Reel to Reel

There is much to be thankful for this year.  I am especially thankful for the opportunity to work with such a tremendous group of people each and every day.   The successes we experienced this season wouldn't have been accomplished without the support and hard work of my staff. I'm blessed to be surrounded by such dedicated individuals. I hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving!

November typically marks the shift in our work when we start preparing the golf course for winter.  Monday and Tuesday of this week were spent winterizing the irrigation system and bathrooms.  This is no small task.  During this annual ritual, compressed air is blown through the irrigation lines to remove any water in the lines, valves, and irrigation heads.  We systematically move through the 1,500 heads ensuring that all the water is out of the system so it is protected through the winter months. irrigation head on #3 being blown out We were also able to aerify the greens one final time with 10" solid tines. We like to do this prior to winter to provide some deep channels for excess water to move to during spring melts. aerifying  #8 green 10" deep #2 green after it has been rolled Final fungicide applications were also made on greens, tees, and fairways yesterday. This was a huge accomplishment, as we sprayed over 1.6 million square feet ...

One of the great things about working on a golf course is that there is never a shortage of things to do.  Rain over the last two days made it too wet to mulch leaves, so we shifted gears and added some drainage behind the tennis courts.  The 180' section south of the tennis courts needed to be regraded and drainage needed to be added to ensure the HydroCourts were draining properly.  This area is too narrow to get equipment into so the project was completed by hand.  A big thanks to our staff for enduring the wet couple days of digging in the mud. drain line added behind courts finished product Week Recap: Monday, we expanded #16 black tee 5' to the west.  Although this is a subtle change, the hole will play much better.  The tee was much too narrow and did not allow for the best alignment.   We stripped the existing bluegrass sod and added several yards of soil to rebuild the tee bank to give ourselves enough room to expand the t...