Snow cleanup

Another week, another different weather event. Everything we do is dictated by the weather and for the last couple of weeks, Mother Nature has commanded us to slow down.

A few weeks ago, we had some very strong winds that led to a lot of cleanup and nothing else. This past week, we saw our first significant snow storm of the season- on March 21^st! While we haven’t used much of our snow cleanup skills yet this season, we were ready.

We spent the day periodically shoveling all of the entrances to the clubhouse and putting down ice melt as necessary. Through the middle of the day, when the snow was coming down heaviest, we were also running the plow constantly keeping access to all areas of the property open. Finally, toward the end of the day, the snow slowed, the paved surfaces began to warm up a little bit and the snow was not sticking, so we made a final pass with the plow for the evening.

The next day we spent the morning cleaning up all of the edges of the parking lot where the plow cannot reach. Using shovels, we clean up around all of the curbs. If we don’t clear around the curbs two things can happen. First, drivers can lose visibility of the curbs and hit them and damage their car. Second, if we received more snow, and the curbs are not kept clear, the snow piles can slowly creep further out into the parking lot and parking lot space can shrink.

So not only did we lose two days directly to snow cleanup, we also lost another couple of days waiting on the snow to melt. Although, the temperatures warmed quickly, the snow did not melt fast enough for us to start any projects that we had planned. Now we will catch back up on the time we lost cleaning up the snow.

Etiquette Reminder of the Month

Please don't start off 10 tee without permission from the Golf Pro Shop.

Also, as part of a Golf Committee initiative to improve course etiquette, we have included links to videos teaching proper on course etiquette. Please take a moment to watch:

Ball Marks - How to properly repair

Bunker etiquette

See you on the course!

Joe

jvillegas@bwrc.org