June 17th

WEATHER CONDITIONS
After yesterday mornings showers the sun appeared in the afternoon to help dry up the course for todays' first Men's Day. A total of 24mm fell drenching the course. Last nights low maintained 14 degrees creating foggy conditions to start the day. Today there is a 60% chance of rainwill with storm activity coming our way across Georgian Bay.  This afternoon is supposed to clear and be sunny with a high of 20.

EVENTS
Todays Men's Day starts at 1:30 with a shotgun to start and dinner to follow. Please indicate at checking in whether you will be staying for dinner.

GOLF CARTS
Golf carts are permitted for full use at this time.  Please keep carts on paths where provided and avoid any low lying wet areas whenever possible.

COURSE PLAYABILITY
Ground Under Repair - Treat all new sodded areas IN ROUGH as 'ground under repair'.  No. 18 fairway has been overseeded to recover ice damage.  Treat any bare areas on No. 18 as 'ground under repair'.
Greens - Greens will be cut and rolled for today's round.  Green speeds are a little slower then normal with soft conditions from aerification, wet conditions and extra topdress material to fill in holes.  Green speeds expected to be approximately 8-9 feet depending on greens the individual green's drainage characteristics and firmness.
Rough - The crew starts back up today focusing on green surrounds with the light-weight rough mowers and hole by hole with the big drag behing unit which may have to avoid wet areas.
Bunkers - The bunkers will be shoved and raked this morning after yesterday's rainfall.  There may be some standing water that will need to be pumped in some of our poorly draining end of life bunkers.
Driving Range -  The driving range is closed until further notice.  The PTO pump now only runs through the day with noise restrictions now in play.  We are now still continuing to gain on draining down the water.  If weather cooperates and we don't receive too much rain we should be able to have the range open for July 1.
Course Etiquette - Please remember to repair ball marks and replace divots.  If carrying your golf bag and using the sand tubes, please use on FAIRWAYS ONLY.  Maintenance staff repairs all tee divots and uses a different seed then what is used on fairways.

COURSE MAINTENANCE
Today is a full mow day after the weekend in preparation for today's Men's Day event which includeds greens, fairways and approaches.

 

Have a great round!