Snow hits us hard

After approximately 5 inches of snow over the weekend, obviously the course is closed. This has brought our mild winter to a sudden halt, along with all our construction work. To keep access to the pro shop, club house and to our sheds Will, Alistair and Scott spent all day clearing snow in the car park and salting to stop ice forming. Rob, Adam and myself have continued with servicing of machines. Hopefully later in the week the snow will start to thaw on the course to allow us to continue with the ladies 3rd tee levelling. Last week we did manage to finish levelling the 21st tee, lay 80% of the turf on the tee and finish turfing the surround to the tee. Given the forecast for the week I would not expect the course to be open for some time. When the weather improves all areas which are to be finished with turf will be done asap to allow time for recovery before spring. All previous construction work to bunker surrounds has to start to knit together before we can bring the bunker back into play. If we brought the bunkers back into play immediately then there is a high risk the new turf could be damaged by golfers or by sand splash.