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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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2023 was the end of the Green Ash tree at Midland era. Planted en masse in the 1950s, they became the vast majority of the diversity that made up the property’s hardwood tree inventory. They also became a large part of the identity of the property and how this golf course played on a daily […]
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Wow, what a winter, or lack thereof…. If you’re a fan of outdoor winter sports, sorry it’s been a dud. But with the 4″ of snow that fell last night, we were able to groom a walking trail on the front and back nine. There are no ski trails unfortunately, as the snow is too […]
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There was light frost this morning, which means Fall is officially here. As a reminder, we are starting the process of topdressing and deep-tining fairways today. On average, we will attempt to finish 2-3 holes per day, as the process of deep-tining is very slow (.70 mph). If we see rain in the forecast (like […]
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Unfortunately the thunderstorms rolling through the metro is coming at the worst time. We do need the rain, but we’re now over 3.5″ for the week, and the soils were so dry and tight that it’s taking a lot longer than normal for the water to percolate downward. We cannot prepare the golf course for […]
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Today was our second, of three, trial applications to remove Bentgrass in the rough. 5 green surround, between 14 and 17, as well as to the right of 17, comprise the trial plots. As you can see, the Bentgrass is turning white, and will get even more bleached over the next several weeks. As mentioned […]
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