This time of year the weather really starts to change and so does staffing, its part of the business. That is letting the seasonal staff go for the year, leaves falling and work load increasing, We struggle just a little when it comes to maintaining the course to an acceptable level and continuing our leaf clean up. With our smaller staff for the winter things tend to get completed a little slower than normal. For example we are checking depths on bunkers and this is taking us two days to complete, where in the season we could complete it in 5 hours. This is not something we do on a regular basis and it needs to be completed. As I am typing this we are mowing greens today and requires all hands on deck. After that we will return to the bunkers and finish our depth check.
Once we get passed last day to post scores it will get easier, leaves should have mostly been down, grass growth is growing even slower and winter rules are in affect. I am sharing this with you all so that you can understand if some thing looks a little out of place or unkempt.
So please bare with us, our main concerns at this point are leaf clean up and bunkers.
Here a few things to consider when playing this time of year that would help me out tremendously:
- Please fix your ball mark plus another.
- Replace your divot if possible or if you cannot, please fill it with sand.
- This is a really big one, RAKE YOUR BUNKER, With a small staff bunkers will not be raked on a regular basis especially when we are battling leaves.
