Sunday, December 8, 2019

Course Conditions (12.8.19) and Info

There is a frost delay until 11am today due to freezing temperatures.

We will be forced to keep carts on paths and this is due to two different reasons:

1) There are wet areas throughout the property

AND

2) Golfing in the winter months is incredibly dangerous to the plant.  There will be areas of the property that will remain frozen such as shaded and low level areas.  Traffic of any kind, either cart or foot, will shear off the roots of the plant, causing damage that will become evident in the spring.

Finally, in a few surveys I noticed people asking us why we don't continue to cut the turf, mainly on greens.  We, in Northeast Ohio, are susceptible to a disease that forms under heavy amounts of snow.  In order to combat this problem we make a pesticide application in November that coats the leaf blade through the winter months.  Any mowing that occurs would be to remove the pesticide from the plant.

Please enjoy the ability to swing a club in December and trust that we'll get greens sped up during the regular season months.

Thank you,
JA

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