A Slow Start to the Season

The Winter Season has taken its toll on the golf course in many ways. Obviously the most severe was the damage to the greens. The extended long winter season has not allowed the golf course to respond like it currently does in early April. The soil temperatures are about 2 to 3 weeks behind where they should be. The result of that has been a golf course that is extremely slow to green up. The snow fall that stuck around until late March didn't not allow us to get on the golf course and begin our clean-up process. The process actually started on April 4th. Many of you that played this weekend may have noticed that projects that took place during the Winter months were not cleaned up. Currently, we are in the process of addressing these areas. We have a plan in place to present you the golf course you have been accustomed to. We are diligently working to help the greens recover from the damage. We will keep them closed as long as we can to help speed up this process. Green and black sand have been applied to the damaged areas to help increase soil temperatures. And we will continue to apply and remove covers daily to keep the cold temperatures from delaying the recovery process. We will also be watering these areas frequently to encourage seed germination and allow damage turf a chance to recover. The Winter project areas will be seeded this week. We will begin mowing our greens, tees, and fairways throughout the week, which will encourage more growth. With a lot of hard work, and some warmer weather things should begin to turn around quickly.