January Update

Thank you for this wonderful opportunity to work for your Club.  I’m excited to continue showcasing and conditioning the property while providing members and guests memorable experiences.  I have been welcomed whole heartedly by the members whom I’ve met and the OGC Team.

I look forward to meeting each of you as the daunting thermal temperatures become favorable for some outdoor Wisconsin golf.  In the meantime, the golf simulators suit my golf game a little better as you always have a perfect lie, no army golf (walking), no wind, and not having to putt the ball on the green. 

These past few months have given me and my team the opportunity to review a lot of material and gain insights into how the property is all put together.  Learning an entire new property not only above ground, but all the components in the ground, takes time to fully get a feel for the operation and how to fully maximize each facet. 

For those aspiring weather watchers in warmer locations.  In Wisconsin, we now understand what cold weather really means.  We’ve even had a day or two where we were colder than the continent of Antarctica. Brutal cold!  In addition, two big snow storms in January each produced over 6” of snow which gave us some snow plow practicing.  As a “Turf Doc”, I am thankful for the snow cover as it’s a great insulator on the property.  With no snow cover, the brutal temperatures would have been lethal to those precious species of turf which we meticulously lose sleep over each night.

Looking ahead to the next few months, our team plans on finishing the sunshine enhancement program by winter’s end and look forward to working on the property cleaning it up from winter.  We also have been busy servicing and touching up the course’s equipment and accessories.