SEPTEMBER NEWSLETTER

GENERAL MANAGER & HEAD GOLF PROFESSIONAL

Fall is on our doorstep! I hope everyone has enjoyed their summer and is able to get in a few extra rounds before we close the books on our 2021 season. For me, fall golf is the best time of year to play. Colors changing, the crisp, cool air and excellent course conditions.  

It has been a busy year at The Wilderness! The nice weather has made every day a good day to golf. However, the lack of rain meant severe drought conditions that have led to forest fires, poor air quality, and low water levels. Let’s all hope for a good winter with plenty of snowfall and more normal conditions next year. 

Our final day of the season will be October 10, in which we hold our Grand Finale event. Of course, that is assuming we don’t have snow before then! Looking back, two of the last three years we had snow or had to close early due to snow. Hopefully, that is not the case this year!

Along with the Grand Finale event, we will be having our annual Ladies “Fall” Golf Day on Monday, September, 27th. For more information or to sign up, please call the golf shop at 218-753-8917.

Hope to see you one more time before the season ends!

Happy Golfing,

Ryan Peterson
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GOLF ​COURSE SUPERINTENDENT

The leaves are starting to fall, the days are shorter, the sun angle is lower, and Starbucks is selling Pumpkin Spiced Lattes (Yuck...but to each their own)...can only mean one thing, hoodie season is upon us, aka Fall is here. Your last chance to tee in 2021.

The summer of 2021, certainly threw a few curve balls our way, mother nature did her best to keep us grinding.  The high heat and lack of rain, allowed us to really push our greens to the peak level...maybe a bit too far, as some guests have said.  When working with green (ie, grass cut at around 1/10th of an inch), and the goal is to provide a world class product, we end up tip-toeing the line of, quick, smooth, fun, and fast, hard, frustrating...and that could be the difference between a cloud covered morning and a windy, sunny afternoon...Add in a wide range of handicaps and, well, we get a lot of different looks from golfers.  All-in-all, I’m very happy with how the greens made it through the summer months.  For those playing in September, you will find that the cooler mornings and short days don’t allow us to be as aggressive.

7in roots at the end of Aug is a good thing.

Having spent the last 16 years in central and northern California, I have become accustomed to some smoky mornings...and it never gets less unnerving. We here in the maintenance department want to send out our deepest appreciation to all those fighting forest fires, of course here in Minnesota and around the country, but also to our neighbors up north in Canada.

A smoky, August morning…

As the summer drawer closes and fall opens, time is running out to get those rounds in...as Robert Herrick poem states, “Gather ye rosebuds, while ye may.”

As always, we are excited to see you on the 1st tee and keep it between the trees.  

Ryan VerNess (Red)

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