Filling Divots

 The course preparation is going well and we will be open later this week. We had some extra help over the weekend, on Saturday 10 members volunteered there time to fill divots on tees and fairways. We braved a cool start to the day and flurries a few times over the morning. All the fairways and most of the tees where completed. Thanks to the guys, we wouldn't have been able to cover so much ground without you.

Under the Covers

We have begun to take the tarps off some of the greens. What we have seen so far looks promising. Over the next few days we hope to have all the tarps off so we can get a good look at all the greens.

#4 Green

#6 Green

 #9 Green

#18 Green

Start of April

We have had a snowy start to April, hopefully that's the end of that. The majority of the snow has melted on the golf course and we have removed any off the greens. On the south side of some fairways there is snow that will take a little longer to melt, the rain in the forecast will help.

 Snow on the shaded side of #11

 #12

We did not have a tarp on the 12th green this winter and its looking good.

#15 Green

#14

Snow Melting

This past week has been fairly warm and although the greens are still covered, the depth of snow has decreased. It seems that there is little or no ice formation on the tarps.

#10 Green

In some areas along the treelines and in high spots, the snow has melted completely.


#5 Green





Snow Clearing

Clearing snow from #2 Green.

On a 10 degree day the temperature on #2 was 2 degrees.

The sheltered site takes longer to warm up in the winter months. In removing the snow there will be less chance of ice forming with the changing of temperatures we have been receiving. All of the green surfaces are now clear and hopefully we see some cooler temperatures before we get more precipitation.

Weather Change

Its nice to see the cover of snow over the property. I can not remember 24degrees below in the last few years. Looks like the temperatures are on a roller coaster ride this winter. The snow cover is going to help insult the ground and moderate the soil temperature.

Winter?

It looks more like late fall or early spring. We have lost our snow cover with the rains over the last weekend. Thankfully the water has drained off the playing surfaces and the ground is refreezing. Now we are looking for a nice snow cover that lasts for the rest of the winter.
Hope to give updates on a more regular basis going forward.