Reel to Reel

It has been a busy couple of weeks on the course.  Leaf clean-up, snowmold applications and drainage projects have occupied the majority of our time.  The turf remains healthy and looks great heading into winter.  The plants have responded nicely to the favorable weather this fall.  I'm finding nice deep roots on greens, tees and fairways.  Another interesting observation is the increased population of bentgrass on both greens and fairways.  This is a great sign for next year.    Lana cleaning up the ornamental bed on #14 new drainage being added to  #7 fairway

To minimize the risk of freeze damage to irrigation systems, "winterizing" is necessary.  Every year the ritual of irrigation "blow out" becomes the priority for all irrigation systems that are in regions of the country where the frost level extends below the depth of the installed piping.  The process consists of expelling all the water from the irrigation system and equipment with compressed air. This is necessary because water freezing in the irrigation system will break pipes, fittings, valves, sprinklers, pumps, and other system components. We started winterizing our irrigation system today.  It was a long day - we blew out all 1,514 irrigation heads.  We will go through all the heads one final time tomorrow, as well as the water lines that feed the halfway house and bathrooms on the course.  quick coupler #10 fairway heads in #9 rough