Out with the old, in with the new!

New carts were delivered today!!!!!!

4 green looking great and open for play

4 green soon to be reopened!

We have scalped the turf down to greens height and now are mowing on a regular schedule. As soon as I feel comfortable with the putting surface, I will open the green. Now twice the size as the one you played on last year.

Greens Expansion Project

Greens Expansion has begun!

This week we have begun the task of expanding the greens to their original size there will be a lot of intrusive Bermuda during this process of which we will re-sod with tifdwarf This will give more playability to the greens and better pin placements

Just another day at the office

Research project!

Excellerator (Calcium Silicate) test area.
Applied 50# per 1000 in cart worn area. Will follow up in 2 weeks.
This area is notorious for heavy cart traffic. We are testing this product to help reduce wear in the turf.

New tees on 14

We added approx. 20 new tee marker placements and tripled the size of this tee area.

Sandhill Crane Family

Sad to say that one of the babies is missing this morning (4-18) the day after I took this picture

Collar expansion

Here is an example of how impactive the new collars and aprons are going to change the look of the hole. This is 16, par 3 short hole. The collar is triple in size and the apron is being cut to give the golfer more options around the greens. Next month, we begin the greens expansion. This green will have approx. 900 ft2 added to the back giving us about 15 new pin placements.
The yellow "dead" look is from scalping and will return to green in a few weeks.

Wildlife on the course

Our Sandhill crane Family

Tee expansion project

We are currently undergoing a tee area expansion and "squaring" project. All in an effort to create more tee marker placement and to ease the stress on the tees during season. The square look is a traditional golf course design technique and will add more character to the tee boxes.

Expanding and squaring tee boxes

In an effort to return Vista Plantation to its traditional design, we have begun the process of squaring off the tee areas and increasing their size. This is an ongoing process that will take a few weeks to complete and a few months to fully grow in.

Collar and apron expansions

We have begun the process of expanding the collar, apron and approach cut around the greens

New collar and apron cut on 13 is greening up!

A few weeks ago we started cutting out new collars and aprons around 13 green, this begins our effort to restore the playability that Arthur Hills and Mark McCumber saw in their design in the 80s when the golf course was constructed. throughout the early summer and late spring you will see several greens undergoing this transformation

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Spring Topdressing.

This time of year is the time to begin a light to moderate Topdressing program to ready the Bermuda to knit together after the overseed grass dies out. As you can see in the picture, we are still using the black sand to help warm up the top 1 inch of the soil so that the overseed will slowly wilt in the dry afternoon heat.

Some various wildlife on the course

And yes......... Those are seagulls

Rolling greens and changing cups

Bob and Curtis performing their morning duties prior to this mornings run of leagues and groups. About 200 on the books today. Looks like a good day for detail work around the course. Also, had about .2 of an inch of rain last night.

Beginning removal of overseed to promote healthy Bermudagrass

Curtis Headdy raking the bunkers

Here is a picture of Curtis hand raking the edges of a bunker on the course. This Summer, we are going through a bunker renovation project to restore the original edges and create some new challenges. Stay tuned for pictures and videos on this project.

Bunker project at Vista Plantation GC

Welcome to our new blog

Welcome to the Vista Plantation Golf Club Agronomy page. On this page you will find periodical updates on interesting and informative items from the Maintenance department at Vista Plantation.
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You can also email Superintendent, Mark Patterson @ vistasuper67@gmail.com

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