Course Update 3/10/2021 Unseasonably warm weather of late makes it feel like Spring is just around the corner. We have blown the snow off of greens, revealing minimal ice, all of which has melted away by now. The balance of [...]
Course Update 9/13/2020 Fall maintenance is coming. The time that we have after summer and before the snow flies and the ground freezes can be markedly short. As noted on the calendar, we will begin some of these turfgrass cultural [...]
Course Update 7/15/2020 Nothing dramatic to report on the golf course...which is a good thing. After all of the June and early July rain, the turf hasn’t had any opportunity to stress due to lack of water. In fact, several [...]
Course Update 6/11/2020 The golf course came out of winter very well and has continued to thrive throughout Spring. We were able to almost completely avoid winter damage, and those areas that were affected proved to be very minor and [...]
Dear Member, Based on course conditions last season, there have been comments and questions as to what may be expected this coming season. The golf course is coming out of winter very well. There is very little winter damage and [...]
Course Update 03/10/20 Once again, we’re here to talk about the weather. The first significant snow cover for the golf course finally came on December 24th, about five weeks later than ‘normal’. Prior to the 24th, the soil had been [...]
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 [...]
