Winter work continues to move along.  We are not yet feeling the pinch of the coming golf season but its only a little more than six weeks away!  Weather dictates how much we are able to accomplish on the course and with this mild break we have been able to tackle multiple chores throughout the course.

 

The chipping from the ice storm is complete but there is always more.

 

 

Spreading chip piles.

 

 

Working the pond banks on a cold frosty morning.

 

 

New drainage continues to perform.  This is excessive water being released from the 8th fairway on a very cold day.  Water has not stopped running in this drain since it was installed.

 

 

French drainage pulling water out of the 7th fairway.

 

 

We applied an herbicide to the newly seeded rough to selectively remove annual bluegrass. These areas will fill in rapidly in the spring.

 

 

There has been some encroachment of grassy weeds in some areas of the fairways but nothing to be alarmed about and not unexpected.  The green turf is Poa trivialis or roughstalk bluegrass in the 8th approach.

 

 

There is so little we can easily remove it by hand.

 

 

Our greens have many varieties of bent and annual bluegrass.  When it gets cold these segregate out and make the greens look very mottled.  Once warm weather arrives the turf transitions back to a uniform green color.

 

 

Spring will eventually get here.  These daffodils are just emerging near the 6th green.  These were blooming at the same time last year!