New practice green update

The contractor that built our new practice green, driving range, and short game area are standing behind their work and have decided to return and repair all the areas that were not aceptable or did not grow in correctly.  The new practice putting green settled during the grow in.  Therefore, they stripped the poa sod, leveled and compacted the greens mix to insure of no settling in the future.  We will then apply the plugs from aeration that is scheduled on April 9th and grow them in like we did in November last year.  The duration of this process will be shorter this time due to the weather.  It should be open in approximately ninety days from the laying of the plugs.  They also have fixed the drainage in the practice bunker and the cartpath from hole ten to the short game area. 

March 15th update

If you noticed the sand on the approaches, its from the aeration and topdressing this week.  During the summer the greens need leached to flush the salts through the soil profile.  This aeration of the approaches helps keep them from getting wet during that time. We will aerate them one more time in June just before leaching begins.  Next week we will be aerating the tees, followed by the green surrounds the following week. 

Update for Feb. 25th

This week we are applying fertilizer with pre-emergent to the entire course.  We are also edging, moving, and adding sand to the green side bunkers.  I've added a few tabs at the top of the page for the local weather forecast, a link to the clubs website, and a link to my email if anyone has any questions or comments on the golf course. 

Update for August 24th

The fertilizing of the course took longer than we anticipated.  So, we will finish the fairway aeration next week. 

Update

We finished needle-tining the greens and aerating fairways on hole 1,2,3,5,10,and 18 this week.  Next week we plan on finishing the fairway aeration along with fertilizing the course. 

Hydraulic leak on hole #10

We had a hydraulic hose break on our fairway mower on Hole #10.  You will notice a line up the center of the fairway.  The heat from the hydraulic fluid will kill the turf.  It should grow back in in a few weeks. 

Upcoming schedule

We will be needle tining the greens and aerating the fairways next week.