Sorry folks.... Sun Hills Golfers, Nothing is as important to us as the health of our guests, community, and staff . Therefore, Sun Hills Golf Course will be closing effective today, Thursday the 26th of March. Will be assessing the COVID-19 situation daily and will keep you informed via phone message,  email and FaceBook posts on a weekly basis. We hope to be able to open in a short time, but that will depend on how the outbreak progresses.  We apologize for the optimistic email sent earlier this week. We tried to get our facility 100% safe for our employees and the public and found there is just no way to achieve that goal.  Thank you for your understanding and support. We hope to have a great golf season as soon as possible!  Stay safe and healthy!! Sun Hills Management

letter from SunHills    Mike is working with the Dept. of Health, and Davis County  to try to keep the course open.. Please be patient .. and remember this is temporary... you can use your passes  you just need to call the golf course first....  This is long '---- and  there are 2 emails.   the second explains the leagues play

Sun Hills Golf Course is Staying Open....at least for the time being. We will have the following changes based on the mandates from the Davis County Health Department. As long as these are followed we may be able to stay open.  These are our "Curbside Operating Procedures".  *ALL PLAYERS MUST HAVE A RESERVED TEE TIME. *ALL TEE TIMES MUST BE PRE PAID BY CREDIT CARD.  *ONLY 1 PERSON IN THE PRO SHOP AT A TIME. *CARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR 1 RIDER OR 2 RIDERS FROM THE SAME HOUSEHOLD.  Sun Hills wants to keep our employees safe and keep our customers and community safe by following these procedures- -Tee times are mandatory, No walk ons. (Singles-call the pro shop for instructions) -Tee times will be spaced out to every 12 minutes. (Less Crowded) -Reservation can be made through our website (sunhillsgolf.com) and either go to Book a Tee Time, or on the top menu, Fast Tee Times. Follow the procedures for either way to prebook and prepay online. -We will be taking reservations only 2 days in advance. (mostly in order to see what the weather is going to be so we don't have a lot of cancellations and refunds or rainchecks going out). -Or Call the Pro Shop to reserve  and pay at that time over the phone. (This is the only way for those with punch passes and discount cards or juniors)  (801)771-4814 - We will have a "Curbside Procedure" for checking in paid players and assigning carts when you get to the front door of the clubhouse.   Our Rates will be more uniform so everyone can pre pay online: $40 green fee with cart on the weekdays, and $44 on Saturday and Sunday. ($26 walking on weekdays and $30 on Weekends. Half of those prices for 9 holes. For those with punch passes or other discounts, you must call the pro shop and prepay at that time.  Golf carts will be thoroughly washed and sanitized after each use.  The Driving Range will be open. You must enter the proshop and pay with credit card for the range balls.  The Cafe will be telephone orders and credit card payments only. Call the cafe and they will bring the food/drinks to you!! Please support Ralph and his staff at this tough time!!  The Pro Shop Merchandise will be unavailable for now.  We ask for your patience and cooperation with these new procedures. It may take a few days to work out all the kinks. But doing this is better than closing!

Sun Hill Association Member, You should have received an email just a while ago detailing the new "Curbside Procedures" for the immediate future. I just wanted to clarify what this means for our Association Members. We plan on proceeding with the opening of the season for the Men's Association on March 30, 31. And the Ladies Association on April 8th.  The Procedures will still need to be followed, by calling the pro shop for your tee times and paying with a credit card at that time. You can simply pay the regular rates plus the weekly entry fee. If you have a punch card you may only have to pay the entry fee. It still must be done prior to playing and with a credit card. NO CASH!  The times will only be  available 2 days in advance.  Carts will be available, 1 rider unless you are in the same household, or you just drove up with your riding partner.  Ladies- there will not be a social, dinner, or shotgun on the 8th of April. Just start play that day with your regular groups.  Couples League- We will still plan on starting on May 7th, until we hear differently. We can easily take your Entry Fees over the phone as you sign up for your "tee time" even though it is s shotgun. We just need to be very careful about "Social Distancing" when gathering for the instructions and getting tee assignments.  Men's Association Opening Social will be a tee timed event without a meeting afterward. We will be in touch with the process for signing up for that event.  We all hope to get back to normal procedures in a few weeks, but for the time being we have to do things differently to stay open for play.Stay safe and healthy. Manage Email Settings

Hi there Ladies!  I hope this message finds you and your family all safe and healthy.  This is such a crazy time we are going through right now!  And if you are anything like me ... I was counting down the days until the season golf festivities would begin.  Unfortunately, everyone is having to make necessary changes to their plans.  So now it's our turn.  I have received numerous questions about what our plans are for the league and the social.  After much deliberation with the board and Mike at Sun Hills, this is the plan: 

• Due to the social distancing that is currently needed, there will be no icebreaker tournament, no social, no dinner, and no meeting at this time.  We will have the dinner and meeting part of it when things calm down and it's safe to do so.
  
   
• The golf league will officially begin on April 8th instead of the 15th.  So instead of beginning with the icebreaker, we will just start the league on the 8th.  So make your own tee times and go have some fun!  Being outdoors with friends, golfing is good for our mental state and also pretty safe.  Just stay in groups of four or less.  :)
  
   
• A new POD schedule will be posted to the blog and put up at the course.  There will also be a sign put up at the check in desk, reminding you of the specific play of the day for that day.  In addition, you spoke and we listened, there will be more of a variety of plays of the day, and a few less putting ones. 
  
   
• Your opening social gift will be available for pick up at the front desk on the first day you play league.
  
   
• You will also have the option to sign up for the ringer book.  The cost to join the ringer is $5, which will be due at time of signup.  The ringer starting date will be May 6th.  Jan will keep track of it for three weeks or so, until everyone has been out at least once.  Then it will be available in the clubhouse for you to update each time you play.
  
   
• We also need you to respond to this email with a YAY or a NAY on the following proposed change:  We propose that Tuesday be designated as an optional day to play for the league.  What that means is that if you cannot play on Wednesday of a specific week, for any reason, you can play the Tuesday before and it will still count as league play.  However, those who play on Tuesday will not get a chance to play for closest to the hole that week.  You will need to make your own tee time and you must play with another member of the league.
  
  
  In addition to those things listed above, there is a new World Handicap System that is being implemented this year.  And I'll admit, if you aren't used to playing in tournaments, and figuring out stroke holes, it might be a bit hard to understand, but I'll do my best to explain it.  We were actually going to have Karen Gardiner give us a quick seminar at the opening social, to help everyone understand it a bit better.  Karen Gardiner is on the UGA Board of Directors, and she is actually joining our league this year,  But since we are not having our opening social right away, that isn't going to be a possibility.  So I will sum it up as best I can.  If you have questions when figuring it out, please don't hesitate to ask one of us, Mike, or someone at the golf course for help. 
  
   The good news is that for new players to our league, they have until May 27th to get their handicaps established.  Because of that, none of our Plays of the Day will have anything to do with handicap so you won't have to figure anything out right away. 
  
   But from June on, we will be using handicaps.  So here goes: 
  
   Jan will have a handicap posted at the golf course for everyone to see.  Handicaps will actually change daily now, but that would be impossible for us to keep up with.  But we will change the listing of handicaps each week.  The handicap listed at the course, will be your Course Handicap, so that is the one you will use. 
  
   With the new handicap system, the maximum score for each hole played is limited to a net double bogey - which is equal to Par of the hole + 2 strokes (double bogey) + any handicap strokes the player is entitled to receive on that hole based on their course handicap.
  
   For example, a player with a course handicap of 12 is entitled to one additional stroke on the 12 hardest holes.   So on a par 4 hole, which is ranked the 2nd hardest hole, the player would receive a stroke on that hole.  So the players maximum score allowed for that hole would be 4 (par) + 2 (double bogey) + 1 (handicap stroke received) = 7.  So for the adjusted score, the player could only take a 7 on that hole.  This will be different for each person. 
  
  Please don't be overwhelmed .... I'm overwhelmed enough for all of us.  We will get this figured out and soon it will be second nature.  :)  If you have trouble figuring it out, just ask someone for help.
  
   I hope this letter answers any questions you may have.  If you have any further questions or suggestions, please don't hesitate to reach out!  Stay safe and healthy and we'll see you soon!  (And don't forget to respond with a Yay or a Nay about the Tuesday play.  It is a change we'd really like to pass, but just need votes to get it through)

            Karen Mitchell

Time to start!!

Spring is almost here... time to PLAY!

Find some friends to join this year...  

Hi there Ladies!!!!  Oh my goodness!!!  Spring is just around the corner and I am so ready for golf season to begin!!!  We are having our Icebreaker Scramble and opening social on Wednesday, April 8th, at 4:30/6:30.  For those of you that would like to golf, it is strictly for fun!  Just make your own scramble group and lets go play some golf!  No winners, no losers, just fun, fun, fun!!  We will tee off at 4:30.  Then, we will have dinner afterwards.  For those that can only make dinner and the social, we will be eating at approximately 6:30, with a quick meeting to follow.  We sure hope you can all make it! 

Attached you will find a copy of the registration form.  Please fill it out and send it, along with your dues, to Vardell no later than April 1st.  We have lowered the dues back down to $50 this year, which includes a $10 fee for weekly closest to the hole contests.  We would really love our league to grow, so if you have a friend that you think might enjoy our league, please bring them to the social so we can meet them! 

Looking forward to seeing you all soon!!!

Karen Mitchell

President 🏌️‍♀️