Turf? Not right now!

I managed to get out for a walk on the course today, whew, what a workout.  Right now, with warmer temps last week, and sun during the last few days, there is a crust of ice over the snow, some places the snow under the ice is 2-3ft deep.  However the great news is that the snow is fluffy underneath.  This means that the snow has open air space and breathing is possible for the turf.  Unfortunately that is a lot of snow, and with the temps dipping down around -15 C, this means a realistic opening is more in the April-May timeline again.  Have faith in the power of Mother Nature, and the fact that early March is sometimes good to us.  Let's hope we have this issue this year.

Happy warm thoughts.

February blahs!

Here we are, February 2014, amidst the largest amount of snow since 1978 in this area.  Wow...I have been looking at the weather over and over again, and just as it seems we are getting ahead...bam! Mother Nature hits us again.  We are prepared to deal with 150 days snow cover, but that time is slowly ticking down on the golf course.  We need to soon start clearing greens to give them a chance to breathe, hopefully they have over wintered well, as I have not seen them since late November.  

I remain cautiously optimistic that we can have the course in great shape again this year, I know that when push comes to shove my team and I can make Piper's the best links course around.  Please a golfers, be patient as we will be dealing with large amounts of moisture again this year, same ad last spring.

Hope to see you soon out enjoying the course, keep warm thoughts and sunshine in your minds, and before you know it we will be out hitting the "Links" in no time.