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The 2025 season has finally arrived. First, the golf course came through another unconventional winter in great shape. It’s a testament to all of the prior cultural practices that are producing a higher performing turf, year round. It’s also a result of our staff executing a vigorous winter preparation plan in November. No one sees […]

After Tina Rosenow and Justin Hemmer plowed 6″ of snow yesterday, Tina has now groomed the winter ski/walking trails. The walking trail will be on the left hand side of the trail so if you are a snow shoer or walker, do not walk on the groomed ski trails on the right. Also please do […]

This time of year is always wise to look back, personally and professionally. As no two years managing a golf course are the same, we are constantly learning in a vacuum of variability. That leads us to improved strategies, investments with human and physical capital, as well as understanding what to expect in the following […]

If you’ve been on the course in the past week, there’s a really good chance you’ve noticed a lot of bleached white turf, specifically around greens and on bunker faces. This is completely intentional. The definition of a weed is a plant out of place. In this case, Bentgrass growing in the rough, is a […]

You can see the growing pile of sand in the parking lot. That can only mean one thing; aerification is next week. 700 tons of sand will be worked into tees, approaches and fairways, and 100 tons of sand will be worked into greens and surrounds. It will take us all 3 days, sun up […]

First, congrats to everyone who played in the Raynor Cup, the flight winners, and our champs Jay and Lawrence. The staff had a fun start-in-the-dark morning to get everything prepared for the first shotgun. I recently took out the drone to get a different perspective than my normal routine of evaluating via on foot. Most […]

If you’re at the club today, you may see robotic mowers operating around the clubhouse/putting green/driving range tee. We’ll be doing a demo to see how the mowers operate on our property, specifically around the clubhouse lawns. This technology is nothing new, but getting a distributor with support is. Implementing automated mowers can be beneficial […]

Aerification started 7 days ago. The weather Monday was absolutely ideal with sunny and dry conditions. During the day, we cored the putting green, as well as 14 green, removed those cores, and filled them with sand. The tees and approaches were topdressed and solid tined in, as well as the front nine fairways being […]

Unfortunately we received some snow last night. To make things worse, it’s below freezing, and will be for several hours. As soon as we’re above freezing and the snow melts, the 1st tee will be available. There’s no question we need the moisture. The 2″ of rain this week, and this snow is (somewhat) welcomed. […]