GROUNDS UPDATE
Spring is definitely here!
Soil temperatures are starting
to rise, trees are starting to bud,
and the grass is growing a little
more every day. With all this
happening we have been very
busy getting things on the course
ready for a great season.
FORE the
ladies
TEAM MATCH PLAY
It’s time to join the FUN, be a
part of a team, play someone
new, and challenge yourself!
You choose: who you play your
match with from the other team;
when you play your match; your
team and team name. Scoring: if
you win you earn three points for
your team, a tie earns two points
and if you lose you receive one
point for showing up! Cost: $30
billed through the Club. At the
end of the season the winning
team earns $50 and the losing
team earns $10.
Please join us for team selections
on May 1 at the Club at 5 PM.
Contact Lindy Marvin at
[email protected]
or Suzy Wells at
[email protected]
with questions.
THEME MATCH PLAY
This year’s
theme, “New
York, New
York,” exudes
excitement and
this season we
are excited to
offer another
match play
option. This format establishes
teams according to the number
of participants and handicaps.
Each player will have an assigned
match to be completed within
the month.
This year, casts from various
Broadway hits will compete. The
cast of “Jersey Boys” may play the
cast of “Phantom of the Opera”
in May and then in June the
“Jersey Boys” cast may be playing
the cast of “Lion
King.” Each
month you will
be assigned a
match worth
six points for a
win, three for
a tie and zero
for a loss. If
the players cannot arrange a date
to play within the month, each
player will receive three points.
Mike Veile
Grounds Superintendent
Aerification was moved back a week
due to snow, but everything has been punched, top dressed,
seeded and fertilized. Greens were core aerified this year and
not deep tined. The reason being we have not pulled cores for
a few years and I wanted to make sure that we removed the
soil profile out of the top few inches instead of the solid deep
tines that go down about a foot.
We will be continuing our projects as we do every spring with
bunker work, course clean up, and of course getting all the
heights cut down to playing conditions. We have already gone
through and edged the bunkers but we will be putting sand
in them most of the month in preparation for member/guest.
The native has all been sprayed with herbicide to help prevent
weeds, the rough has also been spot sprayed. We have sprayed
the greens twice now with a chemical to reduce the seed heads
on poa annua grass. This is another way we’re trying to better
the results of inter seeding bent grass on the greens to make
a more uniform playing surface. Fungicides have also been
sprayed on greens and tees as we did in the last few years as
a preventative measure for diseases like dollar spot, fairy ring
and anthracnose.
This year is an exciting year with all the changes and with
that brings more projects that we will be doing in house. We
are working on building a retaining wall behind the driving
range tee to accommodate a fire lane. This is a very extensive
and complicated project that should be done by member/
guest. If you have any questions about the project as you see
us working please feel free to come over and we can explain
in more detail. We will have construction fences on the range
which will change how we set the range and operate on a
daily basis. In the end, we will be creating a very unique and
professional practice facility that no other course around will
have, so please be understanding.
Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions
through this process. My email is [email protected] or
you can call me at 970-482-1957. Thank you and we look
forward to a great season.
If you are interested in this
more structured match play
please contact Kathy Mason at
[email protected].
If you are new to the Club or
match play, this format takes
the guesswork out of with
whom to play.
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