Finally into some drier weather
Not even Arizona could escape winter temperatures, wind and rain last week for our national Golf Course Superintendents Association of America conference. Luckily we had a few nice days and were able to get on a number of spectacular facilities. The Renegade course at Desert Mountain features TWO difference green complexes on every hole. With 7 sets of tees the possibilities are endless. Each complex is extremely well done and makes for a very entertaining yet playable golf course. DM has 7 courses in total for its very active 2150 golfing memberships.
Scottsdale National was another unbelievable property where the views were constantly breathtaking. Averaging about 30 rounds a day with 36 holes and an insane 9 hole par 3 course, the home of PXG stays in immaculate condition. Being able to knock it around some great courses with the industries top superintendents from across the country was time well spent!
The annual trade show does keep us trapped inside for an entire day but gives a great opportunity to get face to face with the people that make and provide our equipment. We had a number of questions about the makeup of our Ventrac rough mower engine and found out that it has already been redesigned and changed over to electronic fuel injection, pretty much how Dunstano thought it should be as well. Leasing our mowing equipment allows us to keep up with new designs like this and stay productive during the season.
Back home the team let some rain drain off from last weekend and went after all of 12 and 13 tee with the new Manakin irrigation wiring. The end is in sight, even though if that end is all the way over on 5 green.
Things are getting very active in the Fitness Center parking lot between paddle tennis and the pool kitchen construction. The paddle company got moving Friday and starting drilling in the anchors for the 4 paddle courts. These posts will continue to go down and the paddle deck will get mounted on top, about 3 feet off the ground. This section will continue to move quickly. The pickleball area is finally starting to dry up a bit so we hope to finish the final grading this week and move on to getting some electrical conduit in the ground.
Enjoy a few pictures from the other side of the planet!
