We have done our best preparing the course for the Great Blizzard of 2016.  Our staff is ready and will be plowing the grounds throughout the weekend.  Chef has provided them with plenty of good eats and they will take catnaps when possible.  It is awesome to have such a dedicated bunch and they are a pleasure to work with.  We intend to have the club open as soon as possible.

An ominous sunrise this morning.  Red in the morning….

The plow and men are ready.

Reflective markers placed throughout to keep the plow on the road.

Fencing to protect our weakest green from kids sledding.

What a weird start to winter.  Growth in late December after we had applied our winter fungicides.  After some consideration we thought best to not mow.  The mowers will be ready when the weather breaks.

I'm calling this the plague.  This is roughstalk bluegrass invading our bent fairways in a few areas.  This will need to be sodded out in the fall.

Before the storm we almost completed cutting back last years growth in seven and eight ditch.  Four lake is done!

This drain has continued to flow since the day it was installed on the eighth hole.

We tried to complete some tree work before the storm but alas some equipment breakdowns occurred and had to be rescheduled.

A large dead oak was removed before the breakdown on the second hole next to this now specimen tulip poplar.  More firewood!

Not one guess to my turf twister.  Anyway this line of damaged turf was caused by the hose from the air compressor when we winterized the irrigation system.  The hose gets hot as the air leaves the compressor.

There's the culprit!