We are beginning to see a bit of green on the course, finally!! Thankfully the last storm was not what was forecasted. The two storms back to back in early February, hit us hard from a pine tree standpoint, especially around the clubhouse. I am hoping this storm on Wednesday is just minimal so we can get busy cleaning things up. The pines around the clubhouse will be taken care of shortly, via our tree company. This year I have been able to budget for a good amount of labor in March. All my guys are on call waiting for a bit more snow to melt. I am anticipating bringing the early Spring crew in this Thursday or Friday to begin winter cleanup.
Greens aerification is scheduled for mid to late March, however, if the snow melts over the weekend with the forecasted temperatures, we will aerify the greens on Monday. If we are able to aerify them on Monday, once the temperatures begin to cooperate on a steady basis, we will begin to push the healing process and green up. Spring course fertilization will also begin to be completed as soon as the snow melts. This will include, greens, tees, fairways and roughs.
We are putting the final touches on the new tee markers this week and also finishing painting the ballwashers. We have ordered all new flags for this year as well as additional bunker rakes for some of the larger bunkers. We will not be putting out the new tee markers until April, when the season begins. Please continue to utilize the double cupping system. When we return to single cups, I will make a post and notify the proshop and Joe Mackley.
Thank you and we are looking forward to getting going for the 2010 golf season.
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