How Do We Water All The Flowers On The Property!?

This Spring, we came up with a pretty neat way to solve the issue we have here with little to no irrigation system for our flowers on the property.  As apparent as it is, we have an extensive amount of flowers to take care of and water all over the course and around the clubhouse and pool.  We utilized a large 300 gallon fertilizer tank and a small weedwacker engine pump to deliver the proper H20 to all of the flowers.  This is a huge improvement from the jugs of water we have used in the past.  It also allows us to deliver liquid fertilizer to the flowers on an as needed basis.

Mike O'Neill, GCS

Thin Areas On Green Edges...A Result Of Green Expansions.

This Spring we have made an aggressive attempt to keep the width of the collars consistent the whole way around the golf course.  Many have noticed the white dots on the collars indicating to the greens mowers where to keep the edge of the green cut as to keep everything consistent.  When we cut these areas down it takes some time to get use to the aggressive nature in which we maintain the greens.  During the last heat wave, regardless of how much water we applied, a lot of these areas thinned out some as you can see from the above picture of the 13th green.  On these areas, we often skip mowing these spots periodically to let them heal back in.  We will start the healing process with some plugs and some seeding of these spots.  It may take some time but eventually all of these areas will look as good as the rest of the green.

Mike O'Neill, GCS

More Drainage Work In Problem Areas.

The top photo shows the landing area on the 14th fairway.  It is very noticeable how wet the area gets when we receive any amount of rainfall.  We have recently installed a sump drainage system to remove the excess surface water that collects in the landing area of the 14th fairway.  The area will remain G.U.R (ground under repair) until it fully heals for play.

Mike O'Neill, GCS