On The Course April 2nd

Bryxton Gibson spreading some humates on #14 Green to help the snow melt.

 We had a really good snow melt over this past weekend. We are able to see most of the covers on the greens and a lot of turf is starting to become exposed. The temperatures for tomorrow look to be in the low 50's or upper 40's so we should continue a good melt through the rest of the week. The ground is still frozen at this point and we ask that everyone stay off of the golf course until we are going to open. When the turf thaws it becomes pretty fragile if it refreezes during the afternoon there can be considerable damage.

The course is looking like it will be coming out of winter in pretty good shape. The fairways have been covered in ice since the beginning of January but they are looking better than I expected. We should be able to get a good summary of the condition of the golf course later this week. I will be posting some videos and pictures over the next couple of days showing the progress of the course and what everything is looking like. We have the Grounds Staff working on cleaning up debris on the golf course and finishing some tree work.

On Monday, April 1st, we applied some humate organics to the surface of #13 and #14 greens. They were still holding some snow and we wanted to accelerate the melting process on these surface to get them clear by the weekend. We will continue to monitor areas of the course and help with the melting process where we can. The range tee is almost clear and as soon as the frost comes out we will be covering that with covers to help  increase the soil temperatures and promote growth.

Close up picture of the humates with some larger particles but also some finer dust covering the surface