New Tees Looking Healthy

With a record setting winter season hopefully behind us, the new tee boxes look to be in great condition and ice free on the surface under a substantial blanket of protective snow.

This winter season has been challenging on many features of the property with some ice development covering areas of the golf course in the wake of several unfortunate freeze/thaw events since the first of this year. We are thankful to see the improving weather forecast and hopefully spring is right around the corner.

Shifting Gears

The grounds team has shifted gears now that the golf course and club grounds have been put to bed for the winter months. We have spent the last two weeks hanging all the Christmas decorations throughout the club, outside lights, steam cleaning all golf course equipment, final leaf cleanup, cleaned/painted tee markers, winterized club boats, reel mower cleaning/disassembly and even plowed snow in the parking lots 5 times now. The winter maintience season is off to a very productive start and the grounds team is excited for the golfing season ahead.

Tee Marker Cleaning

Tee Marker Painting

Parts Lists Created & Winter Maintenance Planned

Fairway Mower Cutting Unit Disassembly For Service & Sharpening

Steam Cleaning Equipment

Painting Driving Range Signs

Ice Rink Construction

Plow Truck Ready For Action

Inventory On Irrigation Tool Boxes

Fairway Cutting Units

Painting X-county Ski Trail Signs

First Snow

We received our first snow of the season last night and old man winter is making an early return to much of the state. The weather forecast for the next ten days looks to be unseasonably cool with lake effect snowshowers. I would like to thank the entire grounds team for all their hard work this past week completing all our winter prep and winterization work, just in time for winters return! The golf course is going to bed in fantastic shape and readied for winters harsh conditions. 

Ice Rink Goes To Bed

Ice Skating Rink - January 2014

With another winter and skating season behind us, it's time to break the rink down and move it to storage for the summer. This past winter was the rinks best season, with a couple months worth of skating days and lots of member interaction. 

Disassembling Individual Sections 

The rink is designed in such a way that allows us to assemble/disassemble it each season, reusing all the same materials. The parts and pieces are all labeled and constructed much like an erector set each season.

Removing Sections and Loading

Once the individual sections are taken apart, the pieces are loaded onto a trailer and moved to storage. The rink is stored during the summer months in a storage trailer out of the weather at our dump site. 

Wedge of Sand to Provide Level Surface

Due to the location of the rink in the parking lot next to the platform tennis building, we have 18" of fall from one side of the rink to the other. We build a wedge of sand (80 Tons) to level the surface of the rink (60' X 40') so the ice freezes faster and is consistent throughout. 

Sand Removal

The sand is then piled up and prepared to be hauled away for use on the course during the summer golf season. This is the third year for our ice rink and its been a great addition to the club, providing members lots of wintertime fun and enjoyment.