Come on down...Your CHARIOT awaits !!!

The Chariots are running at Winnetka Golf Club.









Enjoy the record weather this week.
Play your first round of golf before Tiger does.

Have you seen next week's weather ?!!! Saturday am NO FROST, 34-degrees but there is a breeze. Come on out, 49-degree forecast.

Next week's string of 70-degree temperatures are weeks ahead of normal!

18-Hole Championship Golf Course to OPEN 10 am Thursday March 25th

18-Hole Championship Golf Course to OPEN 10 am Thursday March 25th.

Yes, the snow is almost gone, time to play golf !!! Unfortunately the gas carts will not be running throughout the weekend.

18-Hole Championship Golf Course on schedule to open Friday March 26th OR SOONER !!!

#18 Green looking down fairway

Staff was only two days away from opening, prior to last week's wet-snow fall. Once the snow melts and the precipitation (.53") from last weekend soaks in, staff can resume the preparatory work on the course. Please follow this blog or contact the Clubhouse at 847-501-2050 for the most up to date information. Remember the Par-3 Golf Course is open year round.

Day 3 Captain's Log: Happy St. Patrick's Day!

With any "LUCK" and provided the weather holds up, Winnetka Golf Club is on schedule to open by Friday March 26th. After the first 60-degree weather since December the snow is almost gone and frost is just about out of the ground. Staff has finally been able to get limited access with equipment onto the course to prepare for opening. 

If Tom Skilling's snow and rain avoid Winnetka this weekend it is possible we can open sooner...Please continue to follow this blog for updates or contact the Clubhouse at  847-501-2050.  

Day 2 Captain's Log: ICE Removal from select greens due to prolonged ice cover by February 17th, 2010.

First the snow is removed down to the ice layer. Staff is wearing ice-cleats for traction. Note a 'check-plot' is left to assess the benefit of this procedure.

Next the 3-inch ice layer is fractured by the old greens aerator. Note some residual blue-dye in the ice from the previous week's experiment.

Staff is shoveling off the fractured ice revealing the finished product on the large Practice Putting Green. This area is suspect to ice damage from the winter shade of the mature oak trees. A temporary drain was installed 'in the green' during December due to this history.

Day 1 Captain's Log - Building The Blog

Anyone out there? Today we set up the blog. Greens are stimping today at over 15-feet, probably due to the snow and ice (does that help you Will T. - see http://www.facebook.com/winnetkagolfclub).

More to follow shortly . . .