Spring is coming and we are seeing some snow melt across the golf course. Two weeks ago we had an average of 12-16 inches of snow on the greens. In checking all the greens, the 17th and the solid tarped greens had ice build up on them.
March 5th
In a week with the warmer temperatures we lost almost half of the snow down to 8-12 inches. We are beginning to see some of the high mounds and more open areas around some trees.
March 11th
Now that the majority of the snow has melted off of #17 we see that there is some damage due to that ice layer. It will have suffocated the turf underneath and will need to be repaired. This happened in a lower area on the green that doesn't have sufficient surface drainage. We will see in the next few weeks what the extent of the damage is and what steps will be needed to repair it.
#17 Green on March 18th
At this time we can't see many greens due to the snow cover and tarps. Any of the solid tarped greens that we have been able to look at seem to have handled the winter well.
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