The White Album

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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Summer things

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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The End of an Era

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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Surface Drainage

When we rebuilt the 14th green last Fall, we excavated a lot of soil, some areas as much as 18″. The sub-grade of the green was built, with surface drainage having positive flow to the drainage inlet, and sod laid over the top of that. During construction, a common challenge is making sure you properly […]

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Midland Heads to the Genesis Invitational

Normally we attend the Golf Course Superintendent Association Golf Industry Show, as our flagship educational event of the year. Being in a science-based industry, there is constantly new and emerging technology, turf research updates, and leadership/management classroom events. There’s also the traditional trade show, unveiling new equipment/technology, as well as a way to study equipment […]

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Continual Progress

As there continues to be questions regarding this Fall’s Master Plan work, I am putting the same information that was physically mailed to all members in March, on the blog, as it should be a helpful reminder of the scope of work, and to eliminate any misinformation. Please feel free to reach out with questions […]

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Week 2 ……. to Week 16!

“To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time.” Leonard Bernstein was correct. Time doesn’t care about our plans! My plan was to blog the progress of the Master Plan work, but that didn’t happen. There just wasn’t enough time. I didn’t plan for the unknown, which was how […]

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