Thursday, October 4, 2012
Monday, October 1, 2012
A new bird dog!
Fall 2012
Fall 2012
Well here we are its now officially the fall season. That means a lot of things for us. We start to shift gears a little and change our focus from just keeping things alive in the summer months to
#13tee during construction. It is wider, longer and flatter.
Well here we are its now officially the fall season. That means a lot of things for us. We start to shift gears a little and change our focus from just keeping things alive in the summer months to
making big
improvements. Improvements that almost everyone will notice. Projects
like adding drainage, leveling tees, tree removal, turf over seeding,
etc. This time of the year we are coming into the best course
conditions. We typically don’t water as much so the course plays firmer.
The greens will start speeding up.
September 24th We are starting to re construct #13 tee finally. Everything is set, we have our tractor repaired and am ready to go. When completed it should play like a new hole. It will be longer for everyone especially the blue and white tees. It will have a different lower height( no I’m not meaning height from one of the multiple levels it currently has). I will be shifting the tee to the left. That will give a better angle to shots being hit into the green and you should be able to see more of the greens surface.
Some of you have noticed some dead or declining trees being removed. We have removed the large Blue Oak on #1 that was dead. I will altering the fairway routing to incorporate that area once we take care of the stump. We have also removed several trees that where diseased and dropping branches. We did this because of the safety hazard that they produce.
This year so far has been a great year turf wise. We have had significantly less fungus on the greens and have had a good year growing the Bermuda. The only thing that I have not been pleased with is the crab grass pressure this year. It’s the worst that I have ever seen in working on courses for almost 20 years now. The only thing I can attribute the increased pressure this year is the odd springs we are having. Things seem to be blooming and emerging earlier that in past seasons. Next year I am taking corrective action and an switching to a different preemergant that should help keep it at bay.
Some of you know that we lost our golf course gooser Daisy, my Chocolate Labrador. Daisy was a fixture around here for the last 6 years chasing everything. She was 10years old and unfortunately developed a tumor on her spine that produced a herniated disc and several pinched nerves that was not operable. She was the best bird dog that I have ever had. I look at it as she has had 4x the life as most labs where she had 120 acres to roam and plenty of friends to give her attention. She had a great life and will be missed. Sooner or later we will have a new addition to the maintenance staff that you will be able to see grow up on the course.
If you ever want to know what’s currently going on check the golf course blog or check us on us on Facebook or contact us directly.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cherry-Island-Golf-Course/
That’s all for now keep hitting them straight and in the short grass!
September 24th We are starting to re construct #13 tee finally. Everything is set, we have our tractor repaired and am ready to go. When completed it should play like a new hole. It will be longer for everyone especially the blue and white tees. It will have a different lower height( no I’m not meaning height from one of the multiple levels it currently has). I will be shifting the tee to the left. That will give a better angle to shots being hit into the green and you should be able to see more of the greens surface.
Some of you have noticed some dead or declining trees being removed. We have removed the large Blue Oak on #1 that was dead. I will altering the fairway routing to incorporate that area once we take care of the stump. We have also removed several trees that where diseased and dropping branches. We did this because of the safety hazard that they produce.
This year so far has been a great year turf wise. We have had significantly less fungus on the greens and have had a good year growing the Bermuda. The only thing that I have not been pleased with is the crab grass pressure this year. It’s the worst that I have ever seen in working on courses for almost 20 years now. The only thing I can attribute the increased pressure this year is the odd springs we are having. Things seem to be blooming and emerging earlier that in past seasons. Next year I am taking corrective action and an switching to a different preemergant that should help keep it at bay.
Some of you know that we lost our golf course gooser Daisy, my Chocolate Labrador. Daisy was a fixture around here for the last 6 years chasing everything. She was 10years old and unfortunately developed a tumor on her spine that produced a herniated disc and several pinched nerves that was not operable. She was the best bird dog that I have ever had. I look at it as she has had 4x the life as most labs where she had 120 acres to roam and plenty of friends to give her attention. She had a great life and will be missed. Sooner or later we will have a new addition to the maintenance staff that you will be able to see grow up on the course.
If you ever want to know what’s currently going on check the golf course blog or check us on us on Facebook or contact us directly.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Cherry-Island-Golf-Course/
That’s all for now keep hitting them straight and in the short grass!
#13 tee before deconstruction
#13tee during construction. It is wider, longer and flatter.
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