Seems a little early, but we’ll experience our first frost of the Fall season. At this time, we’ll reevaluate at 9:00. We will be mowing greens and fairways today, in preparation for starting the sodding process on the putting green tomorrow, and freeing up all staff. When the frost lifts, we will need time to […]
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Midland Members, As part of the golf course Master Plan, the new fairway expansions on 3, 8, 11, 12, 14, and 17 were seeded and topdressed on Monday. It is imperative that we keep electric carts off these areas. Bentgrass seedlings are extremely fragile and will not survive under cart traffic. All seeded areas are […]
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A quick line of lightning, and much needed rain, is making its way through the metro right now. We won’t get much rain out of it, but anything counts with as dry as it’s been. As our staff waits for it to clear to be safe, we will be delayed in starting our preparation of […]
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As there continues to be questions regarding this Fall’s Master Plan work, I am putting the same information that was physically mailed to all members in March, on the blog, as it should be a helpful reminder of the scope of work, and to eliminate any misinformation. Please feel free to reach out with questions […]
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The beginning of the golf season has taken awhile to arrive, and its preceding weather to has been anything but conventional. So here’s a few things you can expect to encounter if you’re playing your first round of golf this opening weekend: Deep tine holes on greens, tees, and fairways. We deep tine playing […]
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After a few chilly days, Justin and Tina have completed a fresh groom of the winter trails. The weather looks to have made a turn away from fridgid temperatures, so we hope to see you out there enjoying! Mike Manthey
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Yes, it’s bone chilling out, but Justin groomed the winter trails yesterday. The abundant sunshine all day packed the snow tight with the groom, so the trail set up nicely. Once the temperatures warm up to your threshold, we hope you can make it out to enjoy. Mike Manthey
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The last few snow events, followed up by extremely cold, dry air, has resulted in the winter trails blowing over quickly. Yesterday’s snowfall had little moisture content, so it’s expected that the snow will again be mobile once the wind picks up. Assistant GCS, Tina Rosenow, has just finished grooming the trails so they’re ready […]
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With enough snow over the past week, we were finally able to groom the winter trails once again. The high winds have blown out a few areas, the worst being the hillside of #9, so use caution if you are skate skiing through this section. Again, as a reminder, as we’ve had users of […]
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The weather has been unusually warm, and if it’s going to be “winter” we might as well have snow to enjoy the scenery of the season. With the welcomed 5″ of snow that fell last night, the winter trails are groomed and ready to enjoy. If you are a new user of the golf course […]
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