Old man winter

It's a little earlier than I expected, but today we had our first frost delay of the season here at AR. With the beautiful sunny days and clear nights we've been having comes cool mornings that result in frosted turf. Turf is made up of 90% water and during periods of frost this water freezes in the cell causing the structure of the plant to be very brittle. If turf is walked on under these conditions the cell walls will shatter and can cause the plant much unneeded stress. If we walked on a green with frost it can cause irreversible damage and potentially kill the plant. I've attached a link to a USGA video this issue and why it is important that we take care of our golf course. 

http://www.usga.org/turf/articles/video/frost.html