Irrigation blowout

Had an irrigation line blow out this afternoon near #16 green. WHAT A MESS! Washed out both bunkers and left dirt everywhere.

Curbing removal

Here is a picture of some of the curbing removal that we are doing on #4. After the curb is removed, the sod will be removed, dirt smoothed, and sod replaced.

Cold weather

The weather has finally started cooling off. Here is an early morning picture of #9 with a heavy frost in the rough. The frost this time of year will set in heavier in the long grass and not so much on the greens and fairways. This is the reason that the fairways are still a little green - the frost hasn't hit them quite as hard yet.

PG2 Timeline

Scalp down old green

Heavy verticut in two directions.



Aerate 2 times.

Deep tine aeration

Heavy topdress

Gas with Methyl Bromide

Remove Gassing Tarps

Seed 007 bentgrass on 9/9/11

First nutrient application

Dimple in seed for good seed-to-soil contact.

10 days after seed

15 days after seed

19 Days after seeding and 1st mow.

34 days after seeding

66 days after seeding

70 days after seeding.

Showdown with Duff

Thought this was a great picture of Duff and my 3 yr old son Landon.  Who's watching who?

rolling greens

We are rolling greens this morning.  Have two of the new guys getting trained on this.  Rolling is one of the most difficult things to learn on the golf course.  The steering is reversed than that of a car - it takes a little while to pick it up.

Changing cups in the Winter

We try not to change cups every day in the winter.  Usually every other day unless we get a day with a lot of play.  The greens are not growing as fast as they are in the summer so the old cups don't recover as fast and it will seem like there are old cups everywhere.