Once again I have neglected my blogging duties. Usually the time comes for me to write a blog when we have a rain day. But, the rain days have been few and far between for the last month. The comments are still coming in about how the golf course is in such good shape. I will take this opportunity to thank you all for those comments. Sometimes I get hung up on the negative comments I receive. It is amazing how quickly a bad comment can change you day. Anyways my skin thickens every time and I am learning to concentrate on the good comments and take the bad one for what they are worth.
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| # 7 Green on the second day of men's club championship (Double Cut and Roll) |
We are now well into September and my staff has been cut in half. So how do we pull off preparing the golf course every morning with half staff. Well it involves a lot of multitasking, some good experience doesn't hurt either. A good experienced cutter makes cutting in play a work of art. So with that said you will notice the mowers out a little later in the day due the shorter staff and the shorter day light. Sometimes you might even see some things get done in the evening.
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| # 1 Fairway with two mowers cutting right before lunch |
Many times in the turf industry things don't go as planned. For example as I write this a severe thunderstorm is passing through. Everything that was planned for tomorrow will most likely be adjusted. As most of you know the forward tee on number seven has been stripped of its turf and re levelled. The plan was to have this tee finished in two weeks and back open for play. Unfortunately weather made us change our plans. The plan was to sod the tee, but with an untimely rain and this current heat wave, we pushed off sodding to the point where it was just easier to get the seed down.
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| It is always nice to have a little youth on the staff |
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| The old surface is tilled up several times |
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| Then it is levelled off. |
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| Then it is levelled again and again! |
Thanks for your patience with this process on #7 tee. There will be grass growing there before you know it.
Cheers Kendall
