Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Review of 2013

January:  Tree pruning/removal between 2&3 and left of 9.  Ninety percent of course void of snow.
February:  Tree pruning/removal right of 10 and between 10&18.  Course covered with 5" of snow.
March:  Wrapped up preventative maintenance to equipment and golf carts.  Snow gone on 30th.
Spring flooding 
April:  Spring clean up.  Course open April 9th.  Closed April 18th for flooding.  Re-opened 23rd.
Recorded 7.5" of rain for month.
May:  Restoration project with Ron Prichard started May 7th on #1.  Recorded 5.5" rain for month.
June:  Finished three hole restoration(1,4&10) on June 21st. Recorded 6.4" rain for month.
Jordan and Ron repair irrigation loop on #1

July:  Normal course maintenance.  2.9" of rain for month.
August:  Normal course maintenance.  .64" of rain for month.
September:  Continued with restoration project on 2, 3&5.  Recorded 1.4" of rain for month.
October:  Restoration continued on holes 6, 7&8.  Core aerification to greens.  Recorded 1.8" of rain. 
Tim applies sand following aerification to  #11 green.
November:  Restoration continued on #9. Course closed for winter Nov. 21st.  Recorded 2.5" rain and 3.5"of snow.
December:  Removed cart paths on 3&9.  Tree work 6,7&11.  Recorded 17" of snow for the month.
 

THANKS TO THE STAFF FOR A GREAT SEASON!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!                    

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Restoration Update

#3 after restoration
The restoration is coming to a close as the weather continues to decline.  We have been very productive this fall and the project is coming in on budget.  The staff has done an excellent job balancing the project and day-to-day maintenance.  I thank them for all of the hard work.

#2 green before restoration
#2 green after restoration




#5 green before restoration
#5 green after restoration

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

Restoration Update

We are coming to the end of the front 9 Restoration.  Today we are sodding around the fairway bunker on 7 and the fore bunker on 9.  We also are installing sod around a few of the tees on 9.  The expansion of the punch bowl green on 3 will also be finished today.  Next week we hope to complete the bulk of the project which will leave us with a couple of weeks of detail work. 
Fore bunker and new tee #9


#8 after restoration
#8 prior to restoration

Friday, September 20, 2013

Restoration Update

#2 green complex
We are just over one week into the restoration project and things are running very smooth.  Holes 2, 3 and 5 have been shaped and bunkered.  The shaper will be on 7 and 8 next week.  We have sod ordered for Monday and Thursday.  That will complete 2, 3, 5, 6 tee and 8 green complex.  If the weather continues to cooperate the shaper will be finished with the front 9 in two weeks and we will be two weeks behind him. 

New fairway bunkers #3
 


Back of #5 green

Sunday, September 15, 2013

Fall Restoration

We began the fall restoration on September 11th.  We started on #2 and created a new forward tee and new bunkering around the green.  We also installed a new approach bunker.  Thursday, September 12th, a new tee complex for number 5 was shaped.  On Friday and Saturday the shaper attacked number 3 with two new fairway bunkers on the right corner of the fairway and a left fairway bunker past the turn.  He also created a punch bowl around number 3 green.  Today, which is Sunday, he is building two green side bunkers on #5 and shaping the green surround. 

The staff has been busy cutting out disturbance areas, installing drainage in the bunkers and fixing irrigation.  We sodded #2 ladies tee on Friday and will begin installing sod by the semi load starting Tuesday.  Next week we hope to button up number 2 and 3.  The shaper will finish number 5 and start on 6. 

I will update my blog weekly.    

Friday, June 14, 2013

Restoration Update

The three hole restoration that began May 7th is coming to a close.  We are finishing up sod around the last bunker today.  We have a few couple championship and forward tees to build early next week and some small details to take care of, but other than that, we will call it good.
 
The project went fairly smooth other than some weather delays.  The staff did a great job and put in long hours to get the project completed.  I also want to thank the membership for their patience.  The project started 5 weeks late because of the weather, so we ended up completing the project in the heart of the golf season. 

#1 prior to restoration

#1 after restoration

#4 after restoration

#10 after restoration

#10 prior to restoration


Sunday, May 19, 2013

Restoration Update

We have had a great stretch of weather the last 12 days to progress with the restoration.  We have completed number 1&4 green complexes with the exception of the fine details. The fine details include expansion of the green pad and a couple pieces of sod here and there to finish the complex.  Our goal was to get the greens open for play as soon as possible and finish the details at the end of the project.  The final green complex to complete this spring is number 10.  The complex was rough shaped Saturday and the .25" of rain put a halt on any significant work on Sunday.  We hope the weather cooperates to complete this complex early in the week. 

Fairway bunking and a few new tees are also part of the spring project.  Five of the ten fairway bunkers are shaped and ready for completion and one of the three new tees have been completed.

This week we hope the weather cooperates to complete #10 green complex and move to fairway bunkers.  I will update you at the end of the week with a progress report.
#1 before restoration
Cut out around #1 green
Fill for #2 championship tee off of #1 green




Rough shaping of green side bunker #1



 

Monday, May 6, 2013

Course Restoration

Tuesday, May 7th, we will be starting our golf course restoration project.  In April,  the membership approved  three holes of the project to begin this spring.  The holes we are addressing are number 1, 4 and 10.  We were hoping to start the project a couple of weeks ago, but the cool wet spring got in the way.  The schedule is as follows:
Tuesday, May 7th:  Strip sod around #1 green complex and remove sand and liners from bunkers.  Remove irrigation heads that are in the way.  Begin shaping green complex. 
Wednesday, May 8th:  Continue shaping complex and bunkers.  Repair irrigation.  Install drainage in bunkers.  Remove sand and liners from fairway bunkers.
Thursday, May 9th:  Start shaping fairway bunkers.  Sod green complex and bunker surrounds.
Friday, May 10th:  Haul sand to green side bunkers.  Install drainage in fairway bunkers. Start sodding fairway bunkers. Repair irrigation.
Saturday, May 11th:  Finish fairway bunkers.

I will update the progress at the end of each week.  We will move from number 1 to number 4.  Please be patient as we are doing the majority of the work in-house and along with the project we have normal golf course maintenance. 

You can follow the progress daily on twitter @crccsup  

Friday, April 19, 2013

Spring Flooding

The golf course received 7.2" of rain over the last week with 4" of that coming in the last 36 hours.  The result was Indian Creek blowing out of its banks and flooding the golf course.  I assessed the situation this morning and the course isn't in too bad of shape.  We should be back to normal in a couple of days after we get things cleaned up and the course de-watered. The golf course will open at 10 AM Saturday.  As of  right now we are only opening the front 9. Cart usage and range will be assessed at the end of the day. Follow me on Twitter @crccsup for all golf course updates.


Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Poa

Here are some pictures of number 1 green and number 2 green.  Both greens have a large amount of poa on them.  This past winter I decided not to cover the greens to continue to try to promote the bent and not the poa.  You can see from the pictures that in the spring of 2011 we lost more grass than this past winter.  This indicates that the bent population is increasing.  Our greens will always have a poa population, but we can continue to push bent with our management programs.
#2 green, 2011
#2 green, 2013
#1 green, 2011
#1 green, 2013

Tuesday, April 9, 2013

No Carts Today

There will be no carts today as we received 1.5" rain early this  morning.  The course will open at 10 AM as scheduled.  Our two day total for precipitation is 2.2".  I hope we miss the rain tonight.

Monday, April 8, 2013

Golf Course Opening

The golf course will officially open Tuesday, April 9th at 10:00 AM.  The warmer weather over the last couple of days along with the .6"rain Monday morning settled the ground and allowed the golf course to green up. 
There are a couple of things I would like to make note of as we open.  First, we have only had one week of clean up following winter and spring flooding.  Please be patient with as continue to perfect the course.  Second, the decision was made to not cover the greens last fall.  The reason behind this was to continue to promote the bent grass and not the poa.  The greens came out of winter in great shape, but you will notice some stressed poa.  This is OK as this was a goal for not covering.  Also, the greens will play better sooner as we didn't get a surge of growth under the the covers.
I hope you get out and enjoy the course 

Friday, March 22, 2013

Opening Day

This year has been much different than last year as far as temperatures and precipitation. Last year at this time we were open and temperatures were in the 70's and 80's.  People were enjoying the outdoors and everyone was loving life.  This spring is much different, but in reality, it is more normal.  The average opening date for the course is as follows:
2012-March 16th
2011-April 1st
2010-March 23rd
2009-April 4th
2008-April 30th  (Late opening due to winter kill)
2007-March 27th
2006-April 1st
2005-April 6th
The forecast for the end of next week looks more favorable which will allow us to get the course cleaned up and move towards an opening date.    

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Spring thaw

We received 2" of rain last week on snow packed, frozen ground that resulted in some minor flooding.  The positive side of this is that we lost 80% of the snow cover.  The negative side is that flooding left some debris and the majority of the water ran off instead of replenishing the soil. 
Looking down #11 fairway
Look across 7&11fairways.  Geese are happy!
Our new island green, #15

Tuesday, March 12, 2013

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Winter work

It is hard to believe that we are into March already.  A year ago we were cleaning up the golf course and getting ready to open.  This year we have 15" of snow on the ground and a couple feet of frost.  March will bring some warmer temperatures that will melt the snow and lift the frost. 

We have had a productive winter on the course.  The tree removal was a huge success, golf course supplies got refurbished, preventative maintenance to the equipment and golf carts and snow removal when needed. 

#3 tee before tree removal

#3 tee after tree removal
We are ready for a move into spring.  Bring on the warm weather and lets get the season going.

Monday, January 28, 2013

Tree Maintenance

Work left of 3 fairway
This winter we have continued to make progress with our tree management program.  The tree lined areas on the left side of 3, left of 9 and right side of 10 are finished.  We will be moving to the area between 10 and 18 next.  The goal for tree program has been to remove the volunteer trees and trees that are creating safety issues,  prune the specimen trees and open up lines of play.  Our tree program will be 90% complete at the end of this winter.  When the program is complete, we will move to more of a maintenance program which will include more pruning and much less removal.
Opened up #3 Tee

#16 tee prior to removal of leaning trees


#16 tee after removal of trees