Many of you may have noticed that last week we have a triplex leak on the clean up pass of 6's green surround. Well today another triplex sprung a leak this time on a green ... hole number 2. Fortunately, Ernie was the one mowing the green and he caught it quickly even though it was a small leak. We will be treating the leak today with charcoal and expect it to recover soon.
Speaking of triplexes we have been having several issues again this with our aging fleet. One triplex is down for repair for the hydraulic hose leak, another is down for the failure of the main hydraulic motor, one more is down now for leaking on the green and another is awaiting a hydraulic overhaul. If you are counting that is four triplexes with hydraulic problems.
Hopefully soon we will have these units back up and operational.
Monday, July 19, 2010
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Drill & Fill and Aerification
We have finished the drill & fill process of the greens on Tuesday. This process is a very labor intensive process requiring most of the crew to haul sand buckets just to keep the drilling machines full. This means that most of the other duties around the golf course had to be put on the sideline due to our labor shortage, but we will have caught back up soon.
The purpose of drilling the greens is to allow the water in the soil profile to move downwards thus reducing algae and disease potential of the putting surface. In addition these 1" by 12" holes also promote deeper root growth which in turn improves the stress tolerance of the plant during the summer months.
Although we finished most of the aerification of the remainder of the golf course should be finished in the next couple of days. All we have left is several of the front nine's fairways. Both the greens and the fairways will recover quickly since the humidity and temperature is back to normal.
I have been told that my voice was not picked up in the you tube video during the last town hall meeting (that is unusual). Just to let you know that what I said is mainly that I support JC Resorts and I think that they will help us gain much needed membership to allow us to move from a great golf course to a fantastic one. Plus you just gotta love their initals "JC" which just so happen to be mine too.
The purpose of drilling the greens is to allow the water in the soil profile to move downwards thus reducing algae and disease potential of the putting surface. In addition these 1" by 12" holes also promote deeper root growth which in turn improves the stress tolerance of the plant during the summer months.
Although we finished most of the aerification of the remainder of the golf course should be finished in the next couple of days. All we have left is several of the front nine's fairways. Both the greens and the fairways will recover quickly since the humidity and temperature is back to normal.
I have been told that my voice was not picked up in the you tube video during the last town hall meeting (that is unusual). Just to let you know that what I said is mainly that I support JC Resorts and I think that they will help us gain much needed membership to allow us to move from a great golf course to a fantastic one. Plus you just gotta love their initals "JC" which just so happen to be mine too.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Transition, Aerfication & Upcoming Drilling of the Greens
Transition around the golf course is progressing quite nicely. As of date we have over 90% recovery of the fairways and if you discount the tree root areas along with the heavily shaded areas the recover exceeds 95%. The areas where we did not chemically treat the ryegrass such as the approaches and roughs have just started transition and will take longer to recover since the bermudagrass has to compete with the ryegrass for growing real estate.
The second round of aerifications has started in the roughs this week and starting tomorrow we will be aerifying some select tees and the DR floor & tee. Since we do the second aerification while the golf course is open it will take us longer than normal but we should finish on time. These aerifications aid in the percolation of the water and relieves compaction while promoting deeper roots thus healthier turf.
Speaking of aerification, we will be deep drilling the greens next week on Monday & Tuesday (maybe Wednesday too). We are not going to be progressing in order and will be closing the holes that we will be working on or cleaning up. We ask that you please jump around us while the process is occurring and play those holes that you may have missed later. This will aid in the speeding up of the process and have us out of your way sooner.
You may see some pink dots on the edges of the greens. These are to mark the areas that we are plugging out and repairing. You will notice that these areas are all on the edges of the greens and may ask why ... the reason is because during the season we have collars that are maintained at a higher height of cut and once we recover them for the summer the ryegrass and Poa Triv have out competed the bermudagrass thus making them weaker during transition.
The second round of aerifications has started in the roughs this week and starting tomorrow we will be aerifying some select tees and the DR floor & tee. Since we do the second aerification while the golf course is open it will take us longer than normal but we should finish on time. These aerifications aid in the percolation of the water and relieves compaction while promoting deeper roots thus healthier turf.
Speaking of aerification, we will be deep drilling the greens next week on Monday & Tuesday (maybe Wednesday too). We are not going to be progressing in order and will be closing the holes that we will be working on or cleaning up. We ask that you please jump around us while the process is occurring and play those holes that you may have missed later. This will aid in the speeding up of the process and have us out of your way sooner.
You may see some pink dots on the edges of the greens. These are to mark the areas that we are plugging out and repairing. You will notice that these areas are all on the edges of the greens and may ask why ... the reason is because during the season we have collars that are maintained at a higher height of cut and once we recover them for the summer the ryegrass and Poa Triv have out competed the bermudagrass thus making them weaker during transition.
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