March is Here!

After a very long (and still going) winter, March is here and I'm sure that many of your thoughts are starting to turn to golf.  Unfortunately, we are still three or four weeks from the dates that we are typically able to open the golf course to play.  Stranger things have happened though, in 2009 we were able to open on March 17th, but we are going to need some drastic changes in the weather to make that possible again.  Although it may be somewhat warm in the afternoon, it is still going below freezing at night and keeping the soil frozen.  When the top layer of soil thaws, there is nowhere for the the water to go creating extremely soft and easily damaged turf, so it is very important to stay off the turf this time of year.

Now that the snow is melted, we have been able to get a good look at how the turf made it through the winter, and everything is looking good.  There are only a few areas that are showing any signs of winter kill, and as of now, the fairways, tees, and greens, are clear of snow mold disease.  All we need now is some warm weather to thaw and dry out the course and we will be ready to go.