The Creek Club Golf Course Maintenance

Welcome

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.

Thursday, April 2, 2015

Topdressing greens and The dragster

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

Greens Aerification

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.

Wednesday, February 11, 2015

shade

Shade not only influences the amount of light available for plant photosynthesis but also affects light quality. Shaded Bentgrass greens are usually more succulent and commonly have a poor root system. These circumstances and a decline in photosynthesis, combined with frequent low mowing and nearly constant traffic, make it difficult to maintain healthy creeping Bentgrass on greens that shade.

As you can see by the shade in the pictures of 18 green at Creek Club it receives very little morning sun. During our winter months the 18 greens are one of the last green to thaw from frost. The 18th green didn’t receive full sun till noon and then it was back in shade soon there after. We took the simplest remedy to shade by simply removing the trees. Kevin O’shea the head horticulturist for the golf courses contracted Precision Tree Service. They completed the project in one day.

At the very least, it is critically important that greens receive as much direct sunlight as possible. In the pictures below you can see the time line of before tree removal and the next day after tree removal photos.