Week of July 4th

 

What a spectacular July 4th weekend at the club.  We could not have had better weather on Monday for all the events.  Even with the holiday during the week - and losing a full workday - the maintenance team crushed it this week.  

It was a full team effort playing catch-up on Tuesday.  All playing surfaces were mowed and the course was put back together from all the holiday events.  

When playing hole 13 you will notice the new black/gold tee took a hit from the inflatable axe throwing game.  As soon as the inflatable was removed we punched holes to help with the compaction.  We will continue to monitor this tee box but we feel it will be looking better by next week.  

With supply chain still an ongoing issue, new equipment is slowly starting to roll in.  Here is our new skid steer that is replacing the old one that had a motor blow up.  Hopefully we will continue to see new equipment coming in but the delays are growing by the day.  

On Wednesday Raul and Diego performed another round of aerification.  We completed this process using smaller tines than our last aerification.  We also call this process "venting" which allows gasses in the soil to be expelled through the open holes and allows fresh air in the soil profile.  The holes will also allow the greens to dry out better but will allow water to enter the soil profile easier.   

Last week the irrigation system took it easy on us with no repairs needed.  This week, on the other hand, made up for last week.  Fernando and Edwin repaired 5 broken pipes and 2 failing sprinkler heads all before the end of the day Wednesday.   Fingers crossed that the repairs to the ageing irrigation system start to slow down.  

We received 2 rounds of thunderstorms on Wednesday night and Thursday morning dropping over an inch of rain.  On Thursday the crew took advantage of the wet conditions and focused on detail work.  We hope once the course dries out we will be able to complete a full course mow out before the weekend.  

Thanks for reading.