To help reduce wear on our par tee boxes we have temporarily installed mats to be hit off of. The goal is to reduce divots taken on these tee boxes over the course of the winter when our bentgrass is not growing and filling in divots. With fewer divots in our par 3 tees this will give you the golfers more usable teeing space come next spring. We have installed these mats on the blue and white tee boxes as they are the most commonly used tee boxes. Come next spring these mats will be removed and sod will replace them. I know we have several tee markers missing on the course. Since 2019 I have not seen a year where we have had more tee markers missing whether they have been tossed into the native or have ended up in your garden is irrelevant. We have exhausted our reserves and have placed an order for more tee markers. Please leave them in the ground.
Winter is upon us and our golf days have become shorter and the number of days to get a round in have began to dwindle down. As reminder, "If the forecasted weather at 1:00pm on weather.com is 34 degrees or colder, the course and practice facilities will remain closed for the remainder of the day". An e-mail will be sent out by 9:00am each day if the Winter Play policy is in effect. As for days that we will be open myself and my staff will be in contact with the pro shop regarding frost. We tend to see frost on days where we are below 40 degrees with calm to zero wind. The warmer we are going into sunrise and the more wind we have through the early hours of the morning will either prevent or reduce the severity of the frost. We have pushed the envelope a few mornings to help get golf off and have seen minor frost damage in our rough on holes one and four. I am okay with pushing the envelope with rough frost to help get golf off and moving as I know your good golf days are limited and want you to be able to get out and get your rounds in.
Best,
Grant
