BRRRRRR!!

Looking outside, it's hard to imagine that the golf course only closed two weeks ago. And, after getting into my frozen car this morning, it's even more difficult to remember why exactly I like winter, but I digress.  As the following picture illustrates, the cross-country skiers were out in full force following the 4" of fluffy, white snow that we received from Friday night into Saturday morning.  Even though the calendar says winter doesn't officially begin until December 21, the current conditions and extended forecast beg to differ.

Tracks from cross-country skiers are already visible on 7 fairway.

 As far as how this relates to the golf course, we finished putting up ropes and snow fence on Friday, and our course work is essentially done for the year.  People often wonder what the snow means for the turf, and to break it down in simple terms, snow=good and ice=bad.  So, here's to hoping that the snow sticks around until the course is ready to wake up in spring.