There has been a lot of behind the scenes work being done with our Centennial Bridge. After a year of planning, engineering, applying for and being approved for permits, carefully picking products to produce the intended local Old-World look, and refining logistics, Hartman Construction has been building the bridge inside their heated facility for the […]
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Winter Update
It’s been 2+ months since the golf course has closed, wow! Our department may have had the busiest late fall season I can remember. The goal of keeping the course open as long as possible, then complete as many technical projects before the ground freezes up, mirrors the craziness of a quick spring snow melt […]
Continue readingMid Winter Update
We are actually further than mid-way through winter, for the record! Our department has been cranking out projects and normal routine maintenance. Some of these will have a noticeable impact upon first seeing them, some of them will go unnoticed. It’s the sum of all the effort that make up our goal of constant progress […]
Continue readingLooking Back to See Forward – Midland Hills’ Master Plan
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. […]
Continue readingTee Plaques Installed for Shorter Course
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 […]
Continue readingFirst Fall Update
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 […]
Continue readingFall Weather and Maintenance Don’t Always Match Up
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 […]
Continue readingEarly Fall Course Update
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 readingJune Course Update
I 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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