A G R O N O M Y

Getting the course woken up from a long winters nap starts weeks before a tee is set into the ground.A detailed clean-up of the entire golf course is the first major undertaking. We have focused on improving areas where years of debris have accumulated making for unplayable lies. One of the goals this off season was to clear out the underbrush and debris between the 5th hole and 11th hole and the same for the left side of the 10th hole with playability being the focus. Pictured below is the clean-up on the left side of the 10th hole. Years of leaf and pine needles were blown into piles and then removed.

After the course goes through the detail-oriented clean-up, we focus on our features. All bunkers are blown free of debris and groomed from the many animal prints that fill every bunker after a long winters nap. We add sand where needed and place bunker rakes in their locations for the season. We then double rolled all the greens. The rolling allows for use to smooth the putting green surfaces from winters frost heaving as well as firming up any rutting that may have occurred during our deep tine aeration we performed after the course closed in December. Once weather allows first cuts will be made on the playing surfaces. Once cuts are made this will stimulate

We look forward to a successful 2023 golf season ahead!

Best,

Craig Sullivan