Winter Storm Jonas

Winter Storm Jonas the Williamsburg area was hit with roughly 3-4 inches of snow, sleet, and rain. This weather event forced the golf course to close due to unsafe cart paths and snow/ice covered greens for more than a week. Despite sunny days and daily temperatures above freezing following the winter storm, areas on the course, mostly shaded greens, remained buried below a thick layer of ice.

Below is BlackHeath #7 which remained under snow and ice until the afternoon of Monday, February 1^st, when temperatures reached into the 70’s, more than a week after the storm.

Below is a picture of the maintenance staff removing snow and ice from Hawk greens on Sunday, January 31st.

Fun Facts:

This picture below shows greens at Augusta National during a snow storm with no snow on greens. A few years ago Augusta National installed a heating system that uses tubing that runs below the green that heats the soil to above freezing, preventing any snow accumulation on the green.