Course Use Update
With the increasingly warm weather and all signs pointing towards what we hope is an early golf season we will be shutting down access to the course for the use of winter trails. There is no longer sufficient snow cover to groom trails and in many areas of the property turf is beginning to be exposed. The snow pack is also hardening through the freeze and thaws we are experiencing making grooming no longer possible. Read More>>
Over the past five days we have had many people using the property. Unfortunately people continue to use the property in the wrong fashion. The ski trails that were groomed for use have become a walking path which is no longer functional for skiing. Read More>>
With the arrival of a great winter’s snowfall last night we are pleased to inform the membership that we have now groomed a couple of ski trail options on the course.Read More>>
It has been an excellent stretch of early winter weather. With the beautiful weather we have seen an abundance of use on the golf course property. While we are excited to offer the use of the property to members throughout the winter there are some items that we need cooperation with to ensure the impacts of winter use are minimized. Read More>>
It is that time when the final weekly course blog of the season is posted. While this blog is being produced the course continues to be packed on what is a beautiful October day. It has been a great summer for the game of golf and we are grateful for all of you that call Niakwa home. Hard to believe we are already at this point of the season. Read More>>
We couldn’t have asked for a better day this past weekend for the bionic women and iron man tournament to wrap up member golf events for the season. It was a spectacular day for the end of September and we hope that everyone who participated enjoyed a difficult course set up and had some good laughs. Read More>>
The battle of the leaves has begun. With the heavy frosts we have experienced and the time of year one of the biggest challenges the Turfcare team will have over the course of the next couple weeks will be to keep the leaves clear of all prime play areas and keeping the course playable. We will utilize blowers each morning to clear greens, fairways and tee boxes. We will blow all leaves to the rough where we will then mulch them down. We will utilize some tree lines and blow the leaves back in them.Read More>>
Please be aware that we are beginning to aerate fairways, tees, approaches and collars this week on the property. The fairway aeration process will take the duration of the week to complete. Please acknowledge the Turfcare operator as you are playing. To assist us in completing this process we ask that you please move your ball or wait for them to pass while playing to keep some efficiencies in place. This is a time consuming and difficult task to complete with a full tee sheet and your cooperation is greatly appreciated. Read More>>
This past weekend we had the members closing event. A record number of members participated on what was a beautiful fall day. The weather could not have been any better. Those that played had a sneak preview of the new 17th green. Read More>>
If you were anywhere around the city of Winnipeg this past weekend then you know we experienced some excessive winds. Overall the course and the trees handled the wind event relatively well. There was three trees that we had to remove from this storm. Left of 8B a large ash tree came down and it took some large limbs off the elm next to it. We will have to remove the elm in fall. There was damage to 8B green but we have patched up the worst of it and the remainder of the green will recover in the next week or two. Read More>>