MGC Re-Grass 2019/2020

#1 Green #5 Green MGC Members -  With our expected course opening in late June/early July, it's amazing to think that after all this time, we are approx. 6 weeks from playing our beautiful new golf course.   With opening day in mind, we feel the need to remind everyone that while the golf course will be significantly improved, it will not be 100% perfect.  There will be worm castings from time to time, there will be the odd small bare patch, etc.  At the Town Hall in spring 2019, we stressed that this is a long term deal.  As the grass matures, we will see improvement year after year... Overall, the course is continuing to come together very nicely.  As discussed in prior posts, the course is 95% there, but the pesky 5% is what's driving most of the staff and resources. With warmer temps in the lo ng term forecast and soil temperatures stabilizing over 55 degrees, the course will really start to fill in nicely. ...

#15 fairway looking back to the tee, with skyline in distance MGC Members -  The warmer temps of late are really making the place start to shine.  If you've been to the range or around the clubhouse, you've likely noticed how things have started to green up around 1/9/10/18.  All tees/fairways/greens are coming along very well. 13 green has been our lone outlier/pesky one with the slope/grade and washouts with all the rain last fall.  It has made some good progress since our last update.  We have our turf experts Brian Horgan and Sam Bauer coming out in the next few days to check in on the course.  We will be seeking their opinion/advice on how to best handle 13 to bring it up to speed with the others by opening day.   Although the golf course may appear like it's ready for play, it's what's happening below the surface that will determine when it can support traffic.   One of the many metrics we use for determining when...