Winter Annuals

Winter annuals have been installed at the clubhouse using a mixture of pansies,violas and kale. Following installation a fungicide and fertilizer were applied. Below are a few pictures of the process.





Removal of summer annuals

  

Bed prep

Flower installation



Overseeding

This past week the driving range tee,short game area and the front of the clubhouse were overseeded with ryegrass. The process typically takes 7-10 days for the seed to germinate. During this time it is extremely important to keep the seed moist. Irrigation cycles are run at 6:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m. for 10 minutes each. As seed begins to grow we will begin to back off on the amount of water applied. I have included several pictures of the process.




Scalping range tee at .350 of an inch to provide seed to soil contact

Spreading seed at 20 lbs per 1000 ft2

Clubhouse lawn preparation

 Assistant superintendent Michael Sanford dropping seed at the clubhouse



Heavy Rains!

Excessive rainfall has made it difficult to prepare the golf course this week,since Tues. we have received 5.25". The maintenance crew has done a fantastic job in cleaning up debris and repairing bunkers on two seperate occasions. Fairway were mowed one time this week and greens three times. Hopefully the weather will be dryer next week and we can get caught up.

Since Mon. we have been involved with an irrigation leak at the driving range. It has taken the week to find and repair the leaking pipe as well as repair several wires that were damaged in the process. We were unable to back fill the hole and move the large equipment due to the heavy rain last night.

Creek Repair #15

A section of the creek on the left side of the hole has severely eroded over the past several years. It has threatened to undermine the path but most importantly it was a dangerous situation for cart traffic. The creek has been moved approx. 20ft.and lined with stone. The old creek channel was filled in, graded then sod was installed. The pictures below are before and after.

Before



Prior to sodding




 



Greens Aerification and Cart Path Update

We have just reached the four week mark since greens were aerified. In the ten days following, we had less than desirable weather for optimum healing. Cooler than average temperatures due to heavy cloud cover slowed the process.  During this time, we experienced five days of thick cloud cover with very little sun. This has a huge impact on the greens ability to grow since Champion Bermudagrass requires 8 hours of sunlight. With that being said, the weather has been ideal since and they are about 95% healed. Topdressing in the form of sand is being applied weekly. Beginning today the height will be lowered from .120 to .110 and they will be double cut each day we are open combined with periodic rolling. It will not take long (5-7 days) for the suface to become very smooth and reach speeds on the stimpmeter of 10.5 - 11 feet that you all are accustomed to. It has consistently taken 4-5 weeks to completely heal. For those that participated in the Greystone Invitational you may remember there were still some open holes on the greens 4+ weeks after aerifying. Without proper cultivation, the speed and firmness we achieve would not be possible. I appreciate everyone's support during the two events each year.

Deep Drill Machine

#11 ( Pic Taken On 8/18)



#15( Pic Taken On 8/18)






While we were closed broken sections of cart path and curbing were replaced. Approx.2500ft2 of path and 330 linear ft of curbing on # 1,2,3,4,5,8,9,10 and the clubhouse received much needed repairs.




Demo Behind Clubhouse



 


Finished Product

 



 


 

Lightning Damage Hole #5

This past Sunday a tree inside of the cart path on #5( first landing area) was destroyed by lightning. It started at the top and traveled to the ground blowing bark across the fairway into the rough. Then the electricity entered our irrigation communication cable causing damage to 5 satellite boxes (this is where we control water from the field) on #'s 3-6. The tree was removed on Wed. as it had no chance to survive. On Thur. I have an outside contractor coming to make electrical repairs to the satellites. Below are a several pictures off the tree.

Cart Path Replacement

A 20'x 8'section of cart path heaved and broke coming out of the tunnel going to #13. Last week this section was replaced. During our closedown period for aerification we will be replacing severely broken sections of path and curb throughout the course. Pictured below is #13 path.