Checking for Ice Buildup

With a month of snow cover already, we shoveled down to the green surfaces and found no ice which is good news.  With more inclement weather on its way we will continue to monitor conditions on the greens for the next 2 weeks.

The Winter Blues

Tough to keep the crew motivated this winter with the constant cold and snowy weather.  In another few weeks we will be wishing we had time to take a rest when everything melts and we are going full bore.

Nothing Much to Report Here

For those of you who decided to head south this winter, here is what you have missed so far this winter!  For the rest of us, we are all pretty much getting sick of the same forecast every week....cold and snow!  For the exception of some tree work done here and there, no progress has been made on the golf course renovation work since before Christmas.  I am hoping for a warm and dry spring since we have a lot of work left to do before the season gets going.

8 and 15 progress

The view from the newly expanded upper fairway on #8.  We are currently working on the tees then we will relocate the cart path by the green.

17th Green XGD

The top photo shows the 17th green a day after XGD was installed and an inch of rain.  This was one of our wettest greens and now no water on the surface.  Even with the green being firmer than ever following the rain, the bottom picture shows water still flowing out of the pipes from the subsurface.

XGD Really Works

The top picture shows our 7th green following this weekends rain.  This is slated to be drained this coming week.  The bottom picture shows our 2nd green (one of our poorest greens) after the same rain 2 days following XGD drainage and it is bone dry.

#15 Progress

The new constructed front left bunker is ready for sand and we have also widened the fairway approach and brought the fairway right into the left and right front bunkers.