FROST DELAYS

Welcome to the 2011 early spring golf season.  The golf course is now open for play but with cold nights your tee time may be delayed due to frost.  The coldest part of the day is sunrise, the warm sun breaking the horizon will push the cold air down, in low areas the ambient temperature can drop several degrees.  Therefore even if the temperature reads 38 degrees frost can develop in low lying areas.  This type of frost is short lived and delays are short.  When night time temps are 32 and lower a hard frost develops, freezing not only the leaf tissue but the soil under the turf canopy.  This type of frost can cause long delays.  Please watch the video below.