Whaddya do all winter???

What do you do all winter?  Well, we do a lot with a little help.  This winter our staff totals 5.

We are not in the Caribbean, though we certainly would like to be.  (Maybe for a week at some point...maybe not) 

On staff besides me is our Assistant, Phil - Mechanic, Pat - Foreman - Lisandro, and Senior Staffer - Miguel.

Here is a small portion of the list of things that we need to do over winter:



My new plates...dedication or crazy? Probably both!



Blow out the irrigation system, root prune, tree work, bring in every single accessory from the course, make repairs...paint, every single accessory from the course, vinyl guard the trap rakes, vinyl guard the flagsticks, verti drain all tees and greens, topdress tees and greens, verti drain fwys until the ground is frozen, try to get some projects done,  pressure wash every piece of equipment, make repairs and service every piece of equipment, chase the geese off the course 5 or 6 times a day, prepare budgets and fight for them, plow and snow blow the snow if there is some, help Bob with Christmas decorations - putting them up and taking them down, sand and seal the benches, keep the grounds at the clubhouse clean, treat the golf course for winter diseases, repair the fences that the neighborhood folks tear to the ground to go sleigh riding, make repairs to the greens that the neighborhood folks ruin while sleigh riding, yeah....just try to keep them off the course - i've been cursed at, spit at, and the best was a high school field trip that actually came in a bus to sleigh ride on #3 green and after calling the school and the cops....getting nowhere, because one of the folks sleigh riding was a cop and he told me to go F myself, because he's been sleigh riding here since he was a kid and wasnt about to stop now, should I continue....ok, sharpening all the reels and bedknives, cleaning the shops, winterizing the sprayers, split and stack wood when its too cold to do other work, ok anyway i think you get the idea.  Seeing we got a snow storm on saturday, i had to reach a bit for this weeks update...nonetheless there is no slacking off around here.

On the enjoyment side I coach an AAU U-14 Long Island Lightning Basketball team, which had 2 Championships under its belt during our 1st season, season 2 about to get under way this February.  Looking for 2 "bigs" if anybody has a 6'5" or bigger freshman looking to play - pleeeeeeease let me know.  Also, following my son Nick through the HS hoop curcuit. Currently Nick, a Smithtown West freshman - who worked here this past summer, is leading the 8-2 JV team with 18ppg avg.  He also plays for another AAU team (Team Express) which should be headed to the Nationals this summer in Orlando. 

Also must mention, I'll be rooting for my Patriots vs most of your Giants.  (Remember, I am from Massachusetts and am passionately attached to my NewEngland sports teams, we suffered for many many many many years and I will enjoy the good times while painfully enduring the not quite so good times)  this Superbowl is going to be a lot of fun!  I hope......

thanks again for tuning in.......

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