Ostego Club & Resort | 11 grass is growing strong. It’s a challenge to maintain a good product in a more compressed time period, and once the snow goes we’re in a mad dash to get things ready.” “It might appear to be in disarray, but it is very organized disarray. In the past year, I’ve probably learned more about golf and turf and turf management than most people know in their whole lives. We have our challenges, but the set-up is top notch.” The golf side of the operation goes dormant during Michigan winters and only a sliver of the skiing portion of the club overlaps one of the golf holes. The rest of the golf layout is open for snowshoeing and cross-country skiing during those stretches, which allows nature to take the course, literally. “We put the golf course to sleep,” Ringgenberg says. “There’s very little interaction from our side during the winter. We try to leave it as natural as possible. You can go out there and snowshoe in pure Michigan nature, which, to us, is just a huge selling point for that area. You just can’t beat that.”
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