Fireworks

 Saturday's fireworks display was fabulous and went off without a hitch.  Approximately 900 members and guests attended this special annual event.  Our maintenance staff started at the crack of dawn to start the clean-up so the golf course would be ready when the first members arrived the next morning.  With the exception of a few burn marks in the 14th fairway the prior evenings festivities were undetectable.

Driving Range Divots

While hitting practice balls at the range there is a proper way to move the ball around to create a desirable divot pattern.  When a little turf is left in-between divots the damaged area will heal faster than an area where all the turf has been removed.

Good Divot Pattern

Bad Divot Pattern

HydroJecting Greens

This machine utilizes a 5,000 psi blast of water to break up soil particles, relieving compaction and aerifying the soil. It also improves the gas exchange needed for healthy greens.

#9 & #13 Greens Are Open For Play

We have been topdressing, rolling, and providing lots of tender loving care to prepare the new greens for their unveiling.  The new greens are now being cut at the same height as the rest of the greens and are putting quite nicely.  They are not perfect yet but they continue to improve daily.  The new greens have a wide variety of very challenging to easy pin placement locations providing great fun for all skill levels.

Greens Aerification

We aerified the greens with 10" x 1/2" tines on Monday then topdressed with sand and brushed the sand into the holes. We hand watered all the greens and topdressed and brushed them again Wednesday. On Thursday it was difficult to find the holes made by the tines.

New Oaks

We have planted 6 beautiful new oak trees this week to replace some of the weak softwood trees that were removed over the winter.  The new trees average 5" DBH (Diameter at Breast Height) which is an ideal size for successful transplanting.

Soding and Seeding

We prepared the areas that will require new sod earlier this spring and we are now laying the new sod in those prepared areas. We are also drilling new seed into areas where the turf is thinly populated. We are doing everything we can do on our end, we just need a little help from Mother Nature.  Lets all hope for some sunny days and warmer temperatures.