Cold Front Arrives

In the matter of a day our high temperatures went from 70 degrees down to our high today of 33 degrees. Wow what a change in just 24 hours. I guess that is why they call this the Transition zone and why it is such a unique area to try and grow turf. Despite the cold temperatures the maintenance team was out and about working on some winter time projects. We are continuing to remove the trees around the golf course that didn't make through the season. A lot of these trees continue to be Black Locust trees that have either lived their short life or got hit hard during the summer drought a year ago. Today we were working on the trees along #6 tees and in between #6 and #7. Also we finally started our drainage project on the short end of #14 fairway. Our goal is to get this done as soon as possible before the winter moisture arrives and makes this area a sloppy wet mess. As I said last week the drainage in this area is going to make a big difference next year and help us to have good consistent turf coverage and firmer conditions in this fairway. I have attached a picture of the drainage trenches prior to us installing the pipe and gravel. It looks like the rest of the week is going to be very cold and winter like with maybe a chance of snow later in the week. We still are waiting on the arrival of the permit to start on the #5 project. Hopefully we will see it sometime this week. Keeping our fingers crossed. I hope everyone stays warm and has a great week.