Spring time is here!

Spring has officially started and the grass is greening up!  I snapped this picture of Buddy enjoying a nice afternoon at work and wanted to share it with everyone.  Buddy is now almost 6 months old and over 50 pounds!  He is starting to chase geese and absolutely loves the water and riding in the cart!

Brushing the fairways

Last week we took advantage of some good weather and started our brushing process on the fairways.  We do this every spring at the start of the first mowing of the year to help remove a lot of the brown, dead material.  This process also helps to enable the green new grass leaves to get more sunlight, and in turn start to grow.  We send the two brushes out first, followed by the mower to help clean up the standing grass.  Last step is to blow all the clippings and debris left behind so that the fairways are playable again.  Take a look below at some photos of us working on #5 fairway.

Walking Mats on Bridges

Last week we worked on installing new mats to help walkers get traction when crossing bridges around the golf course.  These mats are rubber and should help to prevent slipping when walking across the bridges.  Our goal is to cover the middle of all the bridges, but we came up just short when installing last week and are waiting for a little more product so we can finish.  We hope you like the new improvements!

Drainage work

If you have played golf over the last few months you have more than likely noticed that the zoysia fairway on hole #13 has stayed very wet.  Last week we took advantage of some dry weather and installed almost 400 feet of new drain pipe to try to help solve our drainage issues.  Using a trencher we rented, we were able to cut all the lines in one day.  What we found when trenching was some drain that had already been installed, but was not adequate for the job of draining for turf.  See the picture below:

This is flat drainage tile which was installed at some time in the past.  It is flat and does not allow water to quickly move through during heavy rains.  We had to remove all of this pipe we found and replace it with 4 inch perforated drain pipe.

This is the trencher we rented for the day to help do the work.  We also took the opportunity to add a drain line behind #2 green because it has been much wetter than normal lately!

Here is a view looking back from the green on #13.  You can see some of the drain lines in the foreground, and our crew working on some farthest away from the green in the picture.  It took us a little over 3 days to complete in play, but already has shown signs of improvement.  We will sod in a few weeks once we get sod in for a major project coming in a few weeks.  More on that sod project to come soon!

Pool Plaster

Over the last week our swimming pool at the Club has been undergoing some work to repair the plaster lining.  This work has been very interesting and I thought I would share a few pictures of what the process looked like.

Here is a shot the day they were draining the pool.  

Next step was for them to pressure wash the entire pool.  Buddy was ensuring they did not miss a spot!

Here is the day they were applying the final plaster.  The grey stuff was primer, and the white is the finished plaster product.  We are now in the process of filling the pool back up with water and getting ready for summer just around the corner!