What effect does a large amount of winter snowfall have on a golf course?

[nevets88]

I'm guessing none, as the ground is fallow anyway, but correct me if I'm wrong.

[boogielicious]

It makes all the golfers who use that golf course really, really grumpy.

Actually, the ground will be susceptible to erosion unless the melt is gradual.  Grass will recover, but the subsoil will be very loose until the cover is gone and begins to dry.  Our league course had issues last year with erosion under the top layer of sod on fairways that have a lot of pitch.  They took until June to recover.  It formed little sink hole areas that you could step through the top layer.

[caniac6]

It depends how long it stays, and if there is a layer of ice under it. The ice can prevent air from getting in the soil and can lead to winter kill in the south. It is possible to get some dtsease on cool weather grasses.