If you can forget the last couple snow events over the past week you could say things are starting to change a bit. This past weekend we had highs of +10 and lows getting just below zero. I measured snow pack on Thursday, March 1st and there was close to 20 inches. Snow pack measurements this Monday were around 13 inches. I would guess most of that is due to decreasing air space but judging on the amount of free water on some of the greens surface there was definitely melting going on. We did a quick survey of some of the greens and observed some promising things. Firstly, the surface ice seems to be somewhat less solid which makes it easier to remove. Also, the surface on some greens is beginning to thaw since I can now push a ball repair tool into the surface versus before when I had to use a sledge hammer. The other good news is the plugs I pulled from 12 and 15 greens last Friday have greened up nicely despite the foreboding smell wafting up from the surfaces. Forecast is for sun so the plan now take advantage of the sun and warm temperatures to knock down and hopefully melt any of the remaining ice and snow on those greens that we blew last week. Stay tuned.
