Course cleanup.

We have had beautiful weather for the last few days. We have been cleaning up around the courses with leaves and sticks from trees that we have cut down.  We topdressed all the greens with a light application of sand. While in the short term will impact golf but long term effects of soil conditioning.  The sand application assists in removal of thatch, smoothing the putting surface and protecting the crown of the plant.   1 Weiskopf green after topdressing Going to 8 Devlin

Cold weather

With some cold weather upon us, we have been doing some things inside.  Have built a box to keep the wood chips from blowing all over the truck while chipping.  Cleaning and maintenance on the equipment continues.   We have got all our bays, tools and irrigation room organized to be able to hit the ground running when the weather breaks. 

Continuing winter work

We have continued with tree removal in select locations and have went through Weiskopf and chipped brush on 9 and 15 where quite a bit of work has been done.             Left side fairway15 before and after Chipping brush on 9

9 Weiskopf tree removal

We have completed removing the trees from the right side of the approach and the big Pin Oak from the corner of the cart path.                        Before tree removal                     After tree removal This will allow use to better utilize the teeing surface by placing the markers on the right with all pin locations. While improving the turf quality where these trees were at. 

Tree work

We had a few trees fall over the last week due to the high winds at the beginning of the week. We have cleaned them up and just need to remove the logs.                  Behind 12 Weiskopf green.            See how dead this was at the base. 

Tee Marker Painting

Every year we paint all the tee markers. This fall after I sent the email blast about winter projects, at least 5-10 members remarked how hard it was to tell the difference between the blue and green tee markers. We had the same issue at Bear's Best Atlanta as well. Instead of repainting the green a forest green, we went with more of a kelly green. It turned out good.

Contrast much better between the blue and green markers freshly painted

One course ready to go out in the spring

Next job is the ball washers and trash cans

Boring under the road

The irrigation line between #12 Devlin green and #13 Devlin tee was broken under the road. This happened many years ago, but became an big issue when another line broke under another road this summer. Once the irrigation system was winterized Precision Golf bored under the road to reconnect the two pipes and added two valves just in case we had another issue. We also put a sleeve in the ground for future irrigation expansion for wires. Below are some pictures.

Exposing the connection area

The old line that was capped

The boring equipment and the HDPE pipe