Club News and Activities

You are playing the 7th hole on the Sabal Course. You and your opponent balls end up just short of the green. You are first to play, but you think that your opponent’s ball may interfere with your next stroke. You ask your opponent to mark his/her ball that has a piece of mud sticking […]

The HP Book Club will begin the 2026-27 season on Friday, October 23, at 2:30 p.m. in the Activity Center. We will discuss Foster by Claire Keegan. The novella tells the story of a young Irish girl sent by her overburdened family to spend a summer with distant relatives on a rural farm. In her […]

Please review Brian Walker’s Strategic Planning Committee article in this issue. He has challenged all of you! His goal is to have an 80% participation rate on the SPC survey which was distributed to all members last week. He believes it’s achievable. Please remember the survey is very important as it will allow every member […]

Summer at Heritage Palms means one thing—Junior Summer Tennis Camp! This year we hosted camp for eight exciting weeks, with four weeks in June and four weeks in July. Camp was held on Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., and welcomed children ages 5 to 14. Each day began with tennis instruction […]

Catherine PotechinJuly 9, 2026# 6 hole at Ballantrae Golf & Country Club in Stouffville, Ontario, Canada125 yards This is Catherine’s 1st hole-in-one! She was playing with her husband, Allan, and HP members Mike (brother) & Rose (sister-in-law) McPherson. Blair TullisJuly 28, 2026# 15 hole at Ballantrae Golf & Country Club in Stouffville, Ontario, Canada101 yards […]

Hello from the Golf Shop. Summer is winding down, and hopefully we can finish the season without any major storms. September marks the peak of the hurricane season so we are not out of the woods yet. So far, it has been a drier-than-normal summer, very similar to last year. Reciprocal play continues to be […]

Thanks again to the 80+ volunteers who agreed to participate in our Strategic Planning Focus Groups in June. You’ll find photos of some of the participants on page 10-11, along with an article written by Brian Walker highlighting year to date accomplishments and detailing the Strategic Planning Process itself. *********** BTP welcomes HP’s Director of […]