The maintenance crew has been busy cleaning up after the big wind storm we had several weeks ago. The storm dumped quite a bit of debris throughout the golf course. The guys did an outstanding job getting the golf course cleaned off and ready for play in a relatively short period of time. We still have some more debris in some of our out of play areas and we'll be getting to those as the winter moves along.
Winter has officially arrived with the first snow of the season this past Saturday, November the 29th. This little snow storm has thrown us for a loop in the maintenance department. The snow would have been fine except it was followed up with some pretty cold temperatures. This has allowed the snow to stick around longer than we had hoped. There's not a whole lot we can do with the golf course when this happens, except to be prepared once it breaks to get out and get things cleaned up and mowed again quickly. Unfortunately, when we get these cold snaps the greens freeze up and we have to wait until they are completely thawed out before we can mow or roll them.
One of our major goals during the winter months is to install some drainage around the golf course. We have started with a couple of spots close to #1 and #7 greens. We will be installing some sand in one area and some sand and drain pipe in another. These areas will receive new sod as well. Moving on from there, we are looking at conducting some additional drainage in #2, 6, 8 and 14 fairways.
As always we are looking at some tree removal. One specific area we are looking at are the trees to the right of the #7 tee box. This tee has a very short window of sunlight even during the summer months. This makes it difficult to get a good stand of turf to grow on the main teeing area.
