Week of Nov. 18th

 

Another mild week to start, finally some decent rain Wednesday night, then cold and windy for the end of the week.  It was another busy week for the maintenance team.  

The week started off with fence line trimming.  After the team trimmed back the overgrowth on the fence last week, they brought out our lift to start trimming back the trees and branches above the fence line.  

The last quick couple was installed this week.  This was the final step in Phase 3 of winter irrigation work.  The team did an amazing job installing over 70 quick couplers on fairways and tees.  

Once Phase 3 was completed the team wasted no time starting on Phase 4 of winter irrigation upgrades, installing new rough heads in high traffic areas.  They completed holes 6, 7 and 14 this week.  We are installing heads in the areas that we spend a lot of time hand watering.  This Phase will be a long process.  

You may notice this week some areas in the rough around tee boxes getting mowed down.  We have decided to try something different this winter for tee box traffic.  Over the last couple winters the tee boxes have gotten destroyed for winter play causing the team to have to spend hours sodding and leveling tees in the spring.  We have mowed down areas close to tees that we will use for winter play. More to come on this soon.  

Lastly, for the remainder of the week the team will be cleaning up the course from the high winds and continuing irrigation work around the course.    

Thanks for reading.