Wow what an amazing change in the weather! We were able to open the driving range on Friday March 9th and will open 18 holes on the golf course on Tuesday March 12th. Last weeks 8" snow melted fast but left the ground pretty soft and then Thursday night the low was 22 and Friday never got over 34 so that slowed our progress and prevented a weekend opening.
I took a long walk on the course Saturday and while the turf is still quite dormant everything looks healthy with little damage from ice, voles or snow molds. The ground was still frozen solid in most places from Fridays cold temps but is thawed now. We do have quite a bit of snow between hole 5 and 6 and 7 and 8 while 15 green has at least 10" on the left half.
You can see only the front right corner is clear of snow. I expect that to be gone by the end of this week.
We will be walking only on Tuesday but without rain we should be able to allow carts soon. We are going to start without formal tee markers and just have a sign asking players to tee off wherever they want for the first few days.
I hope to see you on the links!
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