Llanerch Golf Course and External Activities

The staff continues to use this warm break in the weather to trim trees along fence lines. Yesterday, they concentrated along the fence bordering the 3 tee. Today, they are working behind the left side of 2 green. We plan to add a combination of trees and shrubs in these places to create a "green" border with the neighbors. As for the course, we are open for walking only. The course is very wet from melting ground frost and snow.

The Staff is has been cleaning up the fence line along number 8. Over the last few days, we have trimmed trees, cleaned up leaves and pulled out weedy ivy. In the this picture (in the distance), you will see the tree chipper and dump truck grinding all the limbs. We had Aradar Tree Service also trim trees along Township Line and the corner of Edmonds Avenue.  We are also fixing some sections of the fence and are preparing to repair the broken fence along Township Line in the near future.

As the clouds try to clear out, we are left with a very wet golf course. We had close to 0.6 inches of rain since yesterday afternoon. Combined with the warmer temperatures, carts will need to be restricted until 11:30am. Why11:30? Well, each day myself and the assistants ride throughout the course to measure how wet and soft the ground is presently. After consulting with the weather forecast, we try to make an educated guess as to when a cart will not damage the turf. We like to think we get it right most of time but sometimes we are wrong. We try to balance not hurting the course today with not jeopardizing the course long term. It is similar on how we decide when to end frost delays. Thank you for your patience. 

As you can see from this picture, snow is still hanging around. This photo is of 3 green taken at 10:40 this morning. I think we still have a few days to wait to host golf.

Happy New Year to everyone! I hope that you and your families had a safe and happy holidays. The golf course still has snow in patches throughout. I think the weekend is still in question if it can accommodate play. It all depends on the night temperatures. We are getting some melting during the day but then it becomes ice at night. I will keep the Golf Shop updated on when we can reopen.