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...