Snake River Cup returns to JHGTC

Congratulations to our membership team for bringing the Snake River Cup back to it's rightful owners here at JHGTC.  After "loaning" it to Teton Pines for the last year it is located back home.

                                                 2013

SNAKE RIVER CUP CHAMPIONS
JHG&TC

Donna Clark
Julie Kummer
Linda Martin
Nancy Adams
Chester Phillips
Barry Gangwer
Bob Vignaroli Jr.
Stewart Johnson
Tom Barker
Chris Flanagan
Don Gaitan
Scott Livingston

Fine play and job well done in bringing the cup back home!

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Typical Saturday morning at JHGTC

What a beautiful morning...no frost..smoke has diminised a bit..semiannual Lucas cattle drive went by the golf course..mom and baby moose hanging out on #14 eating like winter is just around the courner..few tinges of yellow around on the trees.  If it wasn't supposed to be near 90 today I would think it's fall around here!?!?

No more bear sightings since my last post.  But the elk are starting to become more active..the males have been sparring on #8 and left a decent amount of damage on the forward tees and beginning of the fairway.  Tis the season..be aware of increased animal activity of all kind on and around the golf course.

                       Cattle drive

Mama moose #14

Baby moose #14

Bear sighting and frost update

Good afternoon everyone,

I wanted to make everyone around the golf course aware that we have had a young black bear spotted near #3 tee box and in the vicinity of #5 green this morning.  It was aggressive with the caretaker for the Golf Creek subdivision just adjacent to number 3 early this morning.  The bear was last seen headed southwest which would take it to the north of number 17 in the area of the Rockefellor property.  I spoke with Game & Fish this morning and they asked me to remind everyone to make sure that trash cans are secure, grills are kept inside when not in use and bird feeders are at least 10 ft off the ground or removed completely.  This is the time of the year that the bears will begin feeding very aggresively in preparation for winter and if they are making their way into our area food must be somewhat scarce up high.  Please be vigilant and secure any and all potential food sources..."a fed bear is a dead bear"..don't be the person ressponsible for having to put one down.   

In the coming weeks we will start seeing frost on a regular basis.  I will be using this blog to notify members and guests of frost delays.  We go from 7 AM to 8 AM tee times starting this weekend so I will update the blog every morning at 7AM.  I will do my best to estimate start times based on temperatures and past experience.  This should alleviate any early arrivals and help the pro shop manage the start times based on any delays.  We will do our best to get the course ready to go as quickly as we can, keeping in mind that walking or driving on frosty grass will kill it. 

I hope everyone is enjoying the summer and the golf course.  Stay aware of your surroundings while golfing and remember.."wildlife has the right of way" here at Jackson Hole Golf & Tennis Club.

Andy Erskine, GCS

August 4, 2013

The summer seems to have really flown by..here we are in August and we had our first signs of frost on the golf course yesterday morning with a low of 36 on the weather station.  Nothing widespread just enough to remind us that we are on the back side of summer and headed towards fall.  This is a good opportunity to remind everyone that the course is off limits to walkers/dogs especially in the early morning hours now that we are going to have frost on a regular basis..don't want to kill any grass.

The course is in great shape right now and I hope everyone is getting out to enjoy it.  We are looking forward to our annual Strutting Grouse tournament on Tuesday.  Should be nearly 120 avid golfers for a great day.  Looks like the weather is going to cooperate and it should be beautiful.  They will have a new tee deck to hit off of on #3 as we have opened the new forward tees for play.  We have also installed a walking path between #4 green and #5 tee to shorten the distance for our walkers. 

As the weather cools we will see the animals begin to "move" so be aware of your surroundings, there is at least one mom and yearling moose on the property and they can be very protective of their young.  I have been charged several times by a mother moose with young near by.  The elk will also start to move in the next 4-6 weeks so remember our motto.."wildlife has the right of way" and don't approach the wildlife.  They can outpace any of our carts if they feel threatened.  We had a bear on property and a mountain lion just to our east last fall and I will keep everyone posted if we have any predator spotttings over the coming months.

Get out and play..the scenery is spectacular as always and the wildlife viewing will only get better.

Andy Erskine, GCS

Little hard to see, but this family of ducks has been living in the pond on #13 all summer and moved up towards the creek by #1.