After picture of #17 tee

Trimming Branches

Here we are out trimming a few of the higher up branches. This picture was taken just east of #17 tee.

If you have any questions or would like to see some of the trimming we have done please contact me. 

Grinding Stumps

The weather has warmed somewhat. This has allowed the maintenance staff to work on grinding some tree stumps. Here is Donny with the stump grinder, that is mounted on our Bobcat.  We will continue to grind this week as weather permits. 

Trees

Monday was a nice day to continue cleaning up some trees. Here is the crew working between 9 and the driving range.  Most of the populars there have reached their life expectancy and now time to be removed. 

Fresh coat of paint

Time for a fresh coat of paint on the tee markers. One if the many jobs done during the off season. 

Dead/Dying trees

The maintenance staff has start the process of removing some dead/dying trees. Most of the trees are the seedless cottonwood, that have reached their life expectancy. 

We will continue this process as the weather allows. 

Preparing the greens for winter

Today we will complete our preperation for the winter season. For our greens it is a two step process. 

First step is spraying them with fungicide, to prevent snow mold, and a anti transparent to help protect the plant from drying out. 

Our second step is applying a layer of sand, as shown below. This will assist in holding moisture near the crown of the plant.  The sand will also protect the plant from direct extreme temperatures. 

These two applications give us the best chance possible to have alive greens come spring. 

The greens will still be open this weekend!!!  Starting Monday please play the temporary green locations. 

Thank You for another great golf season. 

Winterizing the irrigation

Today we are blowing out/winterizing the irrigation system.  We get most of the water out of the lines with the manual quick couplers, as shown below. We will then go through each zone to finish. Tomorrow morning we will blow out the well lines. Typically it will take us about 1.5-2 days to do the system and well lines. 

Golf course is still open, come out and play!!

New Equipment

We have purchased some new equipment.  A greens mower and debris blower were delivered today.  By purchasing now there was some great savings verse purchasing next spring. 

First snow/ Weekend looks good

Here it is, the first measurable snowfall of the year. Nice picture for a Post card, no so good for Fall golf. 

The weekend weather looks good come out and enjoy your golf course.  

Fall

The photo below shows some I the new spruce trees we planted on the west side of the driving range. We are losing many of the popular trees in the area, the new trees should help keep that buffer zone between the driving range and hole 9. 

The course is still open for play!!  We will keep the golf course open as long as Mother Nature allows, exact date to be determined.  

If you have any comments please feel free to email or text me 

Enjoy the rest of the Fall!! 

Collars and aprons

Today we are aerating collars and aprons on the front nine. After aerating we will top dress the aprons with sand. This will help control thatch and help keep these areas more playable.   

As you may have noticed we have started to raise some of the heights of cut.  This is normal for this time if year. Raising the height if cut allows the grass plant to store up more nutrients and energy going into the tough winter season. 

Enjoy the Fall Season. 

Fall

The colors of Fall are here. The skies are clearing. It's going to be a good week for some Fall golf!!

Received 2.3" of rain since Friday. 

We'll see you on the course. 

Venting Fairways

We are in the process of venting the fairways. The tine we are using is of the slicing style that goes to a depth of about 5". We will do 3-4 holes each day until done. 

This process wil provide compaction relief and very minimal disruption to the playability. 

If you have any questions feel free to contact me. 

Ross

Air movement

During our visit from the USGA Agronomist, we talked about air movement around the 14 green to 15 blue tee area. He recommended some air tunnels cutting the under brush in 10-12' wide paths.  Allowing the air flow should help improve the turf grass in these heavily wooded areas. 

This is behind 14 green to 15 blue tee. No trees were removed just the lower under brush.  We may do a few more air tunnels in this area. 

Have a great Fall Day!!!!

Foggy sunrise

37 degrees and a great sunrise over looking the irrigation pond 

Hail

We had a little hail damage last night. Few branches down and some bunkers washed out. 

This a picture of 5 green. The plan Is to mow and roll. We will see from there if any further action is needed. 

Fall

There is a hint of Fall in the air. The course is in great shape. Come out and enjoy your golf course!! 

Venting tees

Tuesday we vented tees using our aerovator style aerator. This is a solid tine unit that provides compaction relief and some minor leveling of the soil. Once mowed there will be very minimal effect on playability. 

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. 

Rain!!!

It's been a long time, since July, since I have needed to check the rain gauge. It looks like about .40" of much needed moisture. Maybe we will get a little more before its done!! 

Labor Day

The greens are mowed, cups are changed and bunkers are raked. Welcome to September. Come out and enjoy the cooler weather and great golfing conditions. 

Rain

Not sure when our last rain was but this morning the minimal precipitation was a nice surprise. It looks like under .1 of a inch, we will take whatever we can get!  

The course has handled the extreme hot weather well, no major issues other than just extremely dry.  I am hoping next week will get back to more normal like conditions.  

Fall is coming, come out and enjoy your golf course. 

Rolling Greens

Rolling the greens after venting. 

Venting Greens

Today we are venting the greens with a solid needle tine. After venting we will top dress lightly with sand and then roll the greens in two different directions. When done this will have very little impact on Golf Course playability.  

Greens

Today we did a light top dressing on the greens. We also hand spread extra sand in the thin areas on the greens, the areas where the fungus hit the hardest. The final step is rolling the sand into the turf grass canopy, this will provide a nice smooth putting surface. 

In general the greens are getting better each day.  We are still on the weekly feeding program trying to get optimal nutrition for the grass plant. 

Leak on #7

Here is Matt and Dustin. They are digging up an irrigation leak in the low area on 7 fairway. Most of our irrigation line are about 2' deep, this one was about 3'. Turned out to be an o-ring leaking in a coupler. Looks like we have it fixed for now. 

Fog/mist

A little fog and most this morning. The crew is out preparing for a 9 am shotgun start. 

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#1 Green on Sunday morning

This is what it looks like when a sprinkler stays on all night. Here is #1 green Sunday morning. No real damage just took some time to dry out. 

Big Cups

Today is the Aspire Big Cup Tournament.  8" cup should provide a good chance to make some putts!!!

Pro Am

Thank you to all involved who make the Pro Am a huge success. Especially would like to thank my staff for putting in the extra effort to have to course in great shape.  

Come out and enjoy your Golf Course!!

The final day

The final day of the Pro Am is here. Course setup for the amateur's is complete. One more setup for the Pro's. greens rolling 10' 6" this morning. 

Saturday night Derby.

Here is 10 green for the derby last night. If you have never been to one you should check it out sometime.  Great time had by all!! 

Nice Front Pin on Hole 15 Today

Pro Am Day 2

Another great day for golf.  Greens speed       still at 10'8". Wait and see if they dry out this afternoon. Good luck players. 

Course is Ready

The final pin is set. The course is ready for the first day of the ProAm. Greens this morning were rolling about 10' 8". 

It's a beautiful day for golf tournament!!

The Crew for the ProAm

Here is the crew and Ottis ready for work this morning. Looks like a hot day, but cooling off for the weekend. 

Good luck to all players this weekend!!

Bunkers

The bunker boys out fine tuning the bunkers today. 

Please remember to do your part and rake the bunker after hitting your shot. 

Mowing and rolling

Mowing and rolling greens this morning. Typically we mow daily, but will only roll two to three times each week. During the ProAm we will roll daily. 

ProAm Week

The Pro Am week is here. This is a picture of verti cutting the greens. This will stand the grass up, giving us a better cut and true ball roll.  

Wind and Rain

The wind and rain hit pretty good last night.  Total of 2.25" of rain fell, and also has some gusty wind. Today we will pick up sticks, pump some water and repair washed out bunkers. 

First picture is pumping of the water on #15 fairway. 

Second picture is one of the washed out bunker faces. 

The crew is out and will have most of the repairs accomplished by noon. 

Have a great day!!

Ross

Picture perfect

Another great cool morning. Nothing better than a nice cool morning in July, last I checked it was 57. 

Prep For The Wachs

Here is some if the crew preparing for the  NSU Wachs Tournament. Tees & collars, greens, fairways, rough and cups changed. Just few of the many items accomplished getting ready for the 200+ golfer's today. 

Sunrise

Check out the sunrise over #2 green this morning. 

Have a great/safe 4th weekend. 

Mowing by bunkers

We experimenting with the intermediate cut on the fairway bunkers. The previous cut was at 2.5" and the new cut is at 1.25". This should give a little cleaner look by the fairway bunkers. 

Let me know what you think. 

Beautiful Morning

60 degrees with a slight breeze, wow is it a nice morning. 

The weather looks to be great for the next few days & the  golf course is in great shape so come and enjoy your course!!  

Looking better!!

Here is a picture of #6 green. This is one of the greens that was hit the hardest by anthracnose.  As you can see it is recovering pretty well.  The areas that are still a lighter is the poa annua that the anthracnose attacked.  If an area is real bad we have reseeded trying to establish some more bent grass. 

Tomorrow we plan on applying liquid fertilizer.  We are applying liquid fertilizer on a weekly basis to aid in the recovery.  The liquid is absorbed through the leaf and made available to the plant almost immediately.

Also this week we will be applying a light top dressing to the greens.  Once the sand dries we will roll in into the turf canopy. Top dressing smooths the putting surface and helps control thatch. 

If you have any questions pleas feel free to contact me. 

We will see you on the course!!

Ross Santjer

Top Dressing Greens

Today we are incorporating a light sand top dressing on the greens. This will help smooth the surface and keep the thatch under control. 

After the sand is dry we will then roll the sand into the turf canopy.  

More lightning

Lightning struck again last night. This time just off #1 tee. 

Bunker maintenance

Look at the foot prints in the bunker on #3 this morning.  

It is the golfer's responsibility to rake the bunker after hitting their shot!!!

Please be courteous to the golfer's behind you. 

Thank You

Greens

As you can see in the picture the greens are still struggling with anthracnose.  

We treated them Thursday June 6. This treatment would normally last 21 days, under these wet weather conditions it only lasted only about 7. We treated them again on Friday June 14. 

This morning they are looking better than yesterday morning. We are planning on another treatment this week, the weather also looks like it is changing. This will give us a chance to dry the plant out a little during the day. 

Like I stated in a previous post this will have very minimal effect on course playability. If you have any questions please feel free to call or email me.