Join the Sundowners 9 Hole Golf League this Season
If you’re looking to enjoy nine holes of golf with the camaraderie of friends, then this league is just for you. Play is from the gold tees and keeping score is optional. It’s serious play, but focused on having fun. Tee times are each Monday and Wednesday around 1 p.m. Foursomes are paired through an […]
Do You Know the Rules?
A player deliberately touches his/her ball in play. The ball does not move. Does this player receive a penalty? Yes. RULE 9.4B/1 – BALL DELIBERATELY TOUCHED BUT NOT MOVED RESULTS IN PENALTY TO PLAYER When the ball in play is deliberately touched by the player, even if it does not move, the player gets one […]
Ace Faces
Read On…
The HP Book Club will meet on Friday, February 21, at 2:30 p.m. in the Activity Center to discuss The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride. The story involves a skeleton, found in an old well in 1972, that unravels the hidden secrets of Chicken Hill, a Pennsylvania neighborhood in the 1920s and […]
OHIO PARTY
Christmas Fundraiser and HP Tennis Party
Every year, Connie Rosellini opens her heart and her home to the tennis community and hosts a holiday party. It’s also a fundraiser for needy children in Ft. Myers. Gifts are donated, and then collected from under Connie’s tree, and dropped off for distribution to local children who are grateful for the generosity of our […]
Canadian Party, Eh?
Combining Tradition and Novelty on December 1
17 years ago, a small group of members gathered under the Clubhouse portico as the big holiday Christmas tree was lit for the first time. We now light the entire promenade, the large outdoor tree, and the beautiful themed indoor tree, all of which enhance our community during this festive holiday season. Since the first […]
Mike Lawver’s Retirement Party
On November 7, the Palms Dining Room was the festive setting for the retirement party for Mike Lawver, HP Director of Tennis, Pickleball, and Bocce for over 24 years. Mike started the HP tennis program in 2000 when he was hired, presiding over as many as six teaching pros, many clinics and events, individual instruction, […]
Bob About Colby…
Have you happened to notice the freestanding punching bag in the Activity Center Aerobics Room? Or, perhaps, three men using it? These guys are Colby Vogt, Josh Lopez (his training partner) and Ben Swindels (Colby’s nephew). They’re in there working on their Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) skills. In 2003, Colby and Dana met in a […]