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| SUN LAKES LIFESTYLES | NOVEMBER 2025 | 13 Fall is the time of year to aerify the greens on both courses. Hopefully by the time this article is published the weather has cooperated and the greens are mostly healed. While many golfers express their disappointment following aerification of our beautiful greens, keep in mind it is this maintenance procedure that provides us with the conditions to which we are accustomed. Many golf courses are closed one day each week to provide time for more involved maintenance. Sun Lakes is open seven days a week and there are no plans to change this; however, maintenance days with delayed tee times occur on Tuesdays for the Championship Course and Wednesdays for the Executive Course. This allows the crew extra time to stay ahead of golfers for spraying of greens and special maintenance. It takes a lot of work and a dedicated staff to maintain a golf course. Greens need to be cut in the morning, especially this time of year, to remove dew and maintain healthy greens to decrease disease. Working early in the morning helps minimize disruptions for both golfers and the maintenance crew. The next time you play a round think about the work that went into producing the playing conditions you enjoy. November marks the start of membership renewal for most of our golf clubs. Some of our clubs offer early sign up for 2026 that includes participation in their events for the remainder of 2025. Many clubs start off the year with tournaments in January and require membership renewal to be eligible for 2026 club sponsored play. ~ Mike Callahan, callahm56@yahoo.com Golf Advisory Lifestyles Magazine is the resource most residents turn to find out what's going on in our community. At up to 80 pages, it includes pictures from residents plus articles from the Master Board, Delegate Assembly, FirstService, the Restaurant, the golf pro, and all the advisory committees. Clubs and groups send articles and photos about their activities to Sunlakesnews@yahoo.com by the sixth of each month. The Lifestyles Advisory Committee meets on the seventh of each month, unless otherwise specified, to review and edit the articles submitted for each month's issue of the magazine. We also publish want ads and for sale items from residents at no cost and hide a monthly joke for residents to find. Responses to our "Get the Joke" contest are put in a hat and a winner is randomly drawn, earning a Visa gift card as a prize. Photographs taken by residents of areas within Sun Lakes are used on the magazine cover. We also post pictures of residents on their vacations, or of their beloved pets. If you're good at proofreading and are interested in joining us, please fill out a volunteer application form that you can get in the Main Clubhouse Lobby, and we'll put you on our waiting list. Lifestyles Advisory

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