No Carts Today

There will be no carts today as we received 1.5" rain early this  morning.  The course will open at 10 AM as scheduled.  Our two day total for precipitation is 2.2".  I hope we miss the rain tonight.

Golf Course Opening

The golf course will officially open Tuesday, April 9th at 10:00 AM.  The warmer weather over the last couple of days along with the .6"rain Monday morning settled the ground and allowed the golf course to green up. 
There are a couple of things I would like to make note of as we open.  First, we have only had one week of clean up following winter and spring flooding.  Please be patient with as continue to perfect the course.  Second, the decision was made to not cover the greens last fall.  The reason behind this was to continue to promote the bent grass and not the poa.  The greens came out of winter in great shape, but you will notice some stressed poa.  This is OK as this was a goal for not covering.  Also, the greens will play better sooner as we didn't get a surge of growth under the the covers.
I hope you get out and enjoy the course 

Opening Day

This year has been much different than last year as far as temperatures and precipitation. Last year at this time we were open and temperatures were in the 70's and 80's.  People were enjoying the outdoors and everyone was loving life.  This spring is much different, but in reality, it is more normal.  The average opening date for the course is as follows:
2012-March 16th
2011-April 1st
2010-March 23rd
2009-April 4th
2008-April 30th  (Late opening due to winter kill)
2007-March 27th
2006-April 1st
2005-April 6th
The forecast for the end of next week looks more favorable which will allow us to get the course cleaned up and move towards an opening date.    

Spring thaw

We received 2" of rain last week on snow packed, frozen ground that resulted in some minor flooding.  The positive side of this is that we lost 80% of the snow cover.  The negative side is that flooding left some debris and the majority of the water ran off instead of replenishing the soil. 

Looking down #11 fairway

Look across 7&11fairways.  Geese are happy!

Our new island green, #15

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Winter work

It is hard to believe that we are into March already.  A year ago we were cleaning up the golf course and getting ready to open.  This year we have 15" of snow on the ground and a couple feet of frost.  March will bring some warmer temperatures that will melt the snow and lift the frost. 

We have had a productive winter on the course.  The tree removal was a huge success, golf course supplies got refurbished, preventative maintenance to the equipment and golf carts and snow removal when needed. 

#3 tee before tree removal

#3 tee after tree removal

We are ready for a move into spring.  Bring on the warm weather and lets get the season going.

Tree Maintenance

Work left of 3 fairway

This winter we have continued to make progress with our tree management program.  The tree lined areas on the left side of 3, left of 9 and right side of 10 are finished.  We will be moving to the area between 10 and 18 next.  The goal for tree program has been to remove the volunteer trees and trees that are creating safety issues,  prune the specimen trees and open up lines of play.  Our tree program will be 90% complete at the end of this winter.  When the program is complete, we will move to more of a maintenance program which will include more pruning and much less removal.

Opened up #3 Tee



#16 tee prior to removal of leaning trees



#16 tee after removal of trees