Please fix your ballmarks as well as other ball marks that you may encounter. We are dealing with a high volume of un-repaired ballmarks that will result in damage that will carry on through the winter.
Thanks
Posted: August 31st, 2008 under Uncategorized.
Comments: none
#4 BEFORE SOD IS INSTALLED
#4 AFTER SOD IS INSTALLED
#6 BEFORE SOD IS INSTALLED
#6 AFTER SOD IS INSTALLED
Posted: August 4th, 2008 under Course Projects.
Comments: none
Hello Again,
This update is now officially being composed in what we call the summer months. What happened to spring? We went from 50’s to 90’s but I guess we shouldn’t complain since we were so fortunate to have the moisture in the mountains. Our course experienced the growth flush in about two weeks in June and now the turf is in shock due to these high temperatures and the only way to combat this is to pour on the water. The greens are almost filled in from the winter damage but they didn’t quite respond how I was predicting. This again was the result of the sudden transition from winter to summer. The entire Rocky Mountain region has also been halted by these same factors. There are a few courses that have sporadically wintered well and also have had a nice response to our short spring. It has left most of us frustrated in the turf industry and bugging the universities for answers to all of our problems. The answer that gets passed along is always the same, “patience folk’s summer will come”.
Well here we are and let’s look at what we have accomplished with these conditions. The number #6 tee box was quite a task for us and the final product is by far one of the better playing surfaces in the county. Expect this to be open by the second week in August. We also were able to rebuild the forward tees on #4 and also the new teaching facility behind #2 green. The nursery green was intended to be seeded this spring but with the unusual weather we had the overnight lows would’ve killed the sensitive bentgrass. Our plan is to have this teaching complex sodded/seeded by this fall. The concrete work on #1 is completed and we are gearing up for the next cart path on #15/#16. This fall we plan on doing some major drainage work on #3, 10, 11, 12, 15, and #17. The trenching will commence as soon as some of the ground starts to become more stable.
The greens have reached a speed this year where we are on the verge of being too fast. #18 will become completely unplayable if it becomes any faster. This speed is the result of our new rolling techniques combined with the new fertilization program. Now we cart start having some real fun with those pin placements.
Our crew is working long days and I keep paying overtime but I think the results are worth it. Plus we have to make up all those hours from our long winter and non-existent spring. Please check the website as I will update it this week with new photos and some new data that has been released over the summer. I wish all of you pars and birdies and if not smiles and laughter. However I know that there always is frustration that is associated to our unique profession.
Thanks,
Jason Aanestad
Golf Course Superintendent
332-9407
Posted: August 4th, 2008 under Newsletter.
Comments: none