Dear Members, I want to take this opportunity to review and update the membership on the progress relating to returning the golf course turf to excellent condition. The following is a recap of how we have addressed the issues, what [...]
Course Update 9/13/19 With this year’s winter damage fresh in mind, we will be changing our Fall and Spring maintenance practices to minimize risk of further damage this coming winter. We will be using a new method of Greens aerification [...]
Fairway Update 8/13/2019 History of why we aerify when we do: The ideal aerification window in our climate is August 20th to September 20th. This is also obviously a very popular golf window and perhaps the best playing conditions of [...]
Course Update 7/16/2019 Conditions on our tees and fairways have not been ideal this Spring and Summer. With the improvement in the weather over the last two weeks, I’m happy to see that improvement reflected in the golf course. Greens [...]
Course Update 3/8/2019 Greens: After a very late start to winter, the greens are currently under a very nice protective layer of low moisture snow with no ice present at this time. That bodes well for healthy bentgrass going into [...]
Late Summer Update 9/12/2018 Greens: Greens came through summer very well and are in excellent health. Our focus for the Fall is Poa Annua eradication. We removed the heaviest populations when we sodded out the collars and surrounding areas this [...]
Despite the heavy snowfall and a long winter, the golf course is coming along nicely. We were pinched for time before opening with all of the sod work, but as that heals, improvement is noticeable each day. It’s a relentless [...]
With about seven weeks until opening day, we have our most impressive snow pack in the brief history of Iron Horse Golf Club. Most areas on the golf course still have two to three feet of snow. The upcoming Spring [...]
December 2017 Moving the greens aerification dates forward by two weeks was successful as we accomplished a thorough deep tining on all of the bentgrass. The weather also allowed us to aerify most of the fairways; we will finish the [...]
Late Summer Update 9/5/2017 Greens: Despite missing aerification due to weather last year, Greens came through summer very well and are in excellent health. Because we missed our last aerification, it is crucial that we do not miss this Fall; [...]
