It goes with out saying but your course is closed. Once the snow melts and the fairways, greens and tees dry up play will be permitted once again. 4 - 6 inches of heavy wet snow greeted us Monday morning.
Pretty in pictures.
Monday, April 14, 2014
Course Closed
It goes with out saying but your course is closed. Once the snow melts and the fairways, greens and tees dry up play will be permitted once again. 4 - 6 inches of heavy wet snow greeted us Monday morning.
Pretty in pictures.
Thursday, April 10, 2014
The Golf Course is Open
The 2014 golf season is here!
It may have been one of the most brutal winters on record but it was one of the kindest when it came down to the lack of winter kill! No December rain events and no January thaws! Plenty of dry insulating snow and cold weather to keep it that way!
Perfect! Thank God, we will not be starting the year out behind the eight ball in trying to re-establish the dead turf when the elements are always stacked against us. Enjoy the new season and we'll see you on the course. _Mk
Preseason Training
We took advantage of the cold weather earlier this week to address one of many shade issues found on the course. The cold weather kept the soil dry and firm allowing us to drop 10 trees by 14 green and fifteen tee.
We have photographed, studied and planned for the removal of trees whose shadows weaken golf turf while striving to maintain the integrity of the fact we are a course cut from a forest. To borrow a quote from our Patriots, "A Surgical Strike" was the order of the day.
We determined if we removed the large towering white pines adjacent to fifteen tee we would increase sun light penetration on fourteen green by two hours each day!
In the photo above we've already removed 4 of the eight trees on site without hitting the "Old Shop."
While I have many digital files of tree shade issues taken on the solstices (Spring, Summer and Fall) and at times like sunrise, mid morning, high noon, mid afternoon, the best photos obtained came from and application I carry on my Ipad called Sun Seeker. This application allows me to get a feel for sun/shade angles on any day or any time for a particular day of my choosing.
Here the path of the sun is plotted.
After the trees have been removed.
The new view from the tee.
We have photographed, studied and planned for the removal of trees whose shadows weaken golf turf while striving to maintain the integrity of the fact we are a course cut from a forest. To borrow a quote from our Patriots, "A Surgical Strike" was the order of the day.
We determined if we removed the large towering white pines adjacent to fifteen tee we would increase sun light penetration on fourteen green by two hours each day!
In the photo above we've already removed 4 of the eight trees on site without hitting the "Old Shop."
While I have many digital files of tree shade issues taken on the solstices (Spring, Summer and Fall) and at times like sunrise, mid morning, high noon, mid afternoon, the best photos obtained came from and application I carry on my Ipad called Sun Seeker. This application allows me to get a feel for sun/shade angles on any day or any time for a particular day of my choosing.
Here the path of the sun is plotted.
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| The sun arch on Spring/Fall solstice |
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| With the trees removed, the sun will hit the green a little after 8:30 Am.
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The new view from the tee.
For those of you that "fade" the ball you will notice you have more room to the left to negotiate the shot on the left now.
We will be using this tool on other greens with know sun light problems. _Mk
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