Unfortunately, I am closing the greens effective Wednesday, December 1st. The recent heavy rains combined with the cold temperatures coming will leave the greens difficult to play and succeptible to damage. Aside from that, we also need any openings in the weather to finish applying our end-of-season fertilizer and sand topdressing.
Many people lament the closing of the greens, but I assure you that giving them the winter off is the way to go. Foot traffic during winter on greens will not recover, and could potentially do damage to root systems if the ground is partially frozen. Also, it ensures we hit the ground running in springtime with nice, playable surfaces without ball marks and footprints.
As always, we will be placing temporary holes in front of the greens just in case a little break in the winter allows us to dust the clubs off, hit a few shots, and surely remind us why we put them away in the first place!
Have a great winter. I will be posting photos and blurbs through the winter with insight into just what the heck it is we do in the winter time. Please check from time to time. Thanks for visiting!!!
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