Spring Openings

[spackler]

April Fool's joke?

The Raceview golf course @falconridgegolf announces they will open on April 7th. @OttawaGolfTrail

— Scott MacLeod (@Flagstick) April 1, 2014

[mikelaurin]

Heard Prescott was hoping for easter weekend no april fools

[jdog134]

Kingways in Gatineau also the 21 of April ... don,t think so but u never know

[jeffc]

April Fool's joke?

The Raceview golf course @falconridgegolf announces they will open on April 7th. @OttawaGolfTrail

— Scott MacLeod (@Flagstick) April 1, 2014

I live 5 min from there and I still see a good foot plus of snow in my backyard

[spackler]

It was an April Fool's "joke" from Falcon Ridge. I say the joke's on them as they still have that 10-11-12 stretch.

[nokids]

not funny

[chinny424]

I'm all for good humor but I will say that for a below average course I would think that it's not a very wise business decision to mess with your customer base like that.

[dlb]

NOTHING is opening soon ..... pipe dream if you think so

[Golfer100]

If I start driving south where will I hit the first open golf course?

[BARGEGOLF]

Pine Hills in Plymouth MA opened last week. Granite Links in Boston area (Qunicy) opened yesterday. Both are very nice tracks. Courses in southern NY state (Binghamton and possibly Syracuse) may be opening soon.

[btasse]

Talked to the owner of Falcon Ridge a week ago and he told me that he was planning for opening the second week of April...... I live in Greely and i have less than a foot of snow on my front lawn with some areas showing some grass. If we get some rain, it is possible.....

[Txxxxxxx]

Talked to the owner of Falcon Ridge a week ago and he told me that he was planning for opening the second week of April...... I live in Greely and i have less than a foot of snow on my front lawn with some areas showing some grass. If we get some rain, it is possible.....

It's not only the snow that is the issue. The frost that is still in the ground is a major delay in openings. I have stakes that held candy cane lights for Christmas, that are along our walkway. They are only a few inches into the ground. These are still frozen solid in the ground, and I cannot remove them.

[btasse]

Played it one year "early" with snow and water in most of the sandtraps and on the side of fairways with 6-7 holes closed on the back nine because of water and not playable. Same thing at Nation. Many courses want to open early cause they are cash generators and course conditions dont matter.
Everyone will want to go out if anything opens in the area and the next day everyone will be complaining here on this site that the fairways were wet, the greens were not puttable, the course could not handle the volume of players and pace of play was slow.

[John]

Guys it's April 3rd!! It's going to get warmer over the next few weeks, three weeks is certainly not out of the question for openings however the conditions won't be great.

[jeffc]

Guys it's April 3rd!! It's going to get warmer over the next few weeks, three weeks is certainly not out of the question for openings however the conditions won't be great.

that's likely for the early bird courses. Curious about some of the courses like stonebridge or equinelle. I'm wondering if i will get a round in before heading to myrtle in early may....

[justsomeguy]

Played it one year "early" with snow and water in most of the sandtraps and on the side of fairways with 6-7 holes closed on the back nine because of water and not playable. Same thing at Nation. Many courses want to open early cause they are cash generators and course conditions dont matter.
Everyone will want to go out if anything opens in the area and the next day everyone will be complaining here on this site that the fairways were wet, the greens were not puttable, the course could not handle the volume of players and pace of play was slow.

Most people are talking about Falcon Ridge, but it was the 9-hole course (Raceview) that was mentioned in the tweet. It typically opens sooner and is in much better condition than Falcon Ridge when it does. An opening in the next week for Raceview is certainly possible.

[leftylucas]

Foxfire (Syracuse) front 9 is open right now, the back will open next week, still wet I am told.

[danielao]

Metcalfe hoping for April 25 open.

[Txxxxxxx]

that's likely for the early bird courses. Curious about some of the courses like stonebridge or equinelle. I'm wondering if i will get a round in before heading to myrtle in early may....

Exactly. I don't think we'll open before the first week of May.

[Kiwi]

Heard rumor last week (Apr 4) that Casselview has removed all snow from their greens (they were covered?) and they are looking good.

[leftylucas]

Someone posted a picture of the greens with the snow removed at Casselview Kiwi, they were a nice color that I did not recognize.

[Shivas Irons]

Heard rumor last week (Apr 4) that Casselview has removed all snow from their greens (they were covered?) and they are looking good.

Drove past Casselview Monday and the greens look...green! The rest of the course however is an off-white.

[Golfer100]

Heard rumor last week (Apr 4) that Casselview has removed all snow from their greens (they were covered?) and they are looking good.

All snow removed from Rivermead and Chateau Cartier greens although the green covers remain.

[Casselview]

It's a beautiful day to be cutting greens at Casselview!

[big mac]

YAHOO---at least it's a step in the right direction. I see there is new white sand in the bunker

[Casselview]

YAHOO---at least it's a step in the right direction. I see there is new white sand in the bunker

It's getting there! HUGE difference today compared to Monday.

As for the new "white sand", mother nature gave that to us, we told her we had enough for this year

Hope too see you on our course very soon!

[jdog134]

forcast calling for 2-5 cm of snow tuesday tell me i am wrong ...

[Txxxxxxx]

You're not wrong. It sucks. Tuesday and Wednesday are supposed to be cold and winter-like weather.

At this rate, we're going to skip Spring and go straight to Summer!!

[jeffc]

+22 Monday, +3 Tuesday and 5cm of snow. It won't last though.

[Marcos]

Dont worry guys, it will happen. Like at the Masters, we need to be patient !!!