On The Course February 1st

Never thought we would be setting pin locations on February 1st, on ice, with an ice auger and at minus 15 degrees.  

 We have been out on the course looking around over the past couple of weeks. We are seeing some porous ice above and within the excelsior mats. The soil temperatures have not thawed out enough to get any ice formed on the surface of the greens. I think the greens are still in great shape for this point in the winter. The fairways have a few solid ice areas in some of the low areas. We have a lot of winter left before the big spring thaw and we will be monitoring the course very closely over the next couple of weeks.

Tim's Tree Service has been in a few days this week getting some much needed pruning done on some of the larger trees. We will be working on clean up and trimming more trees over the next couple of weeks. We have done a couple of tree removals and will be taking care of several trees that died this past season.

We will be making more blog posts as we get closer to spring to keep everyone informed on the conditions of the golf course. We had a Grounds Committee meeting this past Tuesday to discuss winter projects and to start the discussion on spring projects. We are also updating our Standard Operating Procedure Manual for the maintenance of the golf course.

Troy putting the finishing touches on the pin locations for the first annual MGCC Bockfest

Bockfest Hole #1

Tim's Tree Service trimming on #1 fairway