Rolling Road GC Golf Course Management

  We actually saw the sun for 3 days in a row this week.  After another soggy weekend the sun returned at the beginning of this week but went away again at the end of the week.  The team had a great week.   We started out the week focused on a full course mow out to play catchup from last week's rain.  The team was able to complete mowing of all rough, tees, fairways, greens and approaches on Monday.   After all the rain and lack of sun the past couple weeks the greens needed some fresh air and sunlight.  On Tuesday we were able to spike and mow the greens to help with gas exchange and speed up the drying out process.   Our 10th green - which is composed of the worst soil on the property - has especially not liked the weather.  We gave this green a little extra and, after the spike and mow, we decided to vent this green to help.   The team continued to work on dialing in our irrigation this week.  Both practice areas' sprinklers were tested and adjusted for proper function.  Th

  Another rainy week.  It seems like we are stuck in this pattern of rainy weekends, more rain in the middle of the week and then another rainy weekend.  The team didn't miss a beat this week.  They were unable to stay on the weekly mowing schedule but despite the weather we had a very busy and productive week.   After the rainy Mothers Day weekend the team started off the week focused on details before our Monday outing.  They were able to complete a full course bunker detail, and divot patrol on fairways and tees.   While the Monday outing was on the course, the team continued work on the Orchard.  They trimmed the new and old trees, spread some much on the new trees for moisture retention and started preparing for a new and exciting project.  More details to come next week on this project.   With the forecast of more rain Tuesday evening and all day Wednesday the team completed a full course mow out, top-dressed and brushed greens and was able to complete our season long slow re

  The team did an amazing job this week fighting through fog, rain storms, heat and humidity which felt like the first week of July not the first full week of May.  It was a very busy week for the maintenance department but, as always, the crew crushed it.     We started off the week with another irrigation expansion on hole 16.  This area by the forward tee gets crushed with cart traffic and had no irrigation.  The team added 80 feet of pipe and wire with the addition of one sprinkler to eliminate the use of hand watering the rough.   After the course dried out a little for last weekends rain, the team completed a full course mow out on all rough and short grass before the next round of storms.  I did not think we would be able to complete the mow out in one day, but the team said they could do it and it cost me pizza for lunch on Friday.   It was a busy week for the sprayers.  During the middle of the week we completed spraying greens, tees, fairways and all rough with pre/post-emerg

  Last couple days of April and a start to a new month.  Spring is flying by and with this week's weather it looks like Mother Nature jumped right into summer.  Last week we had 3 frost delays and this week we had 3 days that reached the 90°F mark.  Our team had a great week.   We started off the week punching all greens before the Monday outing followed by a soil spray to help with rooting and water infiltration.  We were able to perform a less invasive aerification this spring because of the more aggressive aerification the team completed in the winter.      On Tuesday following the greens punching the team completed a groom cut followed by top-dressing and brushing.    We found a little time in the beginning of the week to complete a small project between the 14th and 18th green.  This area is crushed by cart traffic and always looks out of place.  The team killed and removed all the grass.  Then installed fresh topsoil and compost for the start of a new flower bed.  Flowers and