More wind

And to think that the Alberta flag was just a few days old.

Chinook winds

A little breezy at the country club today!

New forward tee

With all the golf course projects we try to keep all the material on the golf course and the plugs from the tree planting were deposited near the new forward tee on 13.  Unfortunately the ground is now frozen and we will need to wait until spring arrives to finish the tee box.

Trees on 9 and 13

Here is a view of the area on 9 after the all the trees were planted.

The same view over on hole 13.

New trees

On Wednesday November 16 we brought in Bill Zarn and his crew to plant some excellent looking spruce trees.  Here is a look at the spade digging the holes on the 9th hole near the fairway bunker.

The trees are set into the hole and straightened if necessary.

The burlap and wire basket are peeled back from the trunk and any cracks are filled with loam.  The trees were watered right after they were planted.  With the mild temperatures we will water them a couple more times this week.

New forward tee on 13

Word has it that the grounds crew was in on the weekend, apparently taking advantage of the mild weather.  As you can see, we dug up the much-too-small forward tee on 13 and will be replacing it with a new deck that will be large enough for both sets of forward tee markers.

We have used this technique in the past where the ground is excavated down 8-12 inches and we haul (or push, in this case) all the accumulated branches, leaves, sod and old flowers.  Then this material is covered over with the soil and a layer of screened loam.

Greens covering

On Saturday November 5th the grounds crew installed the remaining greens covers.  Thanks to Brent and Colin for helping out myself, John, Terry, Don and Dale with the covering.

Before putting the covers down we topdressed the greens with a heavy layer of sand to help protect the crowns of the grass over the winter.

There was a 2inch layer of snow on the greens when we covered them but that has since melted off.

Another interesting shot taken on the course Tuesday morning and no, it isn't shaving cream or meringue.

Snow circle?

Hmmmm...an interesting picture of a snow circle on the golf course Monday morning...what in tarnations caused this?