Short week, still dry

 

We were more than ready for our Maintenance day this past Tuesday. The short week meant we just went after an easy large area on the Sabot, 16 approach. The vamont has been slow to fill in back here in the shade so we are taking the opportunity to just change the whole approach over to the much finer Northbridge bermuda. 9,000 square feet was stripped up and ready for sod by about 10am. You can also see Sloan on the green spreading our normal gypsum and potassium application. The greens also received a root zone fungicide application as well as a light topdressing. 

The entire team worked quickly to lay the 20 pallets of sod. The Northbridge comes from the farm in much better shape than the Latitude and if you put them side by side it is hard to tell the difference once grown in.

The sod around 12 approach is filling in. We will continue topdressing and mowing to get the height down to normal conditions around a half inch for the fairway and a little tighter for the approach.

Ok here is a before picture of the Maintenance Facility from last year (and essentially 50 years ago). A large portion of the equipment was stuck outside and the lean-to in the middle jammed up much of the days operations.

Our two new (green) buildings now house everything that used to be outside so that it is out of the elements. The lean-to is gone and now we have a huge area that we can operate in when changing tasks and transferring in and out of equipment. The sprayers now live in their own building and have no threat from the cold weather or someone ramming a fairway mower in to them by accident. This is a huge improvement not just from an operational standpoint but for the club as a whole. Having well tuned equipment that is stored properly and taken care of translate directly to the quality of golf course that can be provided.

Even the deer are enjoying their summer camp at Hermitage!