GOLFCOURSEMAINTENANCE

Course Maintenance

David Franks

As Craig mentioned, it was a tough end to the month of January with the flooding that took place on the course. I can assure you our team was doing everything we could to clear drains and ensure that our pumps were working to the best of their abilities. I thought what many of you probably did - where was all this water back in the summer? I do not anticipate any long-term damage to the turf. As you know this time of year, the grass is not growing so it takes longer for water to soak up or run off. I would please ask that when playing, just continue to fill those divots and fix ball marks.

We are very pleased with the overall performance of the extra seed with put on the range, along with the extra fertilizer we applied after the Christmas freeze. We are going to increase our range days on the turf to include Thursdays. This means our planned range days on the turf will be Thursday through Sunday.

You may have also noticed the work that we have done around the parking lot. Our team has removed the bushes and plants that once lined the perimeter. We are looking into a few different options of what gets replaced there. Please continue to use the normal cart paths to get to and from the range and courses and do not try to cut through these areas with your carts. We appreciate your help with this in advance.

With some erosion during the last few weeks, we have plans to get some bunker sand in. We will be working to get our depths back to optimum levels and improve overall playability.

I will have another maintenance update at February's month end, so stay tuned My email address is dfranks@blackhorsegolfclub com and feel free to contact me with any questions Thank you for your membership and dedication to BlackHorse Golf Club missing

The driving range will now be on the grass ThursdaySunday unless otherwise noted.

Golf

Head Golf Professional

Jesse Campbell, PGA

For those of you that don't know me yet, My name is Jesse Campbell I am the new Head Golf Professional at Blackhorse I previously worked at Whispering Pines Golf Club which is ranked #1 in Texas and is known for its incredible attention to detail and exceptional service I plan to bring as much of that as I can to BlackHorse I have had the pleasure of meeting a lot of the members and I am so thankful for the compassion, support and patience you have shown me in my first month on the job If I haven't had the chance to meet you, please come find me and introduce yourself I want to personally meet and get to know all of the members so I can try to make their experience at BlackHorse the best it can be

Starting on February 10th, we will be introducing Free Weekly Member Golf Clinics on Fridays from

9:00 a m to 10:00 a m We will have a new topic each week to help improve your golf game You can sign up for these by clicking on the link in the Newsletter or by emailing me at Jcampbell@blackhorsegolfclub com If you would like personal lessons, I can give those as well Reach out to me via email and I can give you my rates and availability and we can get that started We have a member event called Angels and Demons on February 18th The deadline to sign up for the event is February 16th We had a record attendance for the last event and would love that to be a continuing trend Please be on the lookout for other member activities we introduce so that you won't miss out on all the fun we have going on

Photo Of The Month

This photo was submitted by Maxine Aitkenhead in early January, you know back when we saw sunsets in the evening! We had a record number of photos submitted (over 15) for photo of the month in January It was tough to decide which one was a winner, but this photo encompassed the feeling of a nice evening on the back patio of Roper's Grill enjoying a quiet evening and sunset If that doesn't sound relaxing, we are not sure what does! Maxine has won a $25 gift card and two complimentary guest passes. Please see Neil to redeem your prize.