Season Wrap Up

This year has been a pretty good year in terms of weather and maintenance on the course. We had cooler temperatures than last year and precipitation on a regular basis.

The turf maintained well with exceptions to the back of #16 green. Our disease pressure was steady but with a preventative program, little disease was present.

We did have some issues around the course throughout the year.
One of the issues was our irrigation system. The pump needed repaired and our control boxes located throughout the course were temperamental at times. The box between #'s 15 and 16 fairway was the worst. It did not want to irrigate when it was scheduled to and unfortunately it took most of the season for a repair man to come out and diagnose it.
Another issue was equipment breakdowns. We had a lot of break downs this season and with a four man crew it was difficult at times to keep up. The crew stepped up and did their best to keep things running.
The last and biggest issue is bunkers. Our bunkers are degrading more and more each year and we are renovating as many as we can in a given year.

We have a lot of work to do around the course such as flower bed renovations, deconstruction on a shelter, equipment maintenance, bunker renovation, pruning, and the cutting of approximately 35 Ash trees around the course.

As always if you have any question, you can find us on the course or email me at ryan.leach@troyohio.gov

Its been a busy summer

We have had rain for the past 18 days straight. It looks like the hot weather is just around the corner.
We also had repair work done on the irrigation system as the pump and pump motor decided to fall to the bottom of the well. They are wrapping up the well today with a cleaning to make sure the water is clean and free of obstructions.
The course is looking good. The disease pressure is very high but the applications of low rate fungicides at as a preventative approach has worked wonders.
There was very little damage from the storms last night and the clean up will be swift.
As always, if there are any questions, you can email me or come find me on the course.

Update and Conditions

Recently, we have added this blog to add to the information that we provide the patrons and members. This can be updated much easier and quicker than updating long hand. To check the days playing conditions, look to the right of this column and there is a heading titled, "Course Conditions,". Here you can expect to find the course conditions and the weather conditions. This will be updated more than the course condition sheets were because it is more readily available to access and add information.

We have been very busy the past few weeks, keeping the greens in the best shape possible and mowing frequently due the recent cool temperatures. A plus side to the cool temperatures is we can get some cultural practices accomplished that would halt us in higher temperatures. With expected highs in the 90's by the end of this week, we will be out hand watering the hot spots and syringing to keep everything in the best shape possible.

We hope you can find this blog useful and informative. If you have any questions you can email me at ryan.leach@troyohio.gov