Friday..snow day

We woke up to 2-3" on the course this morning..doesn't look like there will be any golf today!?!  We were able to finish aerifying the greens..just barely.  Rain on Monday, dry weather Tuesday for the front nine and nice weather Wednesday until around 4PM or so allowed us to get all the greens punched, sanded and dragged on the back nine as well.  We definitely had to hurry on the back nine Wednesday as we ended up with almost .25" of rain that evening.  Now we have snow cover and really cold temperatures predicted for tonight..18-20 degrees.  Waiting until this late in the year to aerify is always a little dicey, but I feel pretty good considering we are supposed to get back near 60 by Monday.  We have a little "touch up" work to do on the greens to get them where I want them, hopefully tomorrow will bring some sunshine and warmer temperatures so we can finish up. 

As we move forward the next big project will be getting the leaves up off the course prior to putting out our winter fungicide applications towards the end of the month.  Beyond that we are shooting for sometime around the 18th to start blowing out the irrigation system.  For those of you that are tied to the golf course we will check your system regardless of whether or not you have someone else blow it out just to make sure everyone is good going into winter. 

Just another reminder with the cold temperatures forecasted that we need everyone to stay off the course unless we are open for golf as damaging frosty turf this time of year will carry into winter.  The snow will also start bringing the elk down low and all the animals will be loading up for winter.  We had an incident this last week with an unleashed dog giving chase to a deer before the owner could corral the pet..this is one of the main reasons we ask that you do not walk your pet on the course and why Teton County has a leash law.  We appreciate everyone being responsible pet owners and adhereing to our no dog policy on the golf course until the cross country track is set this winter.

Have a great weekend..hope to be golfing again by tomorrow afternoon!

Andy Erskine, GCS

  

Hello..October

Hard to believe September is over.  What a month..one of the wettest I can remember.  We had nearly 2 and  half inches of rain, double our average. We have only run the irrigation a handful of times the entire month!

We began greens aerification this afternoon by punching the practice green and #1.  Everything is pretty wet and it looks like we are going to have a tight two day window to get them done as another winter like storm is anticipated for Thursday.  That being said we are going to stick with our original schedule.  The practice green and front nine will be closed tomorrow and the back nine will be closed on Wednesday with the intention of opening everything back up on Thursday. 

It has been a fantastic season as we work towards closing on October 13th and prepare the golf course for overwintering.  Thanks for everyone's patience over the next couple of days and we will have the greens back in "putting" condition by weeks end.  I read in an article about the importance of aerifying greens that Tom Watson shot a 59 at his home course in Kansas just a few days after they aerified their greens..perhaps there's one last great round out there for all of us as we bring the season to a close.  Have a great day.

Andy Erskine, GCS

Saturday morning update

Current temperature at the course is 36..I think we are going to avoid the frost this morning.  We will shoot for 9:30 on the first tee time.  Due to all the rain and snow we are a little behind schedule with our aerification of fairways, so we will be continuing that process today.  Working on #8, 9 and 11.  I appreciate everyone's patience as we work to get all that needs to be done to prepare the course for winter.  Have a great day.

Andy

Friday morning update

Yesterday's tournament went off for the Wyoming Restaurant and Lodging Association..thank goodness they were all from Wyoming and "toughed" it out.  We were able to get on the course around 10:30 or so after the snow melted and they went off around 1:30.  This morning it's 35 right now..we will have to see whether or not it cools off a degree or two and the frost sets up..we will shoot for a 10AM start at this point.

Andy

Thursday morning

Good morning..we have 32 at the course this morning.  Few flurries in the air, but it looks like the we missed out on the worst of the storm.  We did receive around .85" of rain yesterday..that brings our September rainfall total to nearly 1.75"...well over our average of about 1.2" for the month.  We will have a delay this morning and I'm not sure how it will play out with our tournament this afternoon.  We will be ready for 10:30 tee times but you should check with the pro shop as the course has to be clear by 12:30 or 1 for the Wyoming Restaurant and Lodging Association. 

Looks like the warmer and drier weather starting on Saturday for one last good weekend before greens aerification starts on Monday late afternoon.

Have a great day.

Frost update

Temperature is 32 this morning..we will shoot for a 10AM first tee time this morning.  Have a great day.

Andy

Monday morning update.

Current temperature is 39....looks like we will escape the frost this morning.  Will have a 9:30 first tee time.  We are starting fairway aerification today and will be working on holes #1-3, we have successfully completed tees and approaches.  Get out and enjoy the course...looks like our first winter storm on Wednesday and Thursday with snow to the valley floor at night!  Could have a snow delay for Thursday the way things are shaping up.