Well, we thought that we were in for a nice warm, calm winter...but Mother Nature changed that pretty quick in the month of February! We have received an incredible amount of snow this month, making outside work rather difficult, never mind that the temperatures have hovered around -20!
In late December our drainage contractors completed the work on #5, #7 and the Practice Range. All of the drainage systems were installed with only a minor amount of sodding and cleanup left to be done this spring. The majority of our tree work (removals, pruning and transplants) were completed before the weather turned. We do anticipate being able to get back out to do some more tree work prior to spring.
A few of our members have been asking about the condition of our greens this winter. In the aftermath of the spring of 2014 the concern is higher than usual. We are relatively happy about what we have out there right now. There is a very minimal layer of very "airy" ice on some greens. This is a result of the slush formation and freezing from back on January 5th. This type of ice is not nearly as worrisome as what we had last winter. At this point last winter we had a very heavy layer of solid, non-breathable ice cover on most greens. The situation right now is much better. However, there is a lot of snow out there. Our concern is that when the weather does decide to warm and the snow begins to melt, that it does not stay on the green and risk refreezing. A portion of our damage last spring was from this occurrence. Using our experience from last year, our plan is to monitor the weather patterns in the next few weeks and begin snow removal if a warm period is forecasted. The goal is to manage the snow depths and allow any melt to run off or at least be able to be pushed off by our team. Please continue to check in on this blog for updates as we move out of winter (hopefully) and into the 2015 golf season!
In late December our drainage contractors completed the work on #5, #7 and the Practice Range. All of the drainage systems were installed with only a minor amount of sodding and cleanup left to be done this spring. The majority of our tree work (removals, pruning and transplants) were completed before the weather turned. We do anticipate being able to get back out to do some more tree work prior to spring.
A few of our members have been asking about the condition of our greens this winter. In the aftermath of the spring of 2014 the concern is higher than usual. We are relatively happy about what we have out there right now. There is a very minimal layer of very "airy" ice on some greens. This is a result of the slush formation and freezing from back on January 5th. This type of ice is not nearly as worrisome as what we had last winter. At this point last winter we had a very heavy layer of solid, non-breathable ice cover on most greens. The situation right now is much better. However, there is a lot of snow out there. Our concern is that when the weather does decide to warm and the snow begins to melt, that it does not stay on the green and risk refreezing. A portion of our damage last spring was from this occurrence. Using our experience from last year, our plan is to monitor the weather patterns in the next few weeks and begin snow removal if a warm period is forecasted. The goal is to manage the snow depths and allow any melt to run off or at least be able to be pushed off by our team. Please continue to check in on this blog for updates as we move out of winter (hopefully) and into the 2015 golf season!
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