Thursday, March 28, 2024
Thursday
Monday, March 25, 2024
How Do You Hire? Golf Course Industry Magazine
I was recently interviewed for an article in Golf Course Industry Magazine. You can see it below. If you click on each page, you’ll be able to zoom in to read the font.
Saturday, March 23, 2024
Friday, March 22, 2024
#3 Fescue Bed
We started prepping and seeding areas on the golf course with Fine Fescue. This is the turf that grows tall and has a wispy seed head that we use on steep slopes. While some may prefer the look of maintained turf, on steep slopes, it's just not practical to grow Kentucky Bluegrass in these areas. The intense maintenance and water requirements on that kind of slope would use a tremendous amount of resources. We are covering the seed temporarily with loose wheat straw. Historically, we used a straw mat, that was rolled over top of the seed bed. We are trying this straw this year so we can rake it up once the seed germinates and establishes. The matting we would use would be permanent once the grass started to grow. Removing the mat after germination would tear up the seedlings below it. There are other benefits to using Fine Fescue on slopes like on #3. Some examples are:
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#15 Cart Path Paving
On Thursday afternoon, our paving contractor worked into the evening getting the new cart path on #15 surfaced with asphalt. I am very pleased we were able to get this accomplished before the golf course opens for play. The 15th hole is arguably the prettiest hole on the golf course. For many years, the cart path took away from the beauty of the green complex by being so close to the putting green. The new path does not increase the distance of the walk from the golfer's cart to the green. A small pull-out was constructed by the rain shed, not far from where golfers parked in years past. I personally this this is one of the best improvements we've made to the course in the last few years.
Thursday, March 21, 2024
Thursday
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Wednesday
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Tuesday
We laid our final load of Kentucky Bluegrass of the winter! 11,200ft2 of Bluegrass was laid in a number of areas that were impacted by our winter work.