Movie about Cultural Practices

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Another day in paradise

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Rare rainbow during rainy Summer

It is always nice to see a beautiful rainbow even the double rainbow after 12 inches of rain in 10 days. Needless to say the golf course is extremely wet.

New Greens update

These pictures were taken at 25 days after planting.

New greens are grassed!!!!!

7 days of construction. ...... not bad for 1 Superintendent and 4 employees. Got it done and still kept the golf course maintained to expectations.
Now it's time to "let it grow...let it grow"

New greens construction

Greens 2 and 18 are undergoing renovation currently.

Summer Project

The left side of number 5 Green has always been a wet soil profile. We decided to go ahead and install our own drainage system.

Aerification Update!

Last week.(May 21st) We aerified our greens. They were a little bumpy for a few days. Today, we put the final touches on smoothing them out to get back to normal putting surfaces. 

Click the link below the picture for more information.

    Information about Aeration recovery from my Facebook page

Just Add Passion

It's Aerification Time!

The removal of cores, allow water, air and nutrients from the top dressing to reach the soil roots, thereby enhancing growth. It is the responsibility of the golf course superintendent to maintain a good stand of grass on putting greens. Greens are the bread and butter of a golf course and the reputation of a course and the superintendent who maintains it is often determined by the condition of the greens.

Ideally, the greens should be punched once a month during the growing season or summer months, but due to profit margins and golf course politics, most courses only aerify greens twice during the growing season, sometimes compromising the conditions of the greens for the sake of more play. So don’t curse the course superintend this fall when you have to play on top-dressed greens and instead, thank him for taking good care of your course.

When greens are bumpy and sandy you need to make a few adjustments in your short game technique. First, take a more lofted club to hit pitches and chip shots. Second, swing back longer and accelerate through to a higher finish to get the ball up and spinning. The ball will not roll on shaggy greens, so you are better off carrying the ball close to the hole and letting it stop quickly with a minimal amount of roll.

Believe it or not, putting is a lot easier on sanded, shaggy greens. Since the greens are slow you can hit putts aggressively, not having to worry that the ball will roll too far past the hole. Make a conscious effort to stroke your putt to the back of cup. Forget about lagging long putts to the holes, you will leave the well short, try to make them. You may have one of your best putting rounds.

YEP.....That's my mind on a daily basis!

Understanding Frost Delays

Need help understanding why we have that rare frost delay? Watch this video from the USGA

Check out this video I made to help promote the golf course