Midland Hills Country Club Master Plan Process Seth Raynor, Architect of Midland Hills Midland Hills’ Clubhouse, 1921 The Past “Remember that our club is still in the making and that we want to make it such a club that because of the physical exercise in the open, because of the good friendship […]
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Winter officially starts this coming Thursday, but it feels like forever ago that we closed the golf course. The weather since closing has been filled with ups and downs, but regardless, our department has been very busy and productive. The process of closing down the course and getting things “winterized” was a marathon this Fall. […]
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As of this morning, I installed plaques for a shorter distance golf course to play from. These plaques are located 18 inches from the edge of the fairways. On the par three tees, they are located on the front of the forward most tee box. The new tee plaques will play to a yardage of […]
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We are two weeks post-aerification so I wanted to give everyone an update on the course, as well as the projects our department aims to accomplish this fall. For the first time in several years, we aerified the course without rain interrupting. This helped the effectiveness and efficiency of the process immensely. More times than […]
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There is nothing better than Fall golf in my opinion. This season has been no exception, especially in regards to the weather. It’s given our department the ability to accomplish many important projects and hopefully many rounds played for you as well. Numbers haven’t been tallied yet, but 2017 might go down as the wettest year in […]
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Rain, more of the same. Everyone knows that the month of August was extremely wet and the trend looks to be similar in September. With the .70″ of rain and lightning yesterday morning, it left no time for maintenance before the shotgun. Another 1.4″ fell last night and this morning which equates to a completely saturated property. […]
Continue readingI wanted to update everyone on the conditions of the golf course, specifically this Spring’s aerification. There has been a lot of talk regarding our recovery and why it’s taken so long to get the greens back to normal condition. In this post I’ll discuss grass types, the process of tine selection, amounts of sand, […]
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There has been a lot of discussion, like every Spring, regarding our Tree Management Plan. Some of you like the work that we have done, some of you don’t. I want to make sure that everyone understands the “why” of what the Greens Committee and Board of Directors have done and will continue to do […]
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It’s that time of year when our department starts to shift gears. With essentially 6 weeks left in the (typical) golf season, we are shifting our focus towards golf course improvement projects and winter preparation. We are no longer spending time and energy on most of the detail aspects of course maintenance because it prevents us from […]
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With 2.25″ of rain yesterday a few things happened. Unfortunately, the scheduled projected of sealing cart paths around the clubhouse did not happen. The paths need to be dry for the sealant to adhere properly. With the course scheduled to be closed all day, our department missed out on topdressing greens, solid tining of all of the […]
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