Project Update

We have been very busy knocking out our ever growing list before we really get into maintaining the golf course. Most recently the pool shade structures arrived in about 9 crates that ranged from 8 feet in length to 12 feet. As you are aware we were buttoning up the inside wall for the pump house and then it hit me. I can use the crates as my wall. So we proceeded to brake them down literally board by board and nail them up. This would be a very good example of recycling or re purposing this wood. While we were at the pool we installed a a little drainage and we hope that this solved this issue, it looks like there were two gutter down spouts and another drainage pipe that just converged on top of that area. A notable high light yesterday was the initial start up for our new pump station. Everything went well and we will begin the annual irrigation inspection out on the course to verify any leaks and repair them along with proper irrigation head inspections.

With our seasonal staff returning we utilized them to continue mulching of the golf course and seeding and laying down straw on cart path edges and haul roads from the construction traffic. Today our goal is to aerify as many Tees as possible with an end goal of having them top dressed by tomorrow afternoon.

This past weekend we received rain to sleet to snow in a matter of two days that accumulated about 2.5 inches. And once again the bunkers held up great.

This picture speaks for itself after 2.5 inches.

In case any body forgot why we are redoing the bunkers,
this was taken last year after the same amount of rain fall.
Same bunker behind #9 green.

Shade structure crates

Crate material being installed

This is inside the cabinet for the pump station, LED lights
are installed, pretty amazing.

The pump station touch screen that shows the vitals.

Pool gutter drainage

Course Update

This time last year we had an early warm up and we are actually experiencing what a typical March would feel like. The staff has been busy repairing the bunkers and then circling back to start the process of edging, checking depths, adding sand and tamping the faces. We were held up a little this week because of the night temperatures freezing the ground but we managed to knock out a few. We will work hard on this so we can complete them in a timely fashion weather permitting. 

Our mulch program is in full swing, you may notice that there are mulch beds near the path that have been mulched but others away from the path have not. Because we cannot work on the grass when it is frozen or frosty we keep the guys moving in the morning mulching beds that are adjacent to the path. Our greens irrigation head leveling project is taking place with just a few more to go on the front. The fairways have already been top dressed but we made the decision that some of them needed a lot more sand to help smooth them out and aid in drainage. These fairways are typically our wettest ones throughout the year.

Leveling irrigation heads

Prepping the mulch beds for mulch with a crisp edge

Blowing the heavy top dressing application on
#10 Fairway.

Adding Bunker Sand 

Utilizing our new top dresser to add bunker sand.