Under Construction

Please pardon our dust for the next few weeks as the crew up at Brunswick Greens gets a couple of projects accomplished.

First off many have noticed the new gravel cart path near the pro-shop.  Over the past winter Jim Prescott and I have been working on a solution to the nagging problem of carts not being allowed into the parking lot.  Due to the previous narrow concrete walking path and the blind corners around the building there really was no good way to allow people to drive carts to the parking lot.  After considering all of our options we decided the easiest way to proceed was to remove some of the front lawn and create a wider gravel pathway for cart traffic while keeping walking traffic on the concrete path.  No longer will you be forced to carry your clubs from the car all the way to the golf carts parked on the other side of the pro shop!!

We're also doing some on course improvements as well.  We've always struggled to keep the back tee on the 9th hole through the season.  Due to its poor location boxed in by trees the tee doesn't get enough sunlight and almost no airflow.  So we are in the process of re-configuring the tee box to bring it further out into the sunlight.  We are hoping with the new tee box we will rectify some of the problems we faced previously and allow us to keep grass on that tee though the season.  As for the tees scheduled completion we're hoping to have the construction and grading finished within the next week and we should be able to seed it by Easter week if Mother Nature continues to bless us with good weather.  If everything proceeds according to plan we should have the back tee in play by Memorial Day!

See you on the course!

Andrew

What a week!

Wow,

As I sit here at my desk and check the live weather station and see it's currently 75* down from a high of 77* then I look at my calendar and it says March 21st.  A quick glance out my window towards the golf course and the fairways are striped, the greens are emerald, the sky is completely bluebird and we're seeing lots of happy golfers coming of the course.  I'd like to take the time to once again publicly commend the work being done by the grounds crew under the supervision of Jim Prescott.  These guys are absolutely working their tails off to get this course in the kind of shape it's been in and I would appreciate it greatly when you see them if you'd take the time to thank them for all their efforts.  They really do a lot and without them the course just doesn't run.

Moving along to whats on tap in the upcoming weeks.  Since the weather has been so nice we've spent the majority of our limited time doing course maintenance.  It's a long and somewhat repetitive process because we have to set a higher height of cut, mow, then head back into the maintenance barn, re-set to a lower height and then go out and mow again.  We know that there have been a lot of people who are chomping at the bit for us to open up the range and Bunkers Grill.  So here's the lowdown, we're going to spend Thursday and Friday getting the range nets up so look for the range to be open for the weekend!

As for Bunkers Grill, we're really excited to get open but we've got a couple of things we're working on downstairs to get everything all set for the season..  I can announce that we're planning on having a huge grand opening party for Bunkers in April on Friday the 13th, featuring Hair of the Dog upstairs in the Banquet Hall.  Then we'll get everything running on a normal schedule on Saturday April 14th in the usual downstairs location.

Again we'd like to thank EVERYONE who's come out the past few weeks, this is easily our best March in the history of the golf course and we can only thank our customers who continue to support us!

See you on the course!

Andrew

Golf Tip of the Week!

Andrew shares a tip on how to improve your putting this season.  For the best viewing click "view in you tube"

Jim Prescott Joins the Inside the Ropes blog with his Superintendents Corner!

I'd like to welcome Jim Prescott to the Inside the Ropes blog!  Every so often he'll be chiming in with a report from the course we're calling "superintendents corner".  This time he's going to highlight what we're doing with the greens mower to get the greens back in shape after their long winters nap!

“Here We Go!"

The first cut of the season.

Yesterday while many of you were out enjoying the golf course you may have noticed that we were working in the maintenance barn. Winter has been very kind to us the year and we're taking advantage of this early start and getting the machines in shape.   During the course of play you may notice the greens will be cut higher for a few weeks. This is a common practice used by most golf courses to reduce the stress levels on the greens coming out the grasses dormant period during the winter.

We have reset the greens mower to 1/4” and our intent is to cut the greens this week at this height and then to reduce the high each time we mow. So golfers should see a increase in green speeds over time as we drop our heights. Our greens are normally cut at 3/16” which gives us a green speed of around 9.0(green speed and how we measure it will be explained in a future blog)

My staff and I will be making every effort this season to reduce our visibility on the golf course during playing hours, insuring that your round will be uninterrupted by our maintenance. I have been working with Andrew all winter long creating a new golfer friendly work schedule for the staff , which will put more of our efforts into getting all work to the greens and tees completed before you tee off in the morning.

I hope you and your family can enjoy the 2012 golf season with us here at Brunswick Greens. The Grounds Crew and I will be making every effort to ensure that your visit to the course is both pleasurable and memorable.

See you on the course!

Jim

Open 3/8/12!!

We are OPEN tomorrow!!!

Now after you're done doing the happy dance and figuring out how you're sneaking out of work tomorrow to play golf here's the lowdown.

We still have A LOT of snow out there, The course WILL be VERY MUDDY.  I don't think we will have all 9 holes open either and I'm planning on opening around Noon to give the course a chance to dry out.     At this point I'm expecting to have the following holes open: One, Two, Six, Seven, Eight, and Nine(possibly from an alternate tee box).  I'm hoping to add either Three, Four, or Five depending upon which melts fastest overnight but I can't promise anything.

Rates will be $10-$13 for unlimited golf depending upon how much of the course I can get open.

We hope to see a bunch of you out tomorrow as its going to be BEAUTIFUL out!
-Andrew