Greens Mowing Set For Thursday

 

Saturday, we had a special guest.

 

I mowed a couple of greens today to check the quality of cut. As you can see, there is green under the brown tips.  We will mow all greens on Thursday.  Bunkers were started and will be finished on Thursday.  Bunker rakes are set out as they finish.

Lets Play Golf

 

Jose blew off the greens today.
 

 

Juan followed by rolling the greens.

 

Alex changed cups for the first time this season.

 

A few course accessories were put out.  It will take a week or two to get all ball washers, benches, garbage cans, tee markers, hazard stakes and bunker rakes out.  It looks like we can let carts out tomorrow and for the weekend.  Next week looks like cold again.  Be careful out there as we still have some soft wet spots.  If we don't get rain, we'll start mowing next week.  Everything should green up with warmth and some rain.

Flood Relief

Last week on Tuesday we received about 9 inches of snow.  Over the weekend, we added a little more than an inch of rain.  An inch of rain in July, no problem.  In mid March when the ground is frozen, we flood.  Jose and I had the pumps running for about 7 hours each day to get ride of the water.  In July, this would have soaked in.  Since we had cool temps, the turf should be fine.

 

Monday

 

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

 

RIP Dad

RIP dad.  My father, Dennis Augdahl passed away yesterday after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.  You will be missed.  I was able to see him several times the last couple of months.

 

 

My dad and daughter a couple of years ago.

 

 

I don't think we'll match the March 8th opening we had last year.  About 9 inches fell yesterday.  With warmer temperatures expected by the weekend, it should melt quickly.  I made my first order for chemicals and fertilizers today.  We'll be teeing it up soon.

 

Tree Removal

 

This cottonwood was rotting and became a safety concern.  All 3 trees had health issues and needed to be removed.  A Stihl saw donated by Bill Corbett made it much easier.  The larger saw made this an in house project.  We still have a couple of days of clean up.

First Snow of the Year

 

 

I had to do some plowing this morning.  We had about an inch of snow.  The last snow we had was back in early March.  The lake is starting to freeze.  Before anyone thinks about ice fishing, please check in with Dave.  He keeps track of ice depth.

 

I would like to wish a everyone a Happy New Year.  Jose, Butch and I are busy getting everything ready for another season.  In about 3 months, we'll be out cutting greens, tees, fairways and rough, raking bunkers and changing cups.

Golf in mid December

 

December 14?  Many LCC members snuck out of work and got 18 holes in today.  This is the latest I've ever let cart go out.  This may be the end of the season if we get the predicted rain on Saturday.

 

Jose and I have been cutting problem trees this week.  Several are in the ditch and a few more are on #16.  The ditch trees are cottonwoods while the others are green ash trees infected wit emerald ash borer.

 

Butch has been working on carts until this week when he switched to our equipment.  The walkers are first of his list.