Posted April 24, 2014

Greens Committee Report
April 14, 2014
Projects/ Visible Improvements

1. New paving #10 Tee and around Caddy Shack
2. New Trees #8
3. Continue with Bunker Sand Replacement
4. New Rain/Lighting Shelter #12/#13 intersection (Tentative)
New Facility Equipment

1. Toro Workman Utility Vehicle
2. 2 Club Car Utility Carts
3. John Deere Aerator
4. Patio Furniture Club house
5. New Irrigation Pump house VFD Conversion
6. New Driving Range Ball Washer

Course Conditions

After a considerably long and cool winter the course has wintered on the positive side with the hard work of our year round staff. All greens were treated for mold late last fall and have come out of the winter with no damage. Currently all snow has been removed from the greens to try and keep them dry to prevent any spring ice damage. Snow mold products are used on very limited basis due to the overall cost of them and are only really needed to help the course through the shoulder and winter months with the goal of healthy early season conditions. With out them a golf course would look and play much different.

As for the rest of the course, all tees and fairways also wintered very well to this point in time. Over the last 8 seasons we have implemented a consistent aeration program in these areas improving their overall health and resulting in very good winter hardiness. We will be trying a new foliar fertilizer on all fairways this season with the goal of improving fairways overall playability. Work will continue on replacing bunker sand, to date we have 7 green side bunkers and all fairway bunkers remaining to replace the sand. Goal is to have all green side bunkers complete by the end of the 2014 season. New fairway drainage will be added to the second half of #16 fairway to improve surface drainage and overall playability after rain events. Five New 17’ White Spruce Trees where transplanted on hole #8 late last fall. Two of the trees were placed on the right side of the fairway near the location of old feature tree, and one to the right of the green. The other two will also be placed to the right of the green this spring making approach shot into the green this season a little more challenging.
In closing we are still staying positive for a May 2 opening, but the course did receive a lot of snow this winter and Mother Nature has not been overly warm to us yet, so keep your fingers crossed.

I have attached some photos of the Rain/Lighting shelter that the greens committee is currently trying to get installed on #12/#13 and Photos of #1 green and #2 green.

Keeping it Lean and Green
The Greens Committee