Reel to Reel

Here are a few of my favorite shots from the month.

It has been another productive week.  The leaves continue to change color, and are now falling at fairly consistent rate.  This has kept us busy blowing and mulching leaves, but we were able to squeeze in several projects, as well. blowing #18 fairway blowing #5 green We spent some time this week redesigning and adding some new perennial plants to the ornamental beds on #2, #4, and #10.   redesigning bed on #10 tee  bed on #10 will have a fresh burst of color next year We also extended the brick paver path on #10 tee to give us a little more room to direct traffic off of the path. Mike installing the new path looks great and will help with traffic control Most of our time this week was spent leveling and expanding #15 tee. Over the years, the back third of the tee had become uneven.  This project included striping the sod, removing 4" of soil that had created a hump in the middle, and relaying the sod.  We also ...

It was another productive week.  We were able to level and sod around 5 more greens: #2, #5, #9, #10, and #18.   #10 green complex completed sod We were also able to topdress greens this week.  The sand helps dilute thatch and smooth out the putting surface. topdressing #5 green It was also a good week for photos. Tuesday, we saw a bald eagle sitting in the middle of #5 fairway eating a snack.  To my knowledge, one has never been seen on property.  The eagle was quick to fly away and we did not get the best picture. eagle soaring above #5 There was also a nice rainbow Thursday. picture perfect

The plethora of rain last week put a damper on many of our maintenance plans.  We definitely made the most out of the good weather this week and were able to catch back up.   We were able to finish deep-tining the four remaining fairways.  In total, we punched over 7.2 million holes in the fairways.  deep-tining #18 fairway at a 9"depth We also started leveling and sodding the first cut around green banks. Over the years the first cut has become contaminated with poa/bentgrass. These grasses at the higher height of cut do not provide a very consistent surface to play from, so we are leveling and replacing them with bluegrass. #11 green bank With the rain and warm nights last week, the turf had quite the surge of growth. We sent out the full arsenal of rough and banks mowers and were able to mow the in play areas three times this week. rough mowers on #14 The fall is off to a beautiful start, I hope you are able to get out and enjoy th...