Course Update

Although the calendar says it's Spring, I would argue that Winter had us in a death grip for too long this year.  But that looks to be changing today, as the forecast calls for temps in the 50's and a steady warmup over the next several days.  We'll still have cold mornings and frost delays are very likely this time of year, but the maintenance staff are just as excited as you are to be back outside.

Until now our focus with the full-time staff has been on refurbishing equipment, snow removal, and tree work.  This week a few of the seasonal staff returned and began the annual ritual of course cleanup.  It will take several days to get through the entire course and clean all the playing surfaces prior to the first mowing.  In addition to the cleanup, new hole locations have been cut, and tee markers and bunker rakes have been set out.  Speaking of bunkers, the plan is to begin prepping them next week.  It may take up to a week to clean out the debris, fix washouts and move sand that settled in the low areas from the long Winter.  The other thing I'm sure everyone will start asking about is greens aerification.  As of now, our plan is to begin aerifying on Monday 4/15.  We may need to remain closed on Tuesday 4/16 to complete the process, but that decision will be made next week.



Check out these pictures of the machine used during tree removal to the left of 9 green.