The season never ends at Copenhagen Golf Club.
We are blessed with a golf course with well-draining soil, situated in a bright, open area. This means we have the luxury of being able to play golf all year round if we wish.
But the game has a price. The game wears out, especially on and at the tees, on the greens and around the greens. From about mid-November to the end of April, the grass does not grow and therefore cannot repair the damage we inflict on it.
Not all members of our club take advantage of the opportunity to play golf all year round. For the vast majority, golf is still a seasonal sport. They save their skills for when the sun is warmer and the grass is greener.
It is therefore a balancing act to ensure that there is a golf course left after winter when spring approaches.
The 2000 deer still have, by far, the biggest influence on how our course comes out of the winter. Next comes whether we are affected by winter diseases on the greens and general play on the course.
We cannot control the deer and diseases can, to a certain extent, be prevented by good greenkeeping now that we are not allowed to use pesticides. Play on the course is wearing and wearing very hard in focused areas.
In the course committee and greenkeeper's office, we are working to ensure that we can play golf all year round, but we also want there to be a little more golf course left in the spring when the season is about to begin in earnest.
Therefore, the use of mats has become mandatory and we have created a "winter course" where winter wear on tees and paths is concentrated at fewer tees. You will experience that the course is closed on days where it may have been open in previous seasons. We expect that the sum of a few more closing days due to weather will be able to bring the course to spring with less wear. Days with snow, thaw and heavy rainfall will be typical closing days. Information about the course's status can be found in golfbox or on the GLFR app.
We have now moved on to what we call the “Winter Course.” Please help me come up with a less depressing name.
An open winter track is characterized by:
- That we play on summer greens. The 1st and 18th greens may be closed, however. The hole will then be located on the foregreen.
- That we play the course from either the black or green tee. Both courses are rated. All other tees are closed and may not be used.
- That there are mat requirements for play from tees, fairways, semirough and green surroundings
- That we don't expect flags on the greens, but that they occur sporadically. Play to the green, take the plug out of the hole, putt out and replace the plug in the hole. That's how we've done it for many years.
- That we tear into bunkers behind us with the golf iron. River is taken in for the season
- That we always align impact marks, use mats and do not drag the trolley across tees or foregreens.
Status of training facilities:
All putting greens, par 3 course and driving range are closed for the season and may not be used.
The driving range will remain open, but you must collect your own balls to practice or warm up.
From the entire greenkeepers' farm, a big thank you goes out to all members for your smiles and your praise for the course and our work in this very special anniversary year that has just passed.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year
Martin Nilsson, Chief Greenkeeper.