On The Course April 7th-- Front 9

Sneak Peak of #1 Green under the covers.

The crew has been getting a lot of odds and ends straightened up this past week getting ready to uncover the greens and get the course open for the season. We had almost 9 inches of snow fall Friday of last week but with the warm temperatures we had over the weekend most of the snow has melted. We still have some pockets of snow here and their on the front nine but overall it is clearing very nicely.

The front nine is looking to be in pretty good shape overall. Most of the fairways are clear with the exception of part of 5 and 6. The typical low "bird bath" spots look pretty good and we are not seeing any significant turf damage. The voles have done a good bit of feeding on some of the rough areas but not nearly as bad as we have seen in the past couple of years. A few bunkers banks and a few fairway spots. Mainly areas where the early snow might have drifted before the really cold weather started.

We are seeing a little vole damage on a couple fairways.

 I have been able to check under the covers on all of the greens on the front nine and everything looks to be in very good health. The greens are starting to push a little growth and we are looking at pulling covers later this week. The surfaces of the covers are mostly dry but there is still some moisture on the turf surface. With a forecast high temperature of 70 on Wednesday and some breezy days the mats will be dry enough to pull off later this week.

We will be working through the back nine tomorrow and I will make another post with the details.

Overall the fairways are looking pretty good

We still have some snow on #7 green

Some bunkers still have some snow in them

On The Course April 2nd, 2014

Hen Duck nests have been refreshed for the season

We have had a very long winter and we are looking at a winter weather advisory for the remainder of this week. The course has been melting slowly over the past couple of weeks and the course looks to be in great shape. There are some areas that are snow covered but the ice layers have been minimal. Most of the greens are clear of snow and look healthy. I took the picture below a couple days ago and we will be showing more pictures at the Grounds Committee meeting next week. The drainage system is open and we are checking grates and making sure the surface water drains and gets off of the turf areas. 

16 Green on March 31st, 2014

I will be starting to make more consistent updates on this blog over the next couple off weeks as we get closer to the golf season. We have a lot of projects going on on the golf this spring and we will be keeping everyone up to date on the progress of the Grounds Department. 

Putting Green 1 still has a little bit of snow coverage.

The Front of 10 green looks very good and our drainage channels have worked well

On The Course November 9th

Our first snowy sunrise!

 The crew made some progress on getting the course closed for winter. We have been delayed by the snow this week but it finally melted last night and we were able to spray the greens and cover 1-6 and 9 greens. We will be working on the rest tomorrow and should have a couple of nice days later in the week to finish up. Monday and Tuesday do not look like they will get above freezing.

The leaves are coming off of the trees and we should be able to get most of them cleaned up late in the week. It has been a pretty good golf season despite the late start and the recent weather. I am very happy with the condition of the golf course as it goes into winter. We just need a few more days to get everything wrapped up.

The crew was able to shovel some of the snow off of the greens before it melted to help with them drying out.

Corey spraying greens after the snow had melted.

The crew working on covering #3 green

Mechanic Shaun Hill giving a helping hand mulching leaves