Course Update
April 25, 2008
The arrival of spring
has been a long time coming. The weather as of late
has been great, with numerous days in the 20’s
it is hard to believe that only a few weeks ago the
course was under winter conditions. Many people have
been asking if the reservoir is being filled. The
answer is yes we recently installed the pump and are
now pumping. I do not like to pump the water in early
spring because there is still a great amount of silt
and sediment in the creek water. The silt and sediment
build up occurs throughout the winter when the banks
wash out on numerous farmlands throughout the area.
Now that the creek has settled we can begin pumping;
this will eliminate excess silt and sediment that
would otherwise be pumped into the reservoir. The
creek typically flows fairly heavy well into June
and this offers us plenty of time to fill the reservoir.
Another question I have been asked is concerning water
coolers on the course. Typically we start to put drinking
water on the course in early May when the temperature
begin to rise, however April did surprise us with
numerous warm days. The current health laws require
the course to have our seasonal drinking water systems
tested before they can be used on the course. This
past week were able to get the drinking water system
set up and tested, we received a clear test(good)
and we will putting out water starting this Saturday.
Drinking water on the course is a serious issue and
we take every precaution to ensure that the drinking
water we put on the course is safe to drink. In other
news the course the coming along very nicely, the
good weather has all the grass growing and so far
everything looks to be good. Any winter damage suffered
has begun to grow out and the greens are improving
by the day. We are looking forward to a great year
ahead of us, we currently have a number of projects
on the go and things will only improve throughout
the season. The projects consist of halfway house
renovations, an on course washroom and the new entrance
sign which will be on the corner of the property by
the eleventh tee. My grounds maintenance crew has
been very busy with numerous items so far this spring,
such as preparing irrigation systems, mulching the
transplanted trees, rebuilding the wooden bridges
and other various tree work. We anticipate a great
season this year it has been great to see members
out on the course!
Golf Course Superintendant
Steve Muys
Course Update
April 13, 2008
Due to the poor weather
conditions we were forced to delay the opening of
the course once again. We have a number of greens
that are completely saturated and would suffer damage
if played. The opening has been postponed until Thursday
April 17th, I feel with a couple nice days in the
forecast the course will receive a chance to dry and
become playable. The last minute decision to postpone
opening was due to the even more rain that fell Saturday
night, I was hoping that this storm would miss us
and we would be able to get the course open, with
the course already very wet I felt it was in the best
interest of the club to keep it closed.
I would like to thank all the volunteers that came
out Saturday to participate in our Annual spring clean
up we had 45 + volunteers and were able to have the
course cleaned up in a couple hours. This help is
very valuable to us as it gets the course cleaned
up and in great shape for opening. Great job done
by all Thank You very much.
With sunny days in the forecast we will be seeing
everybody shortly.
Golf Course Superintendent
Steven Muys
Course Update
April 10, 2008
Over the last couple
of days, the course has dried up and made it possible
to get equipment out. We have been working on some
tree work as well as repairing the bridges on # 2,
and 3. The course has greened up with the beautiful
days we have been receiving. We have now had a chance
to get some equipment out and start mowing; we have
mowed all the greens and tees and have started on
fairways and approaches. The forecast over the next
couple of days does not look good however; we are
still planning to open the course on Sunday. There
is still a fair bit of cleanup work to be done and
with the help from our cleanup day the course should
be in great shape for opening day. The halfway house
renovations continue but the late season delayed the
start of the project. However, we are moving forward
and the project should turn out to be a great improvement
to our course. Hope to see everyone shortly as we
get the course open and everyone has a chance to enjoy
the beautiful days ahead.
Golf Course Superintendent
Steven Muys
Course Update
April 7, 2008
Finally with this
beautiful weekend we just had it feels like spring.
As temperatures have risen we have seen a significant
amount of snow and ice disappear from the course.
The combination of melting snow and rainy days has
left the course very wet and the creek has flooded
holes # 4, 6, 9, and 13. With this past weekend’s
weather I was pleasantly surprised to see how much
things have dried up around the course. There are
still a few small patches of snow around in shaded
areas which should disappear shortly. We have a couple
more of the staff back this week and will be starting
to work on the course. We have completed refinishing
all the fixtures and will now start to work on bridge
repair and tree work. As things continue to dry we
will start getting some equipment out and start to
prepare the course for opening. Last Thursday we removed
the tarps from greens 1, 2, 3, and the putting green.
The tarps protected the greens and have left them
in great shape for spring. I have walked around the
course to find it has wintered fairly well, I have
seen a little disease on some Fairways and Tees, although
it does not look active and will clean up quickly.
The greens were clean and looked to be in good shape
also. Our cleanup is set for the 12th with opening
to follow as soon as possible. Hope
to see everyone soon.
Golf Course Superintendent
Steven Muys
Course Update
March 28th, 2008
Winter continues as
Mother Nature drop another 3” of snow on the
course. Next week temperatures are expected to rise
possibly to double digits for a day or two. We are
also anticipating a couple days of rain for next week.
With the combination of warm temperatures and rains,
this should help get rid of the snow and start to
get the 10” of frost out of the ground. We are
currently working on preparing all the course fixtures
and getting the equipment ready for the season. The
halfway house renovation project started earlier this
week and work is progressing. I will continue to post
course updates as the weather changes and conditions
improve. Once snow has receded, we will be able to
assess the conditions on the course and start working
for an opening date. It is always our goal to try
to open the course by April 1; however, Mother Nature
has delayed us this year. The cleanup date has been
re-scheduled to April 12th due to the snow and rains
expected next week. We will hopefully get the course
open as soon as possible after the cleanup date.
Golf Course Superintendent
Steven Muys
Course Update
March 24th, 2008
We are still waiting
for Spring. Due to the long winter and with 90% of
the course still covered in snow we will have to postpone
the annual spring cleanup. We will re-schedule it
for a later date once we can determine what the weather
may do. We are hoping for Saturday April 5th. Please
check here for continuing updates.
Thank You, Steven Muys
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