasurer & Finance Committee

Mr. Brian Falcone Office: 843.230.8001

Golf Committee Mr. Grey Raines

Office: 843.617.0830

Tennis & Pool Committee Mr. David Poston

Office: 843.3824000

Greens Committee Mr. Gregg Jones

Office: 843.621.2111

Membership Marketing Mr. Jason Hyman

Office: 843.206.9239

House & Building Committee Mr. Robbie Timms

Office: 843.229.1172

Club Rules, Bylaws & Procedures Mr. Jay Saleeby

Office: 843.669.8787

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Dear Members,

Although times are weird and unconventional, The Club is still

preparing meals To Go. This is a fantastic way to end the day re-

laxing with your family sitting outside while you enjoy the even-

ing weather with the family.

Please see our weekly e-blast of specials for the week. In addition to these specials we are continuing to run

our Pub and Limited Dining Menus. Please give us a call at 843-662-1413 to order your meals to go.

We ask that you pull up to the portico where we will eagerly be watching for you. Please do not come into

the building. We will bring your meals to you. Please be patient with us as we try to maneuver our way

through this to make it safe and easy on you and us as we can.

Stay safe and continue to use safe protocols for you and your family.

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Junior Golf Clinics

Paul Woodbury is the instructor of the

junior clinics. The link to schedule

lessons with Paul is listed below: https://pwgolflessons.acuityscheduling.com

RANGE: Please practice social

distancing while on the range

and practice area. Also, be

aware of others waiting to hit

balls. Please limit your warm

up to 15 minutes prior to

your tee time.

Men’s Night Out: March 12th

1st: Jason Hyman, Tilly Thompson, Landis Lane, John Etheridge-54

T2nd: Jack Cochrane, John Orr, Carroll Player, R.D. Craddock-55

T2nd: Scott Thompson, Hank Moree, Mark Weir, Andy Rhea– 55

T2nd: Gregg Jones, John DeBerry, Jamie Herbert, Charlie Abbott-55

Golf Course Update

As most of you already know we have made some

modifications to the course and to our rules of play in an effort to

make the game as safe and as much fun as possible. All bunker

rakes have been removed from the course as well as all of the

water coolers. Also, please leave the flagsticks in the hole while

putting. These measures have been taken for everyone’s safety.

We have been sanitizing the golf carts and if requested are allowing

our members to take individual carts. This means 1 (one) person

per Club Cart with no exceptions, walking is encouraged. You are

asked to bring your bag of clubs every time you come to the club.

Currently there is no bag storage to avoid any unnecessary

exposures.

Also, to make sure we are limiting exposure even more to our

members, we are implementing a rule that no guest play allowed at

this time. Thank you for your cooperation.

Local Rules

Bunkers: Allowed to improve your lie one club length no closer to

the hole. Ball must remain in the bunker.

Greens: When putting please leave the flagstick in the hole. For

the ball to be holed out it must come to rest in the hole.

Hole-In-Ones

Trey Ridgeway and Rufus Bratton III, both made hole-in-ones on

the course recently! Congratulate these guys on ZOOM and buy

them a beer the next time you can meet up in The Clubhouse!

2020 Member -Guest

Information

June 12-14th

We have been in the planning phase

and this year’s Member-Guest

PROMISES to be our best EVER! If you

don’t have your partner or you

already have plans you will want to

change those plans and grab you a

partner!

Friday: Practice Rounds

Tee Gifts from Straight Down /

Embroidery done on site.

Friday Night: Live Band– Tru Sol

Saturday: Rounds One, Two, and

Three

Open Bar and Putting

Contest for $10,000 on

Putting Green After Play

Ladies Happy Hour 1-3pm

(Before Shootout)

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Golf Putting Tip What I’d like you to do is stand up with no putter, and then get into your putting setup. Then I’d like

you to put your hands together creating a triangle with your arms and shoulders. Once in that

position ,rock the triangle back and forth without moving your knees, hips and head. To do so the

shoulders (top of the triangle) must work more up and down than around. Thus, meaning the chest

should never open up and point to the target. Is it easy to keep everything still but your triangle?

Do you stay this steady when you putt? Work on this and let me know how it works out for you!

New Construction By now most of you have noticed the new foundation that has begun beside the driving range! We

are super excited to see the new state of the art Teaching Facility along with the new Junior Locker

Room begin to come to existence. This building will be a wonderful asset to the membership as it

will allow our members to have access to the latest technology in golf instruction featuring V1

Boditrak Pressure Mats, Trackman, and V1 Video Analysis! It will also allow our kids in an

Accomplished Junior Program, a place to hang out, feel welcomed and a place to store their clubs

other than in the back of their parent’s cars. This building will also provide the Florence Country

Club membership with bathrooms accessible to the entire membership. Also ,conveniently located

will be an ice/water machine and a beautiful porch with rocking chairs to take a break from the

upcoming summer heat. This facility is expected to be done sometime in June.

Are you just not feeling in the mood to make your Easter Dinner? We have Several

packages for you to choose from to make the day a little less hectic for you. All

orders must be received by April 8th. There will be no exceptions.

Package 1

Prime Rib 6# 140.00 or 10# 190.00

Red Bliss Mashed Potatoes

Mac and Cheese

Green Bean Casserole

Mixed Vegetables

House or Caesar Salad W/Dressing

Dinner Rolls

Package 2

Maple Brown Sugar Boneless Pit Ham

5# 50.00, or 10# 65.00

Includes same sides as Package 1

Prime Rib Only

6# 110.00, 10# 160.00

Ham Only

5# 35.00, 10# 50.00

Interested in Summer

Employment with FCC? Fill out

an application to be a

Lifeguard at the Pool! E-mail

Scott at

ssimerlink@florencecc.com

for an application.

Must be Lifeguard and CPR

certified. Uncertain at this

time when the job would start

due to pandemic, but line up

your summer job so you have

one when the pandemic

ends!

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Although all of our lives are being affected by the presence of Covid-19, mother nature has not waivered. Many

things have remained true and consistent on the golf course. Our greens are going great and the shaded areas that tend

to thin out during the fall/winter are healing nicely. Our fairways and tees have been mowed multiple times already this

year and it won’t be long before we will have to apply products to slow their growth rate. We have scaled down on our

total staffing during this period of uncertainty, but will continue to protect our most valuable asset. I find myself thinking

about how fortunate I am to be able to work outside every day and simply being able to continue to work unlike many

others.

We have implemented several changes on the golf course to limit the amount of transmission sights of Covid-19.

These changes were first posted on Facebook for all of you to be informed as quickly as possible. We decided to remove

the bunker rakes, water coolers, empty ball washers and club washers as well as implementing ideas that would prevent

everyone from having to retrieve their ball from the hole at each green. We first tried raising the cup so the ball would

only hit the edge of the cup and not be able to fall in. Although, many players were scoring better than ever, we quickly

learned this method was not very efficient for my staff to work around. We have began using foam pool noodles to fill

the cup so the ball would not fall into the hole and still allow our mowers and other equipment to pass over the cup

without any disruption. This method seems to be working well for the time being.

We are in the process of completing the new Red Tee on #13. and all we will lack to have them all completed will

be #9 and #18 tees. I have planned to finish all the new tees by April of this year, but with the ongoing epidemic our

priorities have been forced to change. The new teaching facility to the right of the driving range tee continues to take

shape. At this point the foundation has been poured and the construction process will begin moving vertically very soon.

I hope each of you and your families stay safe and I hope things will return to normal very soon. Respectfully,

Dru

When playing tennis you

should always play full matches

to improve your game no matter

your age or skill level.

Also, you should play better

players better than you, players

your own level and players you

are better than. The reason to

play better players than you is to

get comfortable with pressure. If

you always play a player you are

better than, you are always

playing without pressure. Stay

safe and see you on the courts.

Welcome New Members Brent and DeAnn Tiller

with their children Weatherly and Laura

Kay Packett

Anthony and Mandy Steinkruger

Blake and Annie Pate with their son David Pate II

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Paper Plate Easter Sewing Craft

Heavy Duty Paper Plates

Scissors

Hole Punch

Pencil

Yellow Yarn

Black Buttons

Orange Felt

Yellow Felt

Hot Glue Gun

Tape

Yarn Needle (Optional)

1. Draw Egg Shape On Paper Plate With Pencil

2. Poke Scissors Into Center Of Egg To Make A

Hole. Then Cut Egg Shape Out

3. Hole Punch All The Way Around The Egg Shape

(From The Inside Of Cut Out, Not From The

Outside Of the Paper Plate).

4. Cut Several Yards Of Yarn (10 Yrds For Small

Plate/12 Yrds For Large Plate). Tape One End

Of The Yarn To The Back Of The Plate And One

End To The Yarn To Keep From Fraying.

5. Sew Yarn Through Plate Holes Side to Side/

Diagonal Until End Of Yarn. Tape To Back Of

Plate.

6. Cut Two Wings From Yellow Felt, And Beak

From Orange Felt. Glue Wings, Beak And Two

Eyes On Plate.

Apple Donuts

Okay, how many of your kids have ate ALL the junk food in

the house? Even the chocolate you have hidden in your fa-

vorite hiding spot? Here is a simple solution to crave their

junk food craving, but mix it with some healthy!

1. Cut an apple into ring (as seen to the left)

2. Spread a topping of your/or their choice on top. This

could be peanut butter, almond butter, honey, Nutella,

marshmallow fluff, cream cheese, etc.

3. Cover your choice of spread with something yummy! It

could be peanuts, sprinkles, chocolate chips, granola, rai-

sins, bananas, dried fruits, strawberries. Again, the top-

pings are endless.

Let your child’s imagination go wild. Just think how many

days you could use this snack and they never get bored with

it!

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We are keeping the Summer Camp schedule

up for you review. As of now, these are the dates

these camps will occur. Due to the Coronavirus

Pandemic and new Florence County School schedule

there may be some changes. We just ask that you

watch future newsletters and e-blasts for upcoming

changes. Should you have any questions, please feel

free to contact Paul, Larry or Scott for further

information. You can find registration papers in the

front office with Christine, the golf shop, tennis shop

and they will be put online. We hope that we get to

see your children at camp this summer! Stay safe,

study hard and wash those hands!

Please, e-mail Scott at

ssimerlink@florencecc.com. We will get the forms

to you!

CAMP DATES TIMES PRICE

Cheer/Dance June 2-5th 9am-2pm $200

Cheer/Dance July 7-10th 9am-2pm $200

Tennis May 27-31st 8:30am-10:30am $120

Tennis June 1-5th 8:30am-10:30am $120

Tennis July 13-July 17th 8:30am-10:30am $120

Tennis Aug 3-7th 8:30am-10:30am $120

Music Camp June 10-12th 10am-2pm $100

Music Camp July 15-17th 10am-2pm $100

Music Camp Aug 5-7th 10am-2pm $100

Cooking Camp June 17-18th 10am-1pm $90

Cooking Camp July 15-16th 10am-1pm $90

Golf June 9-12th 8:30am-2pm $225

Golf June 23-26th 8:30am-2pm $225

Golf July 7-10th 8:30am-2pm $225

Golf July 21-24th 8:30am-2pm $225

Golf Aug 11-14th 8:30am-2pm $225

FCC Tennis Guidelines

• Single Matches Only

• No Outside Guest

Play

FCC Golf Guidelines

Please arrive no earlier then 15 minutes prior to tee time and

leave the course once your round is complete to help us

comply with the SC gathering guideline.

When standing, if you were to extend your club in different

directions and have that club come in contact with another

player you are probably not 6 feet away from that individual.

Utilize continuous putting once all of the players in the group

have reached the green. This will allow others to stand off to

the side of the green in order to maintain 6 feet of

separation.

No Outside Guest Play