Lightning

All of us are familiar with the sounds, feelings, and sights of an oncoming storm.  While on the golf course, no matter if you’re playing the game or working the course, those warning signs always signify one thing- get to safety and shelter.

Here’s an interesting example of the pure destructive force of Mother Nature.  Last Monday evening some storms rolled through our area, and a White Pine in the vacinity of #7 teebox was struck by lightning.  While we’ve seen our share of storm damage over the years, we’ve never seen a scene quite like this.  Take a look at a few of the pictures we snapped.  Due to the widespread area of debris and damage and the fact that we needed to have a tree company come in to take the damaged trees out, we had to close #6 green and #7 middle/ back tees for most of the day.

Here’s the scene:

Overall, the course is looking good.  The recent mild June weather has been very nice, and we’re feeling pretty confident going into the hotter summer months.  Be sure to ask us any questions you may have.

See you on the course,

The Keepers

June 12 Update

Although not yet here technically, summer is definitely making its presence felt- and the golf course is benefitting from such a scenario.  We may be feeling a bit uncomfortable as of late, but the warmth is exactly what the turf has been in need of.  The finely managed turf has had a chance to “fill in”, and is starting to become much more consistent and monolithic.

#8 on June 12

After slow growing spring conditions caused by unusual and sustained cold nighttime temperatures, the five transitional greens (“the five”, as they’ve come to be known as) are displaying huge leaps in uniformity, coverage, texture, and color.  Currently, the only limitations on these greens are the pin positions, as we need to make sure to thwart high volumes of traffic on the “newly seeded areas” and utilize more of the established areas of the greens.  Because of this, you may notice pin placements in similar areas on consecutive days, as well as in strange and rarely used locations.  This aspect of course setup will evolve over the summer, as we become more confident in the new areas to accommodate higher amounts of traffic, ball marks, and also their ability to offer a more consistent and true playing surface.

#13 on June 12

#17 on June 12

We’re currently in the process of mowing down many of our natural areas across the course, as well as following up the mowing with a weed spray.  These management techniques should offer a more “presentable” aesthetic to the course, as well as aid in speeding up the pace of play should a ball find its way to these areas.

Our crew has been working very diligently in getting the course to its current condition.  Due to the cool/ cold early season conditions, they had to take extra care and effort in every job in order to arrive to the desired outcome.  We appreciate all of their hard work, and hope that you are pleased with the course as it currently looks/ plays.  We’ve still got a long golfing season ahead, and hope to continually improve the land to better suit and respect the game of golf.  Thank you for your patience as we maintain this incredibly beautiful piece of land.

Looking back down #9

Take care, and see you on the course.

The Keepers

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