The warm weather couldn't have come at a better time, as course has been covered by snow for about nine weeks and we were starting to wonder how the grass held up. In the very limited areas where there is exposed grass it looks like it should in early March, brownish and ugly. We did shovel off a few spots on the practice green to get a look at the putting surface and it looks fine. However, as more melts we will get a better picture of how we came through the winter and hopefully we'll continue to see healthy grass.
Practice green.
Still pretty deep.
Things are melting quickly. This was about 30 minutes after shoveling. Grass looks good.
One of the drawbacks of the spring is that geese return. It seems that as soon as the sun was shining and the temperatures were above 40 degrees Fahrenheit they returned. While we have limited ability to travel around the course, where I have been able to drive I've only seen a few pair of geese and one flock and they were easily scared off by pyrotechnics. Hopefully, with the still frozen ponds and limited time before nesting, some of the geese will find a more hospitable spot that isn't Barrington to nest this season, but I'm not counting on it. We've already been in touch with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) and will be working with them again this year in an attempt to further reduce our goose populations.
They're back.
As the weather continues to improve and the snow goes away we can get back out on the course and get things ready for play. It looks like it will be a busy spring for us and the golf course, so we've already started hiring people in order to have enough help to get this season started on the right foot.
Ian
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