Spring has arrived and we have taken a look at most of our greens. We removed our impermeable tarps a few weeks ago and the greens seem to have come through the winter well. There are no noticeable areas that need repairs at this time. When the weather becomes more consistently warm we will be taking the remaining tarps off which will let us have the best indication of how we really handled the winter. Our winter protection program for snow mould has been successful. There seems to be only minor disease found on some fairways that will recover quickly with the appropriate weather.
#9 Green - after impermeable tarp removed
#17 Green - this was the first season we had a impermeable tarp on this green and it has come through winter well
Spring weather so far has been wet and cold, there has been lots of standing water around the course. We are lowering the ponds to help the water work its way off the playing surfaces. Hopefully things dry up soon so we can get around the course to do clean-up from the winter and ice storm. If we start travelling around the course when its wet like this we will have even more clean-up to do.
Standing water on #1 Fairway
The weaker trees have had many branches break off from ice build up and high winds.
Tree uprooted from ice storm and high winds
