Golf course hopes to open in 2 weeks

With a little help from Mother Nature, Hillsboro’s Goose River Golf Course will open in two weeks.

It all depends on the weather, said Mike Crocker, golf club president.

Hopefully, Crocker said, the course will open sometime the week of May 3

There was considerable flood damage thi syear on the 9-hole, 3,018 yard grass green golf course.

The flooding Goose River depositied up to three inches of silt on the lower levels of the Hillsboro course. 

“We have to wait for it to dry, then we’ll sweep the silt of the fairways and roughs,” Crocker said this week. Grass will be seeded in some of the heavier damaged areas of the course.

A crew of men worked on the greens Saturday. Greens on Holes Nos. 1 and 2 suffered the most damage.

There was some consideration given to playing on both a temporary green on Hole No. 2 and a tee box on Hole No. 3.

Accommodating weather in the next two weeks, however, will allow play on the green and tee box, said Crocker.

“When we open everything will be playable, we hope.”

The course generally opens around April 15-20. The flooding Goose River set back this year’s spring opening.

“We’ll be okay,’ Crocker is convinced.

“We just need some nice, warm weather.”