Above: Here is my 4:00am view from the cockpit of my fighter jet. I woke up looking forward to moving snow but we only received about 1 inch so far. There were some areas on campus that required scraping but for the most part, roads are clear and driveable. Look for that to change as the morning progresses. I will have staff clearing roads and walk paths all day as needed.
Above: This is such a pretty shot with the contrast between white snow and cart path and roadways. Below: Looking out over #7, #8 and #9.
Highlands CC Clubhouse
Above: You can see in the bottom of the picture, all of the root zone sand mix has been removed from the half-size croquet lawn. This past week, all of that material was removed and hauled to the clubhouse parking lot where we will be able to use it again...more than likely in the drainage ditches on some of our projects this winter. Why did we save it, you ask? Good quality sand like this is not inexpensive. This half-size croquet lawn contained 3,500 cubic feet, or 130 cubic yards worth of sand. When you do the math, 130 cubic yards is approximately 176 tons of sand or 7 tractor trailor loads of sand. This is the equivalent to over $25,000 in material! It is worth the effort to remove rather than letting is stay in place. The same can be said for old bunker sand. While it is not as pricey as an 80/20 rootzone mix, it is still worth removing it and using it as fairway topdressing at a minimum.
The Hudson House
Below: While it is not a good day to be working on the course, it is a great day to split firewood for the HCC facilities. The logs you see in the photo below, came from the area between #14 and #15. We will split about 5 true cords of wood this winter for the HCC facilities to use during the 2021 season. This department has their hands in just about everything you can think of around here. I'm always proud of the fact that as a department, we constantly exceed our areas of responsibilty, going far above and beyond what you would find any other golf course maintenance staff of similar size doing. It will ALWAYS be that way too. We wouldn't want it any other way.
