Firm and fast

We have been on the watch for moisture content in our greens to firm them up while keeping them healthy. With the grass not growing hardly at all and the cold weather we have only irrigated 2 times in the past 6 weeks on our greens. Very impressive compared to in the summer having to water everyday. The greens are rolling 12.9 on the stimp meter. We anticipate with a roll this morning that they will be 13+ going into the weekend.

Main linebreak

Unfortunately irrigation lines break from time to time and it just so happened to be a big one. Normally just the lateral lines that support the sprinkler heads will break but this one is a main line. The main line runs through the hole entire course and holes 12-17 have no water to them until the repair is fixed. It is never a good time for the irrigation pipes to break but we would much rather have this problem now instead of the summer time. It also looks like more rain on its way this Sunday and we just opened hole #12! Dang it.....

Team Maintenance

After another year of hard work we wanted to show are appreciation with taking the crew out bowling. The crew had a blast with more gutter balls than strikes or spares. We cant say enough about the loyalty and dedication they have at the club.

Growth of grass vs. weather

Be patient, hard to grow any grass this time of year. A few months to go and are fairways will be in great shape. Forecast: Next 5 Days 1/20 Wed 1/21 Thu 1/22 Fri 1/23 Sat 1/24 Sun Max F 66 76 73 60 65 Min F 46 47 48 44 42 Avg F 56 62 61 52 54 Cool GP 49 84 78 28 38 Warm GP 3 10 8 1 2 Conditions Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Partly Cloudy Chance of Rain Partly Cloudy

New short game area

Its almost ready! We mowed the approach are for the first time today and with the bunker almost ready for sand we are close to opening. Take a look at the pictures...

New insect to watch out for this summer

New turf insect pest? That is right! We will be on the look out for this in summer especially on our fairways. Saturday, January 09, 2016 | Permalink | Insects, The carrot beetle (Tomarus gibbosus) is a pest on many other crops, but in the Kansas City area, it now appears to be causing some damage on golf course turf as well, according to Matt Giese of Syngenta. He has worked with entomologists Jonathan Larson and Dan Potter to identify the insect and the reason it is causing damage. In the presentation, First report of carrot beetle damage to golf course turf, the unusual damage caused by the carrot beetle is nicely illustrated with great photos (the presentation is 4.4MB, so it may download slowly). It turns out that the beetle (which looks a lot like a small chafer) does not directly damage the turf. Instead, animals dig in the soil, apparently in search of the adult beetle, which they find tasty. The digging of the hungry vertebrate predators is what results in the turf damage. The beetle and its damage don't appear to be widespread, and it's not exactly clear what the best way to control it is, though most white grub products (Merit, Acelepryn, Meridian, etc) will probably be effective. But the next time you have trouble with raccoons or skunks or armadillos or other vertebrate predators digging in the soil, don't assume that it's only for white grubs. They may be digging for adult carrot beetles as well.

Post Monster Day

We hope everyone had a blast out there. The conditions were almost as tough as they come. For the maintenance crew it definitely gives them a surprise when they see how crazy the golf course set up can be. We hope as much success as this tournament brings that there will be multiple events like this year. We will have to wait and see what the MGA says.

Recent rains effect hole #12

It is unfortunate but the damage is done. Hole #12 took on a light film of mud that in ordered to be cleaned up has to wait because the fairway need to dry. We anticipate this process will happen the week of the 18th. For the time being it will be played from the extra set of tees as a par 3. Hopefully no more rain or once again we will have to be patient and wait for it to dry.

Recent Rains

The rain total was just above 2 1/4" which left us with a soft course. The rain was nice and steady and with that there is not to much clean up on #12. We anticipate that the standing water will be gone by this weekend but there is rain in the forecast for next week. While no one was out here playing we took advantage of some much needed tree trimming. This morning to get back on track we are verticutting,double mow, and double roll to the greens. It is car path only today, and at best 90 degree rule tomorrow. Now with the rain we have holes #1,2 completely cart path only until further notice.

Different color on greens? Poa annua

Yes a different color on are greens! This simply happens because of the different bio types of poa annua. There up to 25 different types of poa on our greens. We manage the greens as a whole and not individual by the different types of poa. Where it becomes challenging is in the growing months of April thru October. There are different types of poa that grow more than others. We do our best to manage the greens by applying a growth regulator on a weekly basis. Please check the video out

Monster Day

We are very excited for the Monster Day Tournament this Saturday! This is the one time of the year where no tee location or hole location will be in a normal spot. I believe we had 84 players last year and hopefully with some cooperating weather we can get to that count again. Last year the gross score was at 12 under par, and trust me that will not be the case this year. We will have all hole locations in the toughest spot possible. There will be multiple holes with mini cups and one hole with a large cup. Greens will be above 13 and as firm as we can get them. The only thing that is not cooperating with us is the rain. We are expected to take on 3-4" in the next few days so hopefully we can play on Saturday. Good luck!

Happy New Year

We hope that everyone had a fun and safe New Year! Looks like rain almost everyday this week, hopefully steady and not strong. Last week we put into effect cart path only on hole #2 and will most likely do #1 as well this week. You should expect cart path only at best throughout the week and hopefully we can get the Monster Tournament on Saturday in. This is one of the most fun tournaments of the year. Expect to have the greens rolling 13 + and all hole locations in the toughest spots possible.