Valentine's Day at Cuscowilla

There's a lot going on at Cuscowilla for Valentine's Day!

The Waterside Restaurant
The Waterside Restaurant will be open for four nights to celebrate Valentine's Day! Join us Friday, February 11 through Monday, February 14 starting at 5 p.m. Call 706-484-2044 to make your reservations!

In addition to our regular dinner menu, we'll be offering Valentine's Specials. Try our:

• Rose Roasted Duck Breast with Sour Cherry Sauce served with Wild Rice Risotto
• Roasted Rack of New Zealand Lamb with Mint Plum Sauce served with Pecan Barley
• Tea Rubbed Pork Tenderloin with Sweet Fig Sauce served with Whipped Sweet Potatoes
• Grilled Rib Eye with Roasted Shallot Demi served with Fingerling Potatoes
• Sherry & Saffron Poached Sea Bass served with Black Truffle Orzo

Overnight Packages
If you are looking to extend your Valentine's celebration, stay overnight and take advantage of our Romance Package.

Romance The Night Away
Celebrate with your special someone at Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee. Package includes overnight accommodations in a Lodge Villa Suite or Lake Villa Suite, a bottle of champagne and six chocolate covered strawberries placed into your room prior to arrival. For reservations please call 706-484-0050 or visit www.cuscowilla.com.
Sunday - Thursday $245 plus applicable taxes
Friday - Saturday $270 plus applicable taxes

Golf Tip of the Week

Don’t Keep Your Head Still

One common myth you hear around the golf course is to keep your head still. What everyone should be saying is keep your eyes on the ball. In a golf swing the head is going to move a little. The more you try to keep it still and down the more rigid and stiff the golf swing becomes. Instead just think, keep your eyes on the ball.

Golf Tip of the Week

Posture Check!

Recreational golfers who constantly struggle to fix their swing problems would do well to fix their posture first. Rounding the back, flexing the knees too much and tucking the head down to see the ball are common setup faults that can lead to a poor swing. If your posture isn’t right, you’ll be forced to swing with mostly your arms and hands, creating very little shoulder turn.

If this sounds like you, here’s a drill you can try within the confines of your own home. Stand in front of a full-length mirror and bend from your hip socket so that your upper body tilts forward approximately 45 degrees. Notice that your head is in line with your spine and isn’t tucked downward. Next, release your knees slightly. A problem most golfers have is too much knee flex and not enough bend from the hips. Finally, let gravity drop your arms and club to the ground (they’ll naturally hang straight down if you’ve achieved the correct posture). This improved position will enable you to make a more complete shoulder turn without a lot of arm and hand action.

Golf Tip of the Week

How To Escape The Sand In One Try

You might not realize how much you can get away with on a bunker shot. Play the ball forward in your stance, open the face of your 56-degree wedge and hit anywhere between an inch and three inches behind the ball. You don't have to be overly precise. Just as long as you make an aggressive swing down into the sand and finish the shot with the club up and over your left shoulder, the ball will come out of there. So be aggressive with your swing and thump the sand.

We're a WeddingWire Bride's Choice Award Winner for 2011!

WeddingWire Bride's Choice Awards 2011

Eatonton, GA – January 25, 2011 - WeddingWire, the nation’s leading wedding technology company, is thrilled to announce Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee has been selected to receive the prestigious annual WeddingWire Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 for Reception Venues!


Recognition for the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011 is determined by recent reviews and extensive surveys from over 750,000 WeddingWire newlyweds. Our past clients are among those that shared their experiences on WeddingWire, the largest wedding review site in the nation.


Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee stands among the top five percent of wedding professionals in the WeddingWire community, representing quality and service excellence within the wedding industry. Awards were given to the top wedding professionals across 20 service categories, from wedding venues to wedding photographers, and were based on the overall professional achievements throughout the past year.


“WeddingWire is honored to celebrate the success of the top-rated wedding professionals within the WeddingWire community,” said Timothy Chi, WeddingWire’s Chief Executive Officer. “With the annual Bride’s Choice Awards™ program, WeddingWire has the unique opportunity to recognize the best wedding professionals across the US and Canada. We applaud Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee for their professionalism and dedication to enhancing the wedding planning experience last year.”


We are happy to announce that Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee is among the very best Reception Venues within the WeddingWire Network, which includes leading wedding planning sites WeddingWire, Martha Stewart Weddings, Project Wedding and Weddingbee. We would like to thank our past clients for nominating us to receive the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011.


For more information on the Bride’s Choice Awards™ 2011, please visit www.WeddingWire.com.

Golf Tip of the Week

How to Play Faster

Be ready to hit when it's your turn . . . cut down on pointless practice swings . . . let faster groups behind you play through . . . keep up with the group in front . . . quick! . . . if you've whacked it eight times and the green is still a distant mirage, pick the ball up . . . leave your bag in an expeditious place beside the green . . . faster! . . . no plumb-bobbing or reading putts from four sides—just hit it . . . clear the green as soon as you're done . . . don't dawdle! No need to overdo the speed thing, but really, we don't have all day. This is your chance to move, breathe, get some exercise, be alive. Save the savoring for the food, wine and conversation afterward.

Plan Your Valentine's Day Getaway at Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee!

Join us for Dinner...
The Waterside Restaurant will be serving dinner on Friday, February 11, Saturday, February 12, Sunday, February 13 and Monday, February 14. A special Valentine's Day menu will be offered. Please call 706-484-2044 to make your reservation today!

...Or take advantage of our Romance Package!
Celebrate with your special someone at Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee. The Romance Package includes overnight accommodations in a Lodge Villa Suite or Lake Villa Suite, a bottle of champagne and six chocolate covered strawberries placed into your room prior to arrival.

Sunday - Thursday $245 plus applicable taxes
Friday - Saturday $270 plus applicable taxes

Visit our website at www.cuscowilla.com or call 706-484-0050 for more information.

Golf Tip of the Week

How to Hit a Really Tight Fairway

You'll be straighter with the shorter clubs in your bag, so a 3- or 5-wood is a safer choice than a driver. But if you absolutely have to get driver distance, start by teeing the ball lower, as the No. 1 player in the world is doing. Hit it with your normal swing, too, not a steep punch swing. You'll get a lower trajectory and more roll—almost like topspin—instead of the sidespin and curve you might get on a higher shot.

Masters Week at Cuscowilla

After enjoying a day of golf at the 2011 Masters Tournament, return to Cuscowilla Golf Resort on Lake Oconee. Enjoy our award winning Bill Coore / Ben Crenshaw designed golf course, our Golf House Grill and Waterside Restaurant and our overnight accommodations.

We can customize packages to include:

• Luxurious overnight accommodations with stunning lake or golf views
• Rounds of golf on our award winning 18 hole golf course
• Private dining options, group cookouts or lakeside dinning are all available
• Transportation by car, motor coach or helicopter can be arranged
• Spa options

Other services available:

• Boat rentals on Lake Oconee
• Golf lessons
• Guided bass fishing trips on Lake Oconee
• Daily transportation service to and from Augusta National
• Dinner reservations each night

Contact Craig Smith at 706-923-2491 or csmith@cuscowilla.com for pricing and packages. For additional information, please view our website at www.cuscowilla.com.

Golf Tip of the Week

Grip Weak For Strong Lobs

Few shots on the golf course are more satisfying than a well-executed flop shot. Unfortunately, unless you’re Phil Mickelson, the risk is probably not worth the reward. There’s very little margin for error. With the wrong lie, you can swing the club under the ball without advancing it. And, with such a big swing, you’re liable to hit an 80-yard screamer if you catch it thin.

Here’s an alternative technique to try the next time you need a wedge shot to fly high and land softly. Weaken your left-hand grip (for right-handers), turning your hand under the club so that your left palm faces more toward the sky. With your left hand in this weakened position, the clubface will remain open through the hitting zone and your shot will be shorter and fly higher than normal and land like a butterfly with sore feet.

Experiment with this shot on the range. You’ll quickly learn that the more you turn your left hand under the club, the higher and softer (and shorter) the resulting shot will be. This is a versatile technique that you can use on greenside chips as well as full wedges from the fairway or light rough. It’s especially effective for softening slippery downhill chips or on touchy pitch shots where you have little green to work with.