Rolling Road GC Golf Course Management

  Another very cold and windy week.  We did have some snowfall last weekend but it didn't stay around long.  The team went right back to work after the snow melted and had a great week fighting through the cold weather.   The team finished off the drainage project on hole 18 at the start of the week.   This week the team also installed new drainage at the equipment wash pad.  They removed the old drainage and installed bigger drainage pipes to handle the water flow.   Irrigation was one of the focuses this week. Here is the team installing additional sprinkler heads on the 3rd forward tee.  This addition will not only reduce the amount of hand watering on this tee but also helps the coverage on the 2nd green surround.   Another irrigation project was installing new hose connectors on tee 10 and tee 2.  These hose connectors are closer to the tees for more efficiency while hand watering.      The la...

  Well below average temperatures, rain, wind and some snow showers this week. The weather this week felt more like January than the 1st week of December.  It was a tough week to be outside but our team made the best of it and had a great week.     We hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving and is ready for the Christmas season.  The team started off the week installing Christmas decorations around the clubhouse grounds.   The team took advantage of the washout on Tuesday to get all the equipment power washed and the outside of the maintenance building cleaned up.   With the cold weather setting in the crew drained the irrigation system and prepped the pumphouses for winterization.  This season was the best season we have had with our irrigation system.  The continued club investments and upgrades have helped with limiting irrigation issues this year.   With frosty mornings hindering work on the grass, the team started...

  What a week.  Frosty mornings, blustery winds and well below average temperatures.  Winter weather made an appearance this week but it was short lived with the end of the week more seasonal.  The team braved the wind and cold and had a great week.   With the forecasted freezing temperatures, the team started off the week removing all flowers around the property and cleaning all mulch beds.  With frost every morning the team started edging cart paths.  They completed the back 9 and most of the front 9 this week.  We will be finished this project early next week.   The team completed deep tining fairways early in the week.  Once fairways were finished they moved to deep tining all tees and practice fairways.  We are very pleased with the results and we hope to start round 2 of deep tining soon.   This week the team knocked out our first drainage project of the off season on hole 6.  We started with  som...

  Now that days are shorter and weather is changing the team switched gears this week and started tackling our winter work list.   This week the team started the process of deep tining fairways.  This is a long process with the average fairway taking 2.5 hours to complete and some fairways taking up to 4 hours.  Standard aerification only punches about 2 to 3 inches deep, so the deep tine allows us to go deeper to fracture the layer caused by standard aerification.  This is our first round of deep tining with the target depth around 5.5 inches.  Our goal is to be finished the first round early next week and complete a second round later this month with a target depth of 7 inches.  Also this week the team completed a deep verti-cut on all tees.  Once the verti-cut was complete the team spent hours cleaning up the debris.  This process allows us to remove thatch tied up in the top 1.5 inches to help with water infiltration and thatch dilut...

  Fall has arrived this week.  We had chilly temperatures and wind every day this week.  The team had a busy week.   We started off the week cleaning the parking lot in anticipation of sealing the cracks in the parking lot before the winter weather sets in.    Winter tees were marked. The first and second mow to lower these areas was completed this week.   This week marked the first week of fall that leaf clean up was a priority.  The team spent every day blowing and vacuuming leaves to stay ahead.     With the lack of rainfall in September and October we are back in a drought.  This is a tough time of year to be this dry.  The team spent a lot of time this week hand watering areas that are extremely dry. It is important this time of year for the soil and plants to be hydrated heading into the winter months to prevent winter desiccation.       Also this week the team found some time to knock o...