New Oak Trees

We planted some new Oak trees behind the 11th green to replace the Silver Maple trees that were removed last fall.  Silver Maples have a very short life of maybe 30 years compared to the Oaks, which could live for 200 + years.

18 Green Extension

We removed the sod for the green extension and used it to patch some bad spots in fairways. The cavity for the extension has been filled with new root zone mix and graded to the specifications of the master plan. We hope to have all of the new sod in place by the end of the week.



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Location:LGCC

One Year Ago Today

It was just one year ago today that we experienced some of that white stuff.  Hopefully, we are not going to see any more this year.  I was at a WGCSA meeting which included a round of golf in the afternoon, needless to say we didn't play golf.

Continuing Education

I just spent two full days in the classroom learning more about our computer controlled irrigation system. I felt I was already running the system efficiently, but there is always room for improvement. The focus of the class was on new software updates that help us program the system to reach peak efficiency.

We are seeing a trend in increasing government control in water usage, which started in California and is moving east. In response to that trend, I want to be prepared before Wisconsin takes steps in the same direction, or mandates are implemented by the EPA. I will be implementing much of the new programming tweaks into our irrigation control system immediately.



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Location:Reinders in Sussex, WI