Brad Corkum, general manager for the Avon Valley Golf and Country Club in Falmouth, said April 7 the lingering snow will hurt his revenue.
“The snow has a heavy cost on our budget. We pay for equipment to clear snow off some of the greens and that can cost up to $1,000 for one day,’ said Corkum.
(The Digby Pines has also pulled out a snowblower to clean the greens. )
Corkum said he usually opens his course at the beginning of April, but this year the course won’t open probably until May 1 – at the earliest.
“This weather doesn’t mean that this year’s season will be a bad one but it does mean that there will be less rounds,” he said.
“All I can do is cross my fingers and hope it doesn’t snow anymore.”
Even with the bad winter, Gavan Fitzpatrick, the general manager of the Grandview Golf and Country Club, was hoping to open the 18-hole Dartmouth course by the first week of May.
But with the winter weather continuing to linger well into spring, that date may not even be possible.
“The biggest problem with this weather is the freezing and melting of the snow. It isn’t good for the course,” Fitzpatrick said.
Fitzpatrick said usually around this time, the temperature stays more consistent with rain, which allows for course maintenance workers to get the greens and fairways prepared for the new season.
This year though, Fitzpatrick said maintenance staff will be brought in late because of the sheer amount of snow still piled on the course.
“Our golf course in Calgary will open their doors this week and usually Grandview opens up at the exact same time as they do,” he said, adding in past years they’ve been able to open in mid-April.
Read how Yarmouth courses have weathered the long winter here.
Brad Corkum, general manager for the Avon Valley Golf and Country Club in Falmouth, said April 7 the lingering snow will hurt his revenue.
“The snow has a heavy cost on our budget. We pay for equipment to clear snow off some of the greens and that can cost up to $1,000 for one day,’ said Corkum.
(The Digby Pines has also pulled out a snowblower to clean the greens. )
Corkum said he usually opens his course at the beginning of April, but this year the course won’t open probably until May 1 – at the earliest.
“This weather doesn’t mean that this year’s season will be a bad one but it does mean that there will be less rounds,” he said.
“All I can do is cross my fingers and hope it doesn’t snow anymore.”
Even with the bad winter, Gavan Fitzpatrick, the general manager of the Grandview Golf and Country Club, was hoping to open the 18-hole Dartmouth course by the first week of May.
But with the winter weather continuing to linger well into spring, that date may not even be possible.
“The biggest problem with this weather is the freezing and melting of the snow. It isn’t good for the course,” Fitzpatrick said.
Fitzpatrick said usually around this time, the temperature stays more consistent with rain, which allows for course maintenance workers to get the greens and fairways prepared for the new season.
This year though, Fitzpatrick said maintenance staff will be brought in late because of the sheer amount of snow still piled on the course.
“Our golf course in Calgary will open their doors this week and usually Grandview opens up at the exact same time as they do,” he said, adding in past years they’ve been able to open in mid-April.
Read how Yarmouth courses have weathered the long winter here.
