This question came up at the Board of Governors meeting yesterday, and I thought everyone should know the answer, not just the Board. The question was "Why do we let golfers out on frosty mornings so much earlier then other clubs, like Avondale and the Lakes". I am not real familiar with the Lakes operation, but Avondale is strictly private and they only have around 100 or so members. If they have a delay until 10:00 AM they can still get everyone on their tee sheet out and finished playing before dark. We could never get two full field shotguns to finish if we held them off until 10:00 AM. Other factors are that when we are expecting a frost, we plan accordingly. We will leave our nightly irrigation water off keeping the turf dryer so that there is less moisture in the plant to freeze. We are also elevated slightly higher then those properties and less protected from the wind, which helps reduce the amount of frost. Another major factor is that we do not have all the shade from the numerous trees those other properties have. Once the sun comes up, the majority of our course is in the direct sunlight and the frost dissipates quickly, while it could be hours before the sun is high enough in the sky to dissolve their frost. Because of our heavy amount of play, we will often skip mowing the greens (because they are surely not growing when it is that cold) to help get the course opened quicker. We will even skip changing the hole locations if we feel it necessary to get play out quicker. We try to be as member friendly as we can be and want all our guest to enjoy all 18 holes whenever they have the opportunity to play.