Tree removal

The weather has not been very conducive to do tree work. However it appears that the next week or so we will be able to knock a few areas out to improve turf health by increasing sunlight and air movement to these areas.  1 Weiskopf right side of fairway.

Winter work

We have had a quite eventful winter so far with the snow and cold weather. In between maintaining a safe clubhouse grounds area for members and guests. The guys have been working on refreshing the amenities on the golf course, these items include tee markers, signage, garbage cans, ball washers and bunker rakes.  The entire sign has been repainted. All tee markers have been refreshed with new paint.  We have also started building a box for the Workman for when we do mulch. The box will aid in not dropping it all over from traveling from the shop to where it is going to be put. 

Happy Thanksgiving

The Golf Course Staff at Quail Hollow wish you and your families a Happy Thanksgiving, especially from the special assistant to the director, Moose Austin

Tee leveling

We have begun the process of leveling the crowned tees.  4 silver tee  4 silver tee in process 4 silver tee completed

Range tee aerification

This week we took an aggressive approach to the aerification of both driving range tees. We pulled cores on each tee and then heavily topdressed them after seed and fertilizer were applied. Closing the grass tees and moving to "mats only" has afforded us the luxury to be so pro-active. We are confident that this process will result in a much better teeing ground for next season. We plan on aerifying the final two practice greens this week. I have received mostly positive feedback from members and guest regarding how the Weiskopf greens have bounced back and how nicely the Devlin greens are progressing. I am confident that we will have the same success on the final greens of the year.

Native areas

​As many may have noticed, we have been working the last week or so to cut down our native areas on both courses. The first major reason for mowing these areas down is to prevent all of the fall leaves from being caught up in these areas. This gives us the ability to blow leaves through these areas with ease. The second major reason for doing this is for weed control. As these areas grow long and wispy like we all love to see, it also gives many weeds and trees the ability to grow to their full potential and become unsightly. And lastly mowing down native areas is beneficial for the overall health of the plant as well as the surrounding areas. 8 green Weiskopf 

Aerification

As Labor Day passes, we look forward to beginning the process of alleviating a season's worth of stress. We do this in part with the process of aeration. Please check out the link below from the USGA as they have put together a very informative graphic on the benefits of this process.  Thank you, Jeff Austin http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/galleries/infographic--the-ins-and-outs-of-aeration.html#expanded