Covering Greens

Good morning all!

With the first winter blast of 2011, we will be covering the greens this morning, Monday (January 10th).  With the Weather Channel currently forecasting Monday and Tuesday night below 20, we will keep covered at least until Wednesday.  Whether we uncover Wednesday or Thursday will depend on what the low will be Wednesday night.  If it hovers right around freezing, we will probably uncover on Wednesday.  I will keep this site updated as to which day we will uncover.

There were several area courses that shut down on Saturday to cover.  This was done merely to avoid being out in the cold on Monday.  The moisture we received Sunday helped greatly to insulate the ground.  Plus, being covered for an extended amount of time leads to a greater possibility of disease.  I felt it was a better idea to fight the elements on Monday and only be covered for a couple of days than to shut down on a beautiful Saturday afternoon and be covered for 5 days.

While some neighboring courses have covered their greens already this season, I haven't felt it's been cold enough to warrant covering.  Night-time lows play a big role, but so do the day-time highs.  If the day-time high temps stay around freezing to mid-30's coupled with lows around 20, we will cover.