Fall Golf Course Maintenance Schedule
Sep 2 - Oct 20, 2024
As we get closer to closing days at the courses, our groundskeeping teams will be ramping up their maintenance work with the aim of prepping the courses for the winter ahead and ensuring great conditions next season and in years to come. In the interest of giving our customers as much advance notice as possible, Jeff Clouthier, our Grounds Superintendent, has put together the following fall maintenance schedule.
2024 Golf Course Fall Maintenance Schedule (subject to change)
We hope you have enjoyed playing at the golf courses this season. This year the Mountain Course is scheduled to close on October 13, and the Championship Course is scheduled to close on October 20. As in the past several years, we will start working on some projects and maintenance procedures before closing to be able to properly finish in time for winter. Here is the tentative maintenance schedule of major maintenance activities for the rest of the playing season:
Championship Course
Week of September 16
Aerate, amend, seed and topdress tees
Week of September 23
Aerate, amend, seed and topdress tees
Week of September 30
Aerate approaches
Week of October 7
Aerate fairways
Week of October 14
Aerate fairways
Mountain Course
Week of September 2
Aerate, amend, seed and topdress tees
Week of September 9
Aerate, amend, seed and topdress tees
Week of September 16
Aerate fairways/approaches
Week of September 23
Aerate fairways/approaches
After the golf courses close, a lot of work takes place to prepare for the winter and next season. All greens are aerated twice, amended, and heavily topdressed with sand. Tees, fairways and roughs are aerated, and tees and fairways are topdressed with sand. Irrigation systems are drained and blown out, tree removal and pruning begins, and preventative plant protectants are applied to protect against winter diseases such as snow mold. As long as the weather allows, we will be on the course working on these procedures or other improvement projects.
Watch this behind-the-scenes video (filmed fall 2020) to see our team carrying out some of these projects:
Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve the golf courses and prepare them for winter!
Jeff Clouthier, CGCS
Grounds Superintendent
