Llanerch Golf Course and External Activities

14 inches of snow!!! Wow!!! The course is completely cover in snow drifts and ice. We are concentrating on plowing snow drifts and salting the remaining ice in the parking lots.. When I was driving to the course this morning, it was 0 degrees! It is very difficult, even with salt, to get the ice to break up and melt when it is this cold.  Any time we do not spend outside, we are working on our yearly winter maintenance of turf equipment. Lets hope for warmer weather soon!!

It has been mild week so far but that we all be coming to end by next Tuesday with the return of very cold temperatures. We have been spending our time continuing to clean up leaves and sticks on the course. We also have been fixing tire rutting along the cart paths and parking areas by 1 tee and 18 green. We are going to start sodding these areas Monday before the cold kicks in!!

Starting this Friday, I will be introducing a Geese Flusher and her dog on the property to reduce the geese problem. During the January-Febuary months, the dog will be here a few times a week. In March -April, the handler and dog will be her 2-3 a day as we aggressively try to move the geese away. This system is both completely legal and humane. I am hoping this will mark the beginning of a reduction of the geese.

Happy New Years! As the first post of 2014, we start with SNOW!! We had a an unofficial measurement of 5.5 inches of snow on the golf course. It is hard to get a real accurate measurement because the snow is blowing around. The snow should start to melt on Sunday and Monday with more mild temperatures and rain. 

As we enter the last day of 2013, I would like to review the past year of External Operations. Weather continued to be the dominate subject. A mild January, February and mid March had everyone excited about golf.  It was a March 25th 2 inch snow that stop all of us in our tracts! April and May the rough got really thick. We were warm and, for the most part, dry. It was late June, July and most of August were the rains came falling. We had over 20 days were the night temperature was over 70 degrees! In agricultural terms, that is a extremely hot. As many of you know, I am almost more interested (and concerned) about night temperatures than day temperatures. Then came an above average warm September and October. The leaves kept their fall color for longer than average which made the course look just beautiful! A normal temperate November and December with just one surprising 8 inch snow storm on December 8th wrapped up the year.  I would like to personal thank the Ground Maint...

The weather is going to go from cold, ice and snow to wet and warm by this Sunday. So the big question will be......when do you think we can play again? I promise to get everyone out as soon as the snow melts and we have a some dryer conditions. We will probably start off with walking only and then move to allowing carts. The staff and I will need some time to clean off the greens, tees and fairways before we get you out there. I will keep the Golf Shop up to date as to when we can play some golf! Thanks for your patience!

I don't even no where to start since my last post. We just got another 4 inches of snow after Sunday's epic and surprising 8 inch snow storm. The course is currently completely cover by snow and the cold night temperatures are not going to let it melt fast. We are concentrating on snow and ice removal and beginning the process of our annual equipment seasonal maintenance program. I will keep you updated as to when the course will reopen in the future.