It was another week of lousy weather, but we made the best of it. Greens were mowed for the first time on Saturday and have been water logged or frozen ever since. Tees and fairways need to be mowed, but are too wet to even think about putting a mower on. The 10-day forecast doesn't look much better, in fact it's supposed to be another very cold weekend.
Even though we haven't been able to conduct our usual turf maintenance tasks this year, there is plenty to do. We finished up the tree work on Grove 2 & 3, rejuvenated the landscape bed surrounding the well head on the right of Orchard 5, tried to work in the bunkers but the sand was frozen, cleaned up debris around the Clubhouse several times thanks to the 50mph winds, continued course cleanup where there wasn't standing water, finished powerwashing the equipment, sanded and painted tee markers, and started filling the irrigation system. There are several other tasks not listed here, but you get the idea.
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| Woke up to 3" of snow Monday morning |
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| 1.25" of rainfall on Tuesday. Didn't think it was possible for the course to get any wetter |
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| David Novak making sure all the equipment is looking it's best |
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| Landscape bed on Orchard 5 needed a rejuvenation this year |
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| All 232 tee markers are painted every year by our long-time mechanic, Randy Miller |
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| Grove 3 tee...before |
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| Grove 3 tee...after |
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| Multi-stem maple tree near Grove 3 cart path removed for safety reasons. The dark areas are decaying wood and the light color is healthy wood |
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