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Welcome, this site will be devoted to providing information about the ongoing maintenance issues that take place at The Creek Club . As this site is developed, content will be added that demonstrates things that range from course care to comprehensive details about agronomic procedures. I hope that this will become a useful tool in communicating things that are taking place on the golf course. I will try to use the blog to explain how and why we do some of the things we do on the golf course.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
Friday, December 13, 2013
Friday, December 6, 2013
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Subair on greens today
Today after all this rain we got out the subairs for 10 min a green. What a difference they make.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Greens fertilizer application
Rain in the forecast this week we took the opportunity to apply gypsum and potassium to the greens
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Thursday, October 24, 2013
Light Dusting and Fertilizer Applied to Greens today.
We Top Dressed Greens and applied Gypsum and Potassium fertilizer today to all greens.
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| Tom putting out a true dusting of top dressing sand this morning with Dry sand from our Sand Silo! |
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| Jason and Brett putting out 5 lbs Gypsum and 1 lb K of 0-0-50. |
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| Up close picture of the Dry sand before water it in. |
Monday, September 9, 2013
Greens Update 5 Days after Aerification
Pictures were taken today 5 days after core Aerification with 3/8 tine. We rolled Greens every morning to allow the bentgrass to grow all the way through the topdressing. Today was the first mowing in 5 days since aerification and topdressing. The Greens were mowed at .150.
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Greens Aerification Sept 4, 2013
September 4th Aerification Is completed! This is my favorite aerification we do because it signals the end of the 100 days battle of managing bentgrass in Georgia.
The summer of 2013 has been successful one due to the management practices for preventative maintenance and the role it plays to provide high quality playing conditions and optimal growing conditions.
Preventative
maintenance is an integral part of successful golf course management. Aeration is an extremely important maintenance practice. Although it
results in a temporary disruption of the green, aeration improves water
penetration into the soil, reduces soil compaction, stimulates turf grass root
growth for a healthier plant, helps control thatch build-up, and improves
overall growing conditions.
Thursday, August 29, 2013
Fall Fertilizer and Pre-Emergent Herbicide
One of the most effective ways to control weeds is to apply pre-emergent herbicide, a chemical that prevents growth from appearing. The Big question is timing of application this year has been a cool and wet summer for Georgia so waiting till Sept 15 might be to late. Howard's fertilizer & chemical came in a did the the bulk spread of 90 acres for us on wednesday. They were able to spread most of all 90 acres in about 4 hours. That's about half the time it takes us to do it leaving us the Tees and Green complexes to finish up. The product we used was a 5-0-30 mini particle size with 1 lb Barricade Ai./Acre.
Monday, August 19, 2013
Course Update Rain,
Last Night We Got 2.25 inches of rain!
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Tuesday, July 30, 2013
Course Update
July 30,2013 Wow !!! 61 Degrees this morning in Greensboro Ga. Our Bentgrass is loving this! It has been a good summer so far even with all the rain. It's only 31 days till Georgia kicks off against Clemson on the 8/31 and 35 Days till our Fall Greens Aerification!
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| .125 john Deere 220E Hybrid solid roller |
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| .125 john Deere 220E Hybrid solid roller |
Saturday, July 27, 2013
2.5 Inches of rain Saturday
The course was hit hard friday night about 7:30 PM in about forty minutes 2.5 inches of rain fell! All 61 Bunkers were completely washed out. We skipped mowing greens Saturday morning and worked on quick fixing the bunkers. It had to happen on the weekend! The crew of 9 work really hard this morning till about noon but got them all playable. It so labor intensive for the crew which has to shovel and hand rake all 61 bunkers.
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
July Aerification
Today we are completing our scheduled July 3/8 aerification this will help dry the putting surface provide air and gas exchange to the root zone and help reduce stress to the Bentgrass greens.
The first two week of July has been a wet and challenging stretch. The weather has been very cool for us in Georgia but with excessive rain amounts totaling almost 8 inches in a 16 day period.
The humidity and wet soils puts a tremendous stress on the Bentgrass greens.I compare it to keeping the same pair of wet socks on your feet for a week without taking them off!
I can't begin to tell you how lucky we've been to have had the below average temperatures this summer with all this rain. Wet soils and heat feels like a wet sponge on a hot frying pan!
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| Ben punching #2 green 3/8 solid tine |
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| 2 X 2 Spacing with a 3/8 solid tine. |
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| Charles rolling the PG green 1X time after punching. |
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| Left side before rolling Right side after rolling. |
Thursday, July 11, 2013
Thursday, June 13, 2013
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