Llanerch Golf Course and External Activities

This is a picture of the new patio off 18 green taken a hour ago! I am just speechless about this weather. I just went outside and measure 2.5 inches of snow! We will have to wait until the snow melts before we can continue cleaning up from all the other damage from the .......you guessed it...snow. The other picture is obviously a 4 leaf clover that will hopefully give us some good luck when it comes to getting some warm weather! Enjoy your St. Patrick's Day!                                                                               

Yes, you read that right. The Range is open today! We spent a few hours removing snow from around the ball containers and parking lot so we could open. The snow is melting throughout the course as we speak. The departing snow has revealed more clean up for us but we are just happy to see it go!

As of this Monday, large areas of snow melted but we still have large areas with snow on it. I am hoping that by later this week, the snow will all but be gone. We are still cutting up branches, chipping branches and raking up pine needles. We will continue with that type of work until the snow clears up. I will be posting more updates on the course all this week.

I feel like all I do is post tree updates. Well, here is another! Aradar Tree Service is removing two Eastern White Pines by 10 tee because they were so damaged. Aradar will be working along Country Club Lane tomorrow. The Grounds staff is concentrating on cleaning up broken limbs behind #1 and #3 green. More information tomorrow.....

Just a quick post today. As of 8:30am today, we have a little over 8 inches of new snow! It is switching between rain, ice, sleet and snow for the last hour. We are plowing some snow in the parking lots now. It sounds like we might get another 3-7 inches of snow, sleet and ice before the end of the day. On another note, only 34 more days until Spring!  Be safe!

As you can see from the picture, this white pine has had roughly 30% of it's branches torn off of it. We have at least 40 trees that look some thing like this. Once the weather improves, we will concentrate in chipping up the branches. I am hoping we can complete the work in 2 weeks if the weather cooperates.  

As you can see from this photo, we have an independent contractor removing branches from the electrical wire by the tennis courts. They were able to fix the wires and keep power flowing to the Clubhouse. On the golf course, we are picking up branches and looking to schedule Aradar Tree Serve to help us with the high elevation work. Will continue to keep you update as the week goes.