Peripheral Grooming of Underbrush Underway

It's Muskoka.  It's like a jungle out there.  With all this moist weather it doesn't take long for the undergrowth of raspberries and tree saplings to start to take over once you stop mowing an area.  Before you know it the course gets a 'closed in' feeling and the openness and views and vistas start to become lost.

It's an off week as far as maintenance on the course with no topdressing or grooming of ditches scheduled.  We've caught up on the majority of early summer projects.  It's time to focus on some peripheral zones of the course along the forest edges and regain some openness out there.

There is an added benefit of managing these boundary areas in that they help speed up play.  Golfers can spend less time trying to find their balls from arrant shots.

The borrowed Steiner mower is great for climbing and mowing slopes to save labour

The underbrush down the right side of No. 6 was trimmed up to regain some more playable real estate.  There were a few dead trees that were cut down for safety reasons along the zone that were ready to topple over.

Crew working hard on cleanup along the right side of No. 6

Finished product of hillside on No. 18 mowed down

The bank along the left side of No. 18 was also groomed up for all the same reasons.  The mowing also helps control the growth of weeds that would otherwise thrive in the location.

We hope you enjoy the conditions this work provides.