Opening weekend

What a great opening weekend at Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis!  Thanks to everyone that came out to usher in another great year. 

We appreciate everyone's patience with course conditions, after 3 weeks of winter like weather we were finally able to get out and really make strides on the course last week.  We came out of winter very well and the course is healing up nicely.  Our efforts have been focused on cleaning up the mouse/vole damage and improving areas that saw disease, primarily in the rough.  We have done a tremendous amount of work fixing damage on greens and other select areas caused by animal traffic..buffalo, elk, deer ,etc.  The greens are slow coming around due to the very cold and wet conditions over the last several weeks but are growing at a good clip and the aerification holes from last fall are healing rapidly.  Getting the bunkers clean and in playing shape will be the next major project  for the coming week or two.

In working with the greens committee last fall we determined that we could improve playing coinditions by routing golfers away from high traffic areas, especially around greens, by utilizing more signage on the golf course.  Because of that we invested in and placed new signage on the course to route golfers around areas that see excessive traffic and create poor playing conditions.  I appreciate everyone taking note and adhereing to our efforts to improve playing conditions by staying out of areas that are marked as such.  We also made new stakes this winter and roped off areas that we would like to see improvement.  For all the homeowners out there that are tied to our irrigation system, we are all charged up and will be turning on homeowner valves this week.

Stayed tuned for further updates on the course and I look forward to seeing everyone out on the course.

Bison making themselves at home on #18

Course is almost free of snow!!

It's amazing what a week of 50's and sunshine will do for snow melt.  Last weekend the course was 90% covered with snow...today all that's left are some north facing piles and the majority of the bunkers still  have snow in them.  The course is extremely wet and it looks like the weather is going to be wet and cool into early next week.  We will be limited in the amount of work we can get done on the course until things dry out and will be treading lightly as this is the time of year that travel on the course really adds to compaction issues.  At this point we are thinking an April 27th opening is certainly achievable..granted we don't have an extended return to winter.  Between now and then the course will remain closed to pedestrian traffic. For those of you around the course that are tied into our irrigation system, we will be charging the system in the next week or two and will be opening homeowner valves shortly thereafter. 

The media department from Grand Teton National Park released a statement last week regarding the spring migration of animals around the area.."Animals are typically weakened from the rigors of a Jackson Hole winter and may be forced to use precious energy whenever startled or disturbed by the presence of vehicles and humans on foot or bicycle. All visitors and local residents should keep their distance from all wildlife...".  There are several bison meandering around the edges of the property and the elk are making their way up from the refuge in large numbers.  In addition, the mountain lions that killed a dog have been spotted on the fringes of the golf course..just west of #13 and northwest of #17.  Please be alert around the area and in your travels.  Keep tuning in for further updates on the course and potential opening.