Category Archives: Course Conditions

Over the next few weeks, I’ll be doing shorter posts that focus on one specific topic. Hopefully they will be educational and/or useful for you. First topic is the where you usually start your round, on the range tee. In October of 2022 we re-leveled and re-sodded the tee. Being that the sod is young, […]

Yes, we still have some time until the 2023 golf season…we’re working feverishly to get the golf course cleaned up and playable. Remember, the preparation work that needs to take place to prepare the golf course doesn’t know the temperature. There are still bunkers with 4 feet of snow in them, there are sticks and […]

First, AGCS Justin Hemauer has put a fresh groom on the winter trails yesterday, and they’re set up really well. I’m not sure how many more grooms we have left this season so I recommend you take advantage of a nice week before the “big melt” looks to start next week. Obviously we’ve had a […]

Unfortunately the last Saturday of the golf season will be a frost delay, and more than likely, a lengthy one. With temperatures at 29 degrees right now, and more than likely dipping lower as the sun rises, it will be several hours until we’re clear to play. We will forego any maintenance other than essential […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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