FROST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Frost on #3 rough on the morning of 1/19/14

Frost on #17 on the morning of 1/19/14


The frost blanketed most of the golf course that morning with temperatures hovering around 40 degrees. Some of you might be asking why a frost around 40 degrees. the only answer I can give you is that we were in the upper 30's for a couple of days prior to this frost. When you have upper 30 degree weather with no frost and then a 40 degree morning with heavy dew. It creates the perfect recipe for a heavy frost. At that particular moment that morning the ground temperature was colder than the air temperature, thus making it the perfect scenario for the frost.

As you may have noticed the tees and fairways had no significant impact due to the frost. the reason being for the lack of damage is associated directly to the size of the grass blade. The rough has a bigger grass blade resulting in more surface area for the dew to set on, which in turn allows for a higher chance for a good frost to set up on the grass blade.

Damage 4 days later after the frost around #7 tee box.