Miserable Weather Continues

We just can not get a break this winter with the weather, however it looks like we may miss out on the predicted rain today, but it is still early in the day. The golf course is holding up as well as it can considering the circumstances.

The past couple of days were spent applying herbicide to the golf course to get rid of the Volunteer Ryegrass that has come up during the past months. At this time, we also went ahead and put down our pre-emergent herbicide to help control germination of more weeds.

Due to the wet conditions, we are unable to get out on the golf course itself, so we are limiting our work to dressing up areas that get neglected during the growing season. These areas include but are not limited to, flower beds, broken cart paths, and other small projects. Please feel free to pass along any ideas you may have for that one area in your mind that may need a little love and affection.

A hot topic item around the club right now is the presence of the coyotes that have taken up residence on the golf course. These animals tend to come across to some as an aggressive animal, however their nature around here is more of the curious type. They are not one that will run up and attack any living thing, however they are not the type that will immediately run off unless they are spooked. If you happen to encounter a coyote, the best thing to do is to try and spook the animal off, by either shouting at it, waving your arms or a golf club, or by possibly driving towards it in your golf cart. The more that we instill the fear factor into these animals, the less visible they will become. However, if at anytime the animal does not turn and run when you attempt to scare it off, please notify someone in the pro shop and we will contact the proper authorities. If you want more information on the coyotes feel free to contact our local Wildlife Biologist, Keith Crenshaw at (281) 456-7029. Keith works for the Texas Parks & Wildlife and is great at answering any questions/concerns you may have with a wide range of animals.

If anyone knows a good salesman in the area, I need to place an order for a big dosage of sunshine, so send him on over. As always feel free to pass along any suggestions, questions, or concerns and we will do our best to address any and all. I encourage all who are not on the email list to sign up so that you can receive all weekly updates that Ricky sends out. If you have not seen the calendar for February it looks like we have a lot of exciting events planned, so make sure you don't miss out.