December 2015 Warm and dry weather stayed with us long enough this Fall to accomplish at least the beginnings of many items on our list. We stripped and leveled two more tees at the practice facility and rebuilt the stairs [...]
September 2015 Clean, crisp air. Leaves beginning to change. Fresh rainfall. It has been a beautiful Spring and Summer, but for the sake of our golf course, we are glad that Fall has arrived. We really took a beating this [...]
June 2015 It has been a beautiful spring and the golf course is in generally good condition. The rain total from June 2nd and 3rd was almost 2 inches. This will really help fill in some of the thinness in [...]
April 2015 Two consecutive abnormal winters, maybe this will be the new normal... The highlight of this winter was the snowstorm in mid-January that left behind 30 inches of snow in three days, with a total snow cover approaching 4 [...]
November 2014 After a beautiful September and October, we were finally frozen solid in the second week of November, bringing a halt to our project work until spring. We made a lot of progress and have many projects underway, so [...]
June 2014 Steady progress. The course is healing, albeit slowly, from winter's damage. Most of the cold temperature damage has either mended itself or been replaced. The vole damage is now the most visually apparent challenge that we have on [...]
April 2014 As of the first week of April, most of the snow has melted off of the golf course. While watching the snow recede throughout the past month, it was evident that we had suffered some winter damage. Most [...]
September 2013 We have really enjoyed this season from an agronomic and playability perspective. When our fertility and cultural programs are enhanced by excellent cooperation from Mother Nature, a season like this one is the result. Thicker, tighter and firmer [...]
June 2013 Now that the projects from fall and spring are complete, we are able to move onto some detail work. The weather has been excellent this spring for turf growing and looks to continue nicely into summer. As a [...]
March 2013 At of the end of March, the only real proof that winter happened remains on just a select few holes where the turf is covered by about 8 inches of snow. The bulk of the golf course is [...]
