On The Course July 29th

Great Morning On The Course!

 We are mowing and rolling greens this morning. The bunkers are being hand raked and the course is starting to dry out. We still have some wet spots in some fairways and we will be 90 Degree rule today. We are hosting the Champs swim meet at the Club today so the parking lot will be busy. We have roped off some areas where we do not want cars pulling on to the turf areas. The swim meet finishes up on Saturday and the ropes will be pulled on Sunday.

Good luck to JD today as he will be announcing players on 18 late this afternoon. The course received some rain last night and might make scoring a little better today. Excited to see Jd represent Medina on a national stage!

Reynaldo rolling 7 green

Mr. Tony leading the fairway mowers

On The Course July 28th

Japanese Beetle feeding on a Thistle Plant

We are mowing and rolling greens this morning. We received almost an inch of rain yesterday and we will be cart path only most of today. There is a chance of rain later today but it looks like the weekend is shaping up to be very nice. We are mowing fairways and the crew will be working on bunkers later this morning. We have a few bunkers that are washed out and will need some sand moved around. Kurt was working on some drainage on 14 near the comfort station the past couple of days. The crew will start to work on the walk path to the comfort station on 14 now that the drainage is installed. We have to haul in some topsoil to the area and will be working on that as the weather allows.

On The Course July 20th

We have been having snake issues in one of irrigation controllers. This guy was not happy to find the sticky trap!

We are rolling greens this morning before the hot and humid heat wave starts. Kurt and Nick will be hand watering and checking irrigation heads this morning. Junior golf off the Back nine followed by some regular play before the 1pm Guest Day Shotgun. We are starting all golf off #10 today ending with Ladies League on the back night late this afternoon. The crew is working on mowing rough, collars, approaches and raking bunkers.

We are seeing more Japanese Beetles this year than we have ever seen.

Member/Member Tournament

Troy Johnson with his approach to 18 green during the Member/Member

Congratulations to Chuck Lund and Larry Trochlil for winning the Member/Member Tournament! There were a lot of swings on the back nine making it a very exciting finish. Troy Johnson and Dan McLean had a great tournament and finished in 2nd place in the playoff.

Larry Trochlil on #18

Dan McLean hitting his approach on 18

Chuck Lund putting on 18

Troy Johnson's putting for birdie

Larry Trochlil makes a putt on 18!

On The Course July 16th

Rubiel Dorantes mowing 6 green

 We are mowing and rolling greens this morning. If you look at the details in the picture of Rubiel you can see he is mowing where there is no dew. We are doing a back cut on greens. The mowers mow a pass across the green then return back on the same pass. Essentially double cutting the green for our Member/Member preparation. Alfredo is blowing fairways off this morning and then he will be rolling approaches. Nick and Brian are setting pin locations for the tournament and will be pulling tee markers later this morning prior to the 1pm shotgun. The weather looks great for today with a slight chance of late evening rain.

The crew will be heading back on the course later this morning following the last tee time before the afternoon shotgun. They will be rolling greens and checking bunkers. The rough was mowed early in the week and we have skipped mowing the rough Thursday and Friday so there is a chance of some thicker rough over the weekend. Have a great weekend and Good Luck to the participants in the Member/Member.

Luis Perallta mowing 6 green

Alfredo working on some copper wire art for the shop

......more of Alfredo's work!!

On The Course July 12th

Nick Walters throwing a light topdress down on greens today

We are mowing, rolling and topdressing greens today. The fairways mowers are out and the crew will be working on bunkers today. With the heavy rains last week the sand has moved around in the bunkers and the crew will be working on getting the consistent depth back. We missed most of the storms yesterday and Kurt will be watering tees this morning. We will be checking irrigation and working on some problems this week as we prepare the course for the Member/Member this weekend.

On The Course July 9th

Very nice sunrise this morning

We are mowing and rolling greens this morning. Kurt and Reynaldo are setting pin locations. The weather looks to be really good today. We are spot watering some areas of the course that were extremely dry last weekend. The crew has been working hard this past month. We will finish up some more projects this next week. Alfredo has done a really good job with the grading work around the comfort station on 14 and we will be adding some topsoil next week and will work on the drain tile around the building pad. We hope the stone we have on order for the walkway arrives this next week and we can finish the walk paths to both comfort stations. Enjoy the great weekend!

On The Course July 8th

We are mowing and rolling greens today. The course has dried up fairly well and the greens will be getting a little more speed back today as they firm up. Fairways and intermediate rough is being mowed today. The crew have most of the bunkers back in shape and will continue to move some sand back up on the edges this weekend. The weather looks to be shaping up very nice for the weekend. We will be venting and topdressing greens on Monday with no outside event and regular play starting at 12pm.

On The Course July 6th

Few larger branches but no big trees down

 We received 2.25 inches of rain in last nights storm. We have a lot small debris on the golf course and some standing water. There is a spruce tree tipped over by 3 Tees but we escaped the storm without any major damage. The crew is working on cleaning up the greens, tees and fairways and will be working on pushing up the bunkers later this morning. We will be cart path only for the day but the course has drained off fairly well.

Minor Debris on #18 fairway