Maintenance News
March News
Spring officially starts this month. Can you believe it's already here? Does that mean spring showers as well? Seems like it hasn't stopped raining since October! This has been one of the wettest winters I can remember. It has made course maintenance challenging to say the least. You may have noticed that we've been spraying the courses to eradicate winter weeds and you may have also noticed that we have left some tire tracks on the courses as well. Even though it's really too wet for travel in some areas, it is a necessity
February 2010 News
Most of you that have been out on the course this winter realize just how wet the course has been. The ground is saturated and the springs are flowing. This is the reason for the Driving Range to be closed at the Calvert course. Both courses are extremely wet everywhere and I hope it dries out before the end of February! Wet conditions limit our course improvements that we try to accomplish through the winter. We have been able to trim a few trees and you may have noticed a few trees missing as well. Trees do provide comfortable shade in the summer, howev
January 2010 News
Happy New Year from the maintenance department! We hope everyone had a safe and joyous holiday season. On behalf of our crew at Southern Pines, we want to thank every one of you that made contributions to the employee Christmas fund. Your gratitude is really appreciated. We try very hard to make your outing at Southern Pines enjoyable.