Greens Aeration Wrap-up

Saturday, March 28, 2020

This week our team focused on greens aeration.  Rain on Monday and Wednesday prevented the completion of all the planned processes.  Core aeration was completed on all greens, while Graden was completed on greens #9-#18, the on-deck putting green, and the nursery green.  The contractors that perform the Graden work will be back on Monday April 6th to finish greens #1-#8 and the short game practice area greens.  

Beginning 1/2" core aeration.

Collecting cores behind the aerifier.

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Brushing greens after topdressing.

Using the Graden.

Cleaning greens after Graden.

Rolling greens after aeration and Graden are completed.

Completed aeration and Graden on left, only aeration on right.

Aeration and Graden completed.

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COVID-19 Safety on the course

Friday, March 27, 2020

Golf Play will resume tomorrow following a successful spring greens aeration.  When members come back to play, you will notice some changes that have been put in place to help protect your safety while on the course.  These changes are based on recommendations from the PGA and USGA.

• Bunker rakes have been removed.  Please be mindful of the groups following you and limit your disruption of the bunker.

• Water coolers will be unavailable.  Members are welcome to bring their own drinking water.

• PVC rings have been installed in the cups to prevent your ball from falling to the bottom of the cup.  This allows the golfer to remove the ball without touching the flag stick.  If you feel the need to remove the flag stick, we ask that you use your gloved hand.

The PVC ring prevents the ball from falling to the bottom of the cup.

Remove the ball without touching the flag stick.

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Drainage, Edging Greens, and Tree work

Friday, March 20, 2020

The Golf Maintenance Team has completed several projects over the two weeks.  Each of these projects will have a positive impact on the course throughout the season. A post-emergent herbicide was applied to treat any winter weeds around the course.  These weeds will have a yellow/bronze color as the herbicide begins to affect the plant.  We continue to add cobble around cart path edges were needed; this will be ongoing for the next several weeks.  Drainage was installed between #13 green and #14 tee.

Drainage between #13 Green and #14 Tees

Drainage between #13 Green and #14 Tees

Drainage between #13 Green and #14 Tees

Cobble stone drain at #2 Tee

Monday, our team began two projects, edging greens and removing dead and low hanging limbs from trees.  Greens edging is an important process to remove any Bermudagrass that has encroached into the green.  If  you see our team using a lift to remove limbs from trees or edging greens, please be sure the staff can see you before you hit your shot.

Staff removing Bermudagrass encroachment from the green. 

Edge that defines green and Bermudagrass collar.

Arborscapes performing preventative maintenance on one of  the parking lot trees.

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Equipment maintenance, soil samples, and cobble stone

Tuesday, March 03, 2020

Each winter our Equipment Manager, John Anderson, performs routine maintenance and completes any major repairs to the equipment fleet.  This winter, one of his larger repairs was replacing the clutch in the Ford tractor.  As you can see from the pictures below, the tractor was separated to allow access to the clutch.  The ability to make these type of repairs in-house is a great benefit to our department and the club.

Our team is working on several other projects around the course.  Stone was added along the cart path edge between #1 green and #2 tee, conduit was installed around the on-deck putting green for the new fan location, and soil samples were taken on all greens.

Placing stones along the cart path edge behind #1 green.

Mixing and adding mortar to lock the stones in place.

Finished.  The cones will stay in place for the next week to keep traffic away from the new concrete.

You might notice these sand filled holes on the greens.  Core samples were taken from these areas and back filled with sand.  The results of the soil tests will help determine what nutrients need to be added during greens aeration.

I am standing at the new location of the on-deck putting green fan.  Our team installed conduit in the trench to protect the electrical feed to the new fan location.

The new location of the on-deck putting green fan.

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