John Minicuci › March Mudfest 2014 March 1, 2014 at 5:45am
Probably heading out to Stony in the morning if I don't have any animal problems in the morning. May try to clear off some pads before BOBIS at Firefighters at 1.
we were going to try to make it to stoney today but dont see that happening maybe firfighter at 1
We were at FF today at 1 pm ffor Bobis Sat Doubles. I spent almost 2 hours on tee pad 2 at Stony. I honestly do not see this course being playable by Sunday.
so where is the tourney going to be then lol
I played 18 holes at stoney today the course is unplayable in my eyes
is it the pads that will be the issue or the rest of the course? people need to start thinking of this when they go out and play. bring a shovel. keep the pads clear. it does nothing but help everyone. I can't afford to drive out there 3 days in a row but I will see what I can do. Wednesday I a ... more
is it the pads that will be the issue or the rest of the course? people need to start thinking of this when they go out and play. bring a shovel. keep the pads clear. it does nothing but help everyone. I can't afford to drive out there 3 days in a row but I will see what I can do. Wednesday I am free all day I will look to bust my ass if I can then. I won't be buying salt I can't afford to do that but I'll have the shovels and the elbow grease.
Yeah I can see what I can do too. I live right by the course and have some time this week to help out
The depth of the snow, in my opinion, can't be any better at River Bends as it is at Stony. I spent an hour and a half today on tee pad 2 (long only). I was able to get to the pad, most of it anyways, but there was an inch of ice on it still. At that rate, with 20 more pads needed to be done, I ... more
The depth of the snow, in my opinion, can't be any better at River Bends as it is at Stony. I spent an hour and a half today on tee pad 2 (long only). I was able to get to the pad, most of it anyways, but there was an inch of ice on it still. At that rate, with 20 more pads needed to be done, I cannot spend 40 hours out there doing the rest. From what I have heard, River Bends pads are already clear. I have not been there myself. Of course, we would rather keep it at Stony but I do not need to tell everyone that the Winter of 2013/4 here in Michigan has been a record breaker. If you guys could get the pads cleared, we could move Bobis to Stony this coming Saturday and may have access to a bunch of salt.
would be great if some people would step up and volunteer to do some work beside the SAME people that have already busted their ass to keep tees clean around the area, a bag of salt costs $5-8 you can all buy new discs for $30 but no one will step up and donate a few bucks to buy some salt, if 5-10 ... more
would be great if some people would step up and volunteer to do some work beside the SAME people that have already busted their ass to keep tees clean around the area, a bag of salt costs $5-8 you can all buy new discs for $30 but no one will step up and donate a few bucks to buy some salt, if 5-10 people all donated just around 5-10 we could buy enough salt to put a half a bag on each tee at stoney, maybe even help if we get 10-15 people to make respectful phone calls to the park office requesting for them to do some sort of maintenance since we do spend alot there....i DO NOT want to see this event moved to bends, if it is moved i wont be in it this year
I talked with 2 people about salt and that shouldn't be a problem. If we move BOBIS to Stony this Saturday I will have more than a few bags of salt to spread. The issue is getting the tee pads, both long and short on the front 18 cleared. Ben and Brandon have said they would go there this week. I might be able to get there later today for a few hours.
I brought a snow shovel yesterday and it was all but useless the pads are horrible, I wish I could help this week to clear but im working all week I would suggest a gator from stoney with a plow in it lol or melting them down with a blow torch a normal snow shovel wont get you far with the pads
Move to River Bends. Shorter rounds, less snow and tee pads with a small amount of salt. Not hours of backbreaking work, just my 2 cents.
firefighters is clear all 18 pads shovel as of noe.. think move here
I went out there today and I just can't see there being enough time to get all the pads clear
Agreed. It seems like Firefighters is the best bet at this point ...
Yeah it is terrible out there... I did hole 3 and started hole 4. We would need a lot more help clearing em off
just FYI I did make it to all 18, took me 2 1/2 hours, snow was deep!
Solo round?
so is it worth driving out there to work on pads or are we giving up?
Brandon it's a lost cause I wouldn't.