Friday, July 10, 2015

The south course aerification on tees, fairways and greens was completed yesterday and is open for play today.  The process went smoothly and greens should heal up within 7 days with green speeds back to normal within 10 days. Fairways are still somewhat of a mess but should clean up nicely after mowing a few more times.

Now that we've completed aerification on both courses we will be addressing our lack of detail work over the last few week such as edging cart-paths, weed issues, sprinkler edging and weedeating along hazard lines.

Below is a list of things we will be working on starting on Monday and continuing throughout the summer.

  • Filling in the first fairway bunker on the right of  #14 north which was part of the master plan.  The leveling will be complete by Wednesday and the sod work should be done by Thursday
  • Cool season grass removal on the North course -  Starting Monday we will begin by spraying out the cool season grasses which will improve playability but also improve the aesthetics by having a mono-stand of grass (the kikuyu-grass invasion will be dealt with on a later date).   We will start with holes 18-16 and any problem areas will be sodded once they appear. Once completed we will do holes 1-3 and continue throughout the course.  
  • Drainage -  Majority of our fairway bunkers drain very slowly and typically have standing water in them after a normal irrigation cycle. All the drains need to be repaired and I'm hoping to have most of the issues resolved on both courses by the end of July.
  • Wet areas throughout the course
  • Bunker depths and playability   
  • Cart-path repair 
  • Complete mulch and replace dead or dying landscape around the clubhouse and parking lot