20th Anniversary Flags

Here you are folks the 20th Anniversary flag. I hope you all enjoy this great year in history for Willow Fork Country Club. These should be getting out to the course in mid-April. The pole will be replaced as well colored in gold. For those of you who have been with us since the beginning; How about e-mailing me back and let me know who you are, I would like to know who and how many are still with us.

March & April Greening up!

In just the last two weeks the course itself has began to green up. Thank goodness, I've never been so tired of cold and wet conditions. With this winter making the 5th coldest in recorded history it has shown the toll it can take on grass. In my opinion, the bermudagrass is slow to rebound. So in turn of that, we applied 10 tons of a slow release fertilizer with a pre-emergent herbicide included. This was done on Monday March 15th, so we should begin to see some growth out of the bermuda in 10 to 14 days and continue on 60 to 90 days. As far as the greens, I have confidence everything is in good shape, by looking at the roots and the density of the plant I don't see a problem. I'm happy with the condition they are in coming out of this winter, shortly we will be applying a granular starter fertilizer to kick them off. Now, just a heads up . . . once temperatures do begin to warm up as they are doing now the speed on the greens are going to fluctuate. I prefer not to use the growth regulator until late April or early May, so March and April the putting speeds may vary due to growth. Once we hit the consistent warm temperatures (meaning 10 to 14 days of consistency)I'll sure get them rolling good at that point. Try to be patient, I know we are all pumped to get out and play and putt on the Plowman's product.

Sand Boxes

Yes, another new addition will be added out on the golf course. The MGA approached me on building new sand boxes for the golf course. So with a little thought and imagination the first box is now complete. I will begin construction on the next box shortly. The box is painted black and gold, the box itself is black where the trim, the writing of Sand and the Willow Fork logos on each side are all in gold. An extra addition was added as well on the back side of the box a rack was put in to store sand bottles as well. So in case your in a hurry and gotta get going or you don't want to re-fill the sand bottle you have, there is an area made to hold eight bottles. I will tell you, this is one of the few clubs that I do see divots filled respectively. So be proud of that, it does show that the membership does care on the conditions on the course. Hope you all enjoy just a little more of Plowman's touch.

Marquet Houses

Well be on the look out for the next change up in line for improvement. We have started painting the Marquette house at number one tee, once we are finished with this one we will move to the two located along Westheimer Parkway. The roof top, back board, shingles, and ceiling will be painted black. The pillars, trim, logo, and Willow Fork will be painted in gold. The new signage on the course hold the colors of black and gold as well. Hope you all enjoy the new look.

Signage

For those who have managed to get out and play in this weather in the last month or more, I hoped you have noticed the new signage going up a little at at time. With a little imagination and thought I designed and made these signs and with some help from our mechanic (Will). We have made the signs at Number #1 & #10 tee boxes and some directional signs as well. I'm currently working with the MGA on building some new sand boxes for the course. More on that as I get started on them. Also working with Mark Hamlin on the driving range. We installed some black and white poles on the target greens in hope this would widen your image when hitting the ball at one of these target greens. For sure one thing, if you hit the pole you will know and that means your dead on!