The latest on ice and turfgrass survival from Michigan State University & The United States Golf Association

Please follow the links below for an up to date report on ice damage.

http://www.migcsa.org/uploads/Winterkill-Letter-2014.pdf

http://www.msuturf.blogspot.com/

http://www.usga.org/course_care/regional_updates/regional_reports/northcentral/A-Lose-Lose-Situation---March-2014/

Please note that we will not know what type of damage will occur and what the extent of the damage will be until the snow melts and things begin to grow.  It is important to note that Metamora Golf and Country Club isn't that old of a golf course and was grown-in with creeping bentgrass. Although there is Poa annua on the golf course, there is also a lot of  creeping bentgrass throughout and that grass species is rarely affected from ice damage in Michigan and isn't prone to crown hydration.