Frost Delay Video

This video explains why frost delays are necessary on the golf course. We typically do not play golf this late into the season. Unfortunately, dealing with frost and freeze delays are a part of playing golf into late November. Please remember that just because the frost has lifted the greens may still be frozen. It is our policy to keep the golf course closed when the greens are frozen.

Deep Tine Aerification

On Monday, November 7th the Green Department will be aerifying and topdressing Greens. We realize the the weather looks like it is going to be nice for a few more days but the good weather is important to allow us to complete this process. A delay in this process may risk the chance of being able to complete it. We will be utilizing an outside company to complete the Deep Tine Aerification and this date has been scheduled for six weeks. We have actually pushed the date back from the time we completed this last year. It has been our philosophy to complete a late Fall aerification rather than aerifying in the Spring. When aerifying in the Fall the greens will actually begin to recover under the covers and will cause less disruption in the Spring. A Spring aerification results in a long slow recovery process when golfers are most eager to get out on the golf course. The aerificaiton in November is also beneficial heading into the Winter months. Once the ground freezes the XGD Drainage System does not function properly. Water will not travel through frozen soil. The aerificaiton holes gives water a chance to find the drains that were installed. We realize there is never a perfect time to cause disruption to our putting surfaces. However, we feel our cultivation schedule is timed to provide the turf with the most agronomic benefit as well as causing the least amount of disruption to the membership.

Six More to Go

Our construction company has officially shut down the construction until next Spring. We will have six holes to complete. We have been extremely pleased with the quality of work we have been getting as well as the visual look of the new bunkers. We hope to start the project back up in mid-April but it truly will depend on Mother Nature. We will keep holes 10 and 11 completely closed for the remainder of the year. The sod will not have a chance to establish any roots. Therefore walking on it could cause the sod to shift. We have begun applying heavy topdressing to the fairways which will continue to firm our playing surfaces. We will begin aerifying and topdressing the North Course greens on Monday.

Coming to an End

Winter made an early showing last week that delayed the project a few day. We hope to have the construction company return tomorrow and finish for the season on Friday. We are expecting two truckloads of sod in here tomorrow morning to allow us to finish up some work we have on #10 and #11. This will leave us six holes left to complete in the Spring. Considering the weather that we experienced this Summer I think we are in pretty good shape. The construction company will return next Spring when the weather permits them to get some work done. I have recently posted over 900 photos on the blog. Just click on the link for Golf Course Construction Photos to access them.