Dear Membership,
The summer just continues move forward with no end in
sight. We had our first short frost
delay this morning as the temperature on our weather station got down to 37
degrees..which is closer to 34-35 degrees on the course. Looks like we may experience a little harder
freeze on Friday night. This signals, as
we all know, that fall is just around the corner and those beautiful blue bird
days with highs in the 60’s and 70’s aren’t far behind. I appreciate everyone’s patience with the
frost delays that will soon be upon us, and rest assured we will get everyone
out as quickly as we can on those mornings.
Thursday we are hosting our half of the Snake River Cup…GO
JHGTC!! After years of holding on to the
cup we have let the Pines “borrow” it for a couple of years and it’s time to
have bragging rights back on “the east bank”.
Good luck to all those that are competing and thank you for representing
the club.
The big news on the course recently has been the increase in
activity of bees, both on the course and around the clubhouse. We have been putting up bee traps around the
facilities and have gone through several cases of spray around the course. That being said we are guests in their
environment and as long as you aren’t aggressive with them they will tend not
to be aggressive towards you. We will
continue to try and manage the situation keeping in mind that bees are the
baseline for all living plants as they account for a significant percentage of
all pollination that takes place on our planet.
Interesting fact: 1/3 of the food we eat in America comes from
pollinating insects such as bees.
The golf course continues to play wonderfully and I am
looking forward to cooler days so we can see some healthy growth on the
course. I want to thank everyone for continuing
to use cart paths where available and not driving around approaches, greens and
tees. It is very easy to see what the
compaction does to playing conditions..good example is the right side of #3
between the bunker and the cart path.
All the driving and parking in that area has made keeping healthy turf
almost impossible. You can see
improvements in areas we have put signs and ropes. Good example of that is to the left of number
12 green..you can see how the area just next to the bunker has improved and the
difference in turf quality where carts are exiting the fairway further up to
the east. I appreciate everyone’s help
in their travels around the course. Have
a great week.
Andy Erskine, GCS
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