Warmer weather has local golf courses optimistic
Golfers at the North Battleford Golf and Country Club would normally be hitting the links already by this time in April, but due to below-average temperatures so far this month, the local course isn’t open yet and there is no timeframe for when it will be.
According to Dana Johnson, the director of golf at North Battleford Golf and Country Club, the course usually opens for play around April 15. He said even if the snow melts entirely over the next few days, the course may not be playable for some time.
“We still have to clean off the tarps and get the greens cleaned. There’s still a lot of work that needs to be done,” Johnson said.
Johnson said course employees need to wait until they are confident the last of the snow has fallen and then blow the top snow off the tarps still covering the greens.