Hello Winter - For a Few Days At Least

Winter finally decided to show up for a few days, and the frozen ground has allowed us to get to some tree work that has been put on hold until now.  A tree service was here yesterday and today to do some large tree removals and to do some trimming.  All in all, they removed four trees, two of which were causing turf problems.  The first was behind 17 green, and was shading the green from the south, where the strongest summer sun comes from.  It was causing some areas of the green, especially the back tier, to be very weak.  The second was behind the 7th green near 8 tee.  The back of the green has been getting weaker because of tree roots growing into the green and from the tree blocking the morning sun from the east.  Removing this tree will also help the back of the 8th tee, as it will now receive afternoon sun.  Morning sun is better, but getting afternoon sun as opposed to no sun will help this very high traffic area. 

Getting Started on 17

Almost Down

Yesterday, they were able to finish all the removals that we were not able to do in house, and today they have been working on trimming up some tee shots that have gotten over grown.  Tee shots that will now be a little wider are holes 4 and 6.  The tree service will be here for a few more days to begin pruning more of the trees on the course.  It has now been about ten years since the trees have had a good pruning, and many trees are definitely needing it.  We hope to get a majority of the trees trimmed over the course of the next few years.