Course gets another inch of rain

We are open, and will be on cart paths only today.  Lots of standing water and soils are saturated.  Please keep all four tires on the path.  Thank you,
Turf

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Cats and dogs

Well, a front went through and it poured on us for about ten minutes.  Just enough to screw up some of our bunker and hauling work.  Not enough to put us on the path though.  Photo is of the front passing over my neighborhood.  

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Irrigation leak day 4

Wish us luck as we tackle this one, hopefully there is enough pipe inside the coupling to make the repair we are planning on.  More later...

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Potential for disaster

11 pallets of sod are coming today as we make a push to finish the bunker project.  So, it would only make sense that we would find an irrigation leak on a mainline.  We are lucky that we have had some rain, as the parts to repair this 8 inch line are days away.  A leak like this mid-summer would have us jumping.  Looks like they are uncertain what the weekend will bring weather wise.  Cross your fingers,
Turf

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Lucky lucky

We have missed most of the heavy rains that have been in the area.  We are still off the path and the rain looks like it will miss us to the south.  We are preping the course for play, and we will see what the afternoon brings weatherwise.
Pictured is a dying Oak, several years ago we experienced dry conditions that are now showing in the stress of many trees.  
The mosquitos are out in force, remember that insect repellant kills grass and you should stand on the cart path when you apply.
I have to run,
Turf

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Weekend Update

We are catching up on the rough, bunkers are filling with sand, and some string trimming is getting done around trees. Yeay……..we finally feel like the course is taking shape. We have been very busy trying to keep up with the regular maintenance while finishing up several projects. As frustrating as this spring has been, I have been able to look back and see just how much we have accomplished this past winter and spring. I have a deep appreciation for my staff and I am very proud of their efforts. I probably don’t thank them enough, but they are the most amazing crew I have ever dealt with. I hope you get a chance to come out soon, the course is playing well, looks like some showers over the weekend may soften things up a bit, just as things were getting back to semi-firm.


See you on the tee,

Turf

From wet to dry

It is hard to believe how fast conditions change.  We found this area of localized dry spot on six red fairway today.  The course has dried out nicely and we have been able to resume work on the bunker project.  The first loads of sand have been ordered and we hope to begin placing it in the bunkers early next week.  We continue to receive comments about ball marks, please encourage your playing partners to repair their pitchmarks, it really is a matter of sportsmanship.  We also rescued an injured red tail hawk yesterday, I am hopeful it will make a full recovery.  I will update the blog with it's status as I receive more information.  
Three day weekend on it's way,
Turf

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