Not many of us in the golf course industry have seen a spring quite like this one. With a week of 70's behind us and the 7 day forcast showing highs in the 70's and even a couple 80's there is no doubt we will be seeing our golf course come into its own much earlier this year than any that I can remember. Tomorrow will mark our third mowing of the greens this year, and next week we will likely begin mowing every other day. My gut tells me that we will still have a significant cool down yet this spring, and dare I say some "wintery precipitation" could still fall, but we will certainly enjoy this preview of what I hope to be a great year.
Alan puts the first cut of the year on #17 fairway.
Assistant Superintendent Ben Christie works on
smoothing the root pruning trenches. These will
get seeded in April.
A downside of the early spring is that we have spent
so much time mowing grass that our winter crew hasn't
been able to finish our winter cleanup yet.
Another victim of an early spring is an unprepared bunker.
We will be bringing back some seasonal help next week to
start getting bunkers ready for the year. Golfers will have to
show patience while we finish our prep work.
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