Fairway top dressing has been going very well and will continue as the weather allows us, hence the sand in the parking lot. We also have started and just about finished our first drainage project for the winter on 14 approach. If you remember over the summer this area was extremely wet and even lost a little grass. This fix will make it playable and remove the swamp that was once there. Our next drainage task will be at the bottom of the approach on 13. Yes, another constant wet area. Drainage is an important part of the over all golf course playability and you will always have areas to work on, essentially it's never ending, especially when you have springs that could emerge creating a problem. As a golf course manager doing drainage on the golf course is one of my favorite projects because it's instant gratification.
Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Course update
The spike in the weather has been very nice for some winter golf, much needed when you look back at how November shaped up. What's interesting is they all seem to fall on a Monday, glad we were able to open the course on those days because at some point it will be consistently cold.
Fairway top dressing has been going very well and will continue as the weather allows us, hence the sand in the parking lot. We also have started and just about finished our first drainage project for the winter on 14 approach. If you remember over the summer this area was extremely wet and even lost a little grass. This fix will make it playable and remove the swamp that was once there. Our next drainage task will be at the bottom of the approach on 13. Yes, another constant wet area. Drainage is an important part of the over all golf course playability and you will always have areas to work on, essentially it's never ending, especially when you have springs that could emerge creating a problem. As a golf course manager doing drainage on the golf course is one of my favorite projects because it's instant gratification.
Fairway top dressing has been going very well and will continue as the weather allows us, hence the sand in the parking lot. We also have started and just about finished our first drainage project for the winter on 14 approach. If you remember over the summer this area was extremely wet and even lost a little grass. This fix will make it playable and remove the swamp that was once there. Our next drainage task will be at the bottom of the approach on 13. Yes, another constant wet area. Drainage is an important part of the over all golf course playability and you will always have areas to work on, essentially it's never ending, especially when you have springs that could emerge creating a problem. As a golf course manager doing drainage on the golf course is one of my favorite projects because it's instant gratification.
