Building Trailers For Our New Greens Mowers.

Even though it is cold and snowy outside does not mean the grounds staff has it easy in the winter.  We are currently right in the middle of fabricating trailers for our new John Deere greens mowers.   These trailers will allow us to trailer the mowers around the golf course to efficiently and effectively get the greens mowed in a very timely manner.  We have some very talented staff members that have the ability to weld and fabricate these materials and save the club thousands of dollars in the process.  The completed trailer pictured above cost $1800 to purchase a few years ago.  We are completing the new trailers in-house for  less than 1/4 of that price.  

Mike O'Neill, GCS

Ground Water Flowing Again Into Ponds On Course

As suspected, once the water table rose back up to a "Normal" level the groundwater started flowing down the creek and into the ponds on the golf course.  Currently both the pond on hole number 9 and the pond on hole number 8 are full.  The extremely dry summer last season clearly had the water table down to a level below any normal reading.  It remains to be seen if the water will continue to flow through the season this year, but we know it is going to be precipitation dependent.

Mike O'Neill, GCS