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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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