Fall Projects

Here are some photos of some projects we are working on this fall. We wrapped up the bottom of number 8 the bunker is complete and ready for play next season. We are redesigning number 12 fairway a little bit. We will be removing a couple of the bunkers that are in the middle of the fairway and straitening the fairway out also. We are doing this to make it a lot easier to maintain. Right now we have to turn the mowers an incredible amount of times to mow that area. So with the fairway a lot straighter we will get done mowing sooner and be off the course for play. #12 is a spot where our mowers get caught a lot. As you notice in one of the photos we got in a little bit of hunting this fall also. Deer was 5 yards away!!! 

Some early morning photos.

Here are some photos I have taken during the mornings out here. There are some absolutely beautiful vistas! Really makes me love my job being able to enjoy this on a daily basis!!!

Employee Golf Outing

The crew has been working very hard lately to keep the course looking in great shape. As a thank you for getting up early in the morning and working hard all day every day I let them off a little early one afternoon and took them out golfing. Thanks for the work guys!

Getting there!

We are finally getting some nice weather! And we are getting our college kids in to work. Feels good to have the help around. We can start to get on our normal summer mowing routine now also. Please remember a few things while out there. Fix your ball marks, replace your divots, and keep out of the prairie grass with carts. Thank you!

A little slow release moisture...

Got a few snow showers the last few days. Its good moisture for the course though. Whatever snow we have got has melted quickly. Need to get some good sunshine and warm temps to raise the soil temps and get the grass growing!

We are open!!!

The flags, cups, tee markers, and benches are out. We are officially open! Hopefully the weather warms up so everyone can enjoy some golf. The course dried out well the last few days. Almost all holes are open for carts. Hopefully we will be mowing next week.

Spring Update

Here are some more pictures from the course the last few days. A couple of greens had some significant ice accumulation that we had to remove. Snow is melting very rapidly and with the forecast things are looking very good. The frost has broke through in a few spots also. So hopefully it won't be long and we can think about an opening date. Until then keep those clubs shined up!

Snow Conditions

I have taken a couple walks around the course lately and things are looking really good. Snow is melting all over. There are many parts of the course starting to show. The greens are coming out of winter really well. A few of the greens had some very large drifts on them. We cleared most of the snow off with our asv skidsteer to help the melt and prevent disease. As you can see in the pictures there is very little to no ice cover, which is a good thing. Hopefully this weather keeps up and things continue to melt!