Course Update 7/26/13

Good Afternoon,

I will begin today's post by introducing two new members to our team....

Ruby (left) and Roxy (right) inspecting 17 Green following last week's rain

Ruby and Roxy are our 2 1/2 month old Australian Shepherds. They will soon begin training on picking up trash, moving tee markers, and chasing off unwanted pest. Check back for more photos of the pups.
All areas of the course have greatly benefited from the 4.5" of rain that we received two weeks ago. As a result we have been extremely busy staying on top of our routine mowing and other maintenance practices. The list below will give you an idea of a few of things that we have been working on since my last post:


• Completed edging of all cart paths
• Edged bunkers two times
• Fertilized entire golf course (tees, fairways, and most roughs) on 7/22
• Successful planet air, topdress, and vertical mowing on greens last Monday
• Edged greens two times
• Topdressed sodded areas and drainage ditches
• Repaired several more irrigation heads
• Flower bed maintenance
• Continued work on re-aligning tees
• Spot treat of weeds
• Fire ant control
• Continued with spray program on greens
• Equipment inventory and evaluation

A quick look at our daily job board. The board is used to schedule employee shifts, daily jobs, mowing patterns, and more

A few of the items we have plans for next week include:

• Edging greens
• Continue tee alignment
• Sod/plug weak areas on the putting green
• Continue topdressing sodded areas
• Add sand/move sand in several bunkers
• Grub and ant control around tees and greens
• Weed control
• Possible vertical mowing of tees and fairways
• Finalize plans for replacing water cooler stands and other course accessories

Unfortunately, we had a hydraulic hose break on one of our tee mowers while mowing the main tee on #3. We treated the area with charcoal and fertilizer to help the grass recover, however the burn lines from the hydraulic fluid will be visible for the next two to three weeks.

Hydraulic leak on 3 tee on 7.24.13