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Golf Course Closed March 27-31
Winter Projects, Bunker Maintenance, and Greens Aeration Schedule
I took this video to show the efficacy and performance of our new Turf Breeze portable 50" Fan.
I trust that everyone had a great Holiday Season and I hope you join our team in looking forward to the start of a New Year. Over the weekend, we received between 3 and 4 inches. With warm weather coming the rest of the week, I assume the snow should melt off by Thursday or Friday. We look forward to warmer temperatures and some golf in January. Have a great week.
The arrival of December has already brought us freezing temperatures, a little snow and winter projects. As we look forward to next season, an area that we can still improve on during the winter months is our bunkers. We will work steadily through the bunkers, checking depths, replacing liner, and adding sand as weather permits. Yesterday, we began work on the right fairway bunker on number Eight. Contaminated sand has been removed, new, thicker liner has been installed and the bunker has been edged to create an ideal sub-surface for new sand. Bunker liner is a fabric that is installed on the subsurface of the entire bunker, below the sand, to help keep sand on the sloped faces and prevent contamination. Playability out of the bunkers is affected by a number of factors, including but not limited to irrigation frequency, sunlight, wind, traffic, severity of slope and most importantly golf course design. The goal of bunker management is to rake every bunker with the same consistency and to maintain consistent sand depths on every bunker slope and base. We will continue our efforts in this area until the bunker sand completely freezes. Please feel to stop and ask questions when you see our team out on the course.
We arrived this morning to a snow covered golf course. The light dusting of snow created great pictures and views of the golf course. The snow is starting to lift but is still quite heavy in some areas. It will be a very difficult day to play golf with all of the snow on the ground. The greens have a heavy frost and play should be delayed until 11:00 a.m. Contact the pro shop for more information. Have a great week.
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| Ginny earning her Kibble |
The draining and winterization of the golf course's irrigation system has been completed. The system is drained and essential elements, subject to freeze damage, have been removed from the pumps and pump controller. Systems that cannot be removed have been filled with anti-freeze to protect them. This winter shutdown protects the club's investment in our irrigation system and allows us time for maintenance necessary to keep our pumps and controller under warranty. Our golf course management team wishes you a happy holiday season and we hope to see you on the golf course soon.
A little frost out there this morning but it looks to be a beautiful day. Winter maintenance of our equipment fleet has begun and we are working diligently to finish our Potash applications before we shut down the irrigation system. During winter maintenance, every piece of equipment has to be power washed, inspected and repaired as necessary. The inspection, preventative maintenance, and sharpening of every essential part of equipment includes reels, bedknives, rotary blades, bearings, rollers, grease fittings, tires, safety switches, and hoses. Winter maintenance also includes the changing of oils, filters, and fluids. Our fall Potash application helps the turf overwinter and thrive during dormancy. Enjoy the beautiful weather and your weekend!
The oyster bowl brings us to the end of a 2010 golfing/growing season that few golfers will forget but even less will want to remember. Our golf course faced flooding, record snowfall, drought, excessive heat, and torrential rains. Overall, I am very proud of our staff and the golf course this year, despite our challenges. There is always a silver lining and we turned these challenges into opportunities by rebuilding 19 flooded bunkers, renovating the area between #3 green and #4 tees, draining and renovating the area between #9 and #18, and renovating the areas to the right of #10 and to the right of #14. We followed through with commitments to change grass lines based on playability, traffic tolerance, shade tolerance, and irrigation requirements. 2010 reminded us to always be forward thinking and encouraged us to change some vital maintenance practices to lessen our dependency on water, reduce our impact on the environment and reduce our mechanical impact by eliminating the use of large equipment on our putting greens. We will continue to to surge forward and with your support and a little help from Mother Nature, 2011 will be a year to remember.
