On The Course July 31st

Welcome Back Jason! Nothing like a couple of BIG irrigation holes to dig on a Monday

 We had a very busy Monday with the Sathers Memorial Tournament and several irrigation leaks. We had a slow leak in front of 9 green that Jason and Joel worked on yesterday morning. There was another slow leak on 12 tee over the weekend that started to create a bubble in the turf yesterday morning. The leak was a gasket joint on the old transite pipe and as usual not very easy to fix. The crew worked late into the evening and was able to get the system pressurized. We will be working on some back filling and sod work of this area later this morning.

We are mowing and rolling greens this morning and will be hand watering greens later today. Fairways, collars and approaches will be mowed today. We will also be working on mowing some natural areas of the golf course. We have a very nice cool morning today but it is forecasted to be close to 90 degrees for the high temperature. Strong thunderstorms are forecasted for tomorrow evening and then some cooler weather should move into the area. Jason will be working on some irrigation around the pool area today.

Joel working on removing water out of the irrigation hole on #9.

We have contracted a company called SkyTree to inventory some of our trees on the property. The information is tied into a GIS program called SkyCourse. We will have each tree tagged with a GPS location which has data attached to that location. The data consists of tree type, diameter at breast height, canopy width and condition. We can utilize this information when making tree planting plans and tree trimming schedules. The program gives us a great aerial view of the course and the differentiation of tree species throughout the golf course.

Nate from SkyTree doing a tree inventory on the golf course