Since my last update we have been pretty busy. Two of our tarps on our greens had rips from the November wind storm that had spread leaving exposed turf. One of those greens was manually topdressed with sand to protect the turf as the overnight lows were still cold enough that there was a risk of damage.
The area that was topdressed when the tarp ripped
The turf conditions we have observed so far have been looking very good. As of right now it looks like things are healthy and that we have survived the winter pretty well. Tarps will probably come off next week so at that point we will see the full picture.
A view under the tarp on 3 green
My assistant was back to work on March 1 and she was busy getting the course accessories refinished and ready. After that she cleaned all of our equipment inside and out and they are now shiny and ready to go!
Refinished accessories and clean equipment
The removal of snowfence has just begun and will continue this week and into the next. I will also have staff starting next week so they will be dragging out the rest of the cores left over from fall fairway aeration, helping with snow fence removal and most likely be tank watering some areas as they begin to dry out.
1 green with the snowfence removed
We are very close to another golf season and we will have things ready very soon so that everyone can be back out enjoying our beautiful golf course!
A beautiful morning last summer on 17 green
