You will notice a change in the location of the stone wall between 8 and 12. We had a crew relocate part of the wall by removing stones from one end and extend the wall at the other end. The reason for doing this is to create a larger area between the wall and the fairway bunker to allow more room for cart traffic.
(from L to R) Alejandro, Mario, Torres, and Ramon work at relocating the stones.
The new end of the stone wall.
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The rain we received Sunday afternoon and evening have left several wet spots on the course. Though the course is not wet enough(currently) to prevent cart traffic, some caution is still need when driving on the course.
When the course becomes too wet, and cart traffic is restricted, the goal is to prevent damage caused by tire rutting and skidding. This type of damage can take weeks to recover or require sodding.
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Monday broke with gray skies and some light rain left from the previous night. The clouds left 0.7 inches of rain on the course. We were able to get some mowing done ahead of the final outing of the year. The weather looks like possible rain throughout the week. [.....]
This is the first post of a series of posts that will highlight the equipment and controls of our irrigation system at the golf course. This post is giving a tour of our Pumphouse. The Pumphouse is located directly across the wooden fence, north of the 14th green. The Pumphouse houses our motors that drive our pumps, and the controls for the motors, and our lake-fill wells. If you have any questions or comments about the system, I will address them in future videos.
Pumps
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Motors
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Wet Well
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Lake Fill Well
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Filtration System
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Main Line
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Sprinkler Line
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Panel
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Our ultimate task on Fridays is to complete all of the mowing of the primary playing areas. Thursdays are used for mowing our rough, and trimming around trees. The areas we try to mow every Friday before the weekend play are greens, tees, fairways, approaches, green collars, green, tee, and fairway intermediate rough cut, green banks, weedeat around trees and mow the entrance and the clubhouse.
Our beautiful Friday morning.
Green Mowing - The greens are mowed everyday except on Mondays when the course is closed. This job takes 4-5 [.....]
The irrigation videos are still in progress. Original file sizes of the videos were too large to post on the blog, so new videos are being created now. The first videos should be posted on Friday.
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The reseeding on 2 approach was completed today. The ropes will be up for about two weeks to help establishment of the grass. You will notice the area has been marked as "ground under repair" so you may play this area according to Rule 25 (Drop at the nearest point of relief, no closer to the hole).
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Stay tuned this week for a series of videos we are working on that will highlight our irrigation system. Videos will included a tour of our pumphouse, the components of the system, and how those components operate during an irrigation cycle, a brief overview of the design, and how we set the system up to water. [.....]
The extensive tree trimming project that has been underway the last few weeks has been completed. Our crew did a fantastic job of trimming out low branches to allow better air movement, and more playing options from under the trees. This will also contribute to the long-term shape and health of the tree.
The final remaining branches waiting to be chipped.
The mulch pile our crew has created during the tree trimming project. [.....]
There are a few areas on the course where the grass has an orange or yellow color. These areas, in the rough, are showing symptoms of a disease called Rust. Rust is a disease that can show this time of year with the proper weather conditions. Along with these weather conditions, the appearance of heavy dew in the mornings contributes to this. Most mornings last week brought fog with the rising sun, this allowed the dew on the ground to hang around longer into the day, keeping the [.....]
This past week has brought about a change in the approach on 2, and various other spots on the course.
These spots are the result of a herbicide application to control weeds in these areas. The pattern was created by the hand sprayer used to spot apply the herbicide. We did anticipate some discoloration of the turf, but not to the point it is currently exhibiting. The application was made now in an attempt to establish turf in the areas where the weeds [.....]
We have been taking advantage of the beautiful weather this week to complete some projects, and continue others. As posted earlier, we did aerate the greens and tees on Monday to allow air into the soil. On Tuesday we topdressed the greens. We have completed our fairway slicing. Some of the marks are still visible in the fairways, but will heal shortly, and will not effect playing conditions.
Tree trimming is continuing this week again, after a break during the rain. The guys are making good progress, and creating [.....]
After the recent rains, the course has finally dried. The total measurement of rain on the course was 5.3 inches over a 12 day period (Aug. 16-Aug. 27). For the majority of that time, the soil on the course remained saturated. In saturated soil, the moisture displaces the oxygen until the soil is able to dry. It is very important for soil to maintain oxygen levels to provide the best growing environment for healthy turf. This brings us to our projects this week.
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