Covers are coming out!

We are bringing out the covers! We place the covers near the Greens so that they are handy and ready to be deployed when the weather demands.
As of now there is nothing in the forecast to be concerned with, but winter his coming and we never know when a cold snap may be just around the corner!

moving each of theses big covers is a several man job.

at each green we place the covers on pallets to keep them off of the ground.

We then cover them with a blue tarp to help keep them dry so they are easier to handle when needed.

Leaves!

This time of year one of our primary goals is to keep up wit the leaves so the Course remains playable. Some days are easier than others.
We blow fairways, greens and bunkers. We then mulch the leaves in the roughs.
On days that the wind is blowing too hard, it becomes a losing battle, when that is the case we simply save the gas and wait for the next day. Here are some pictures from today, I am sure over the next few weeks I will post several more pictures of the leaf control, it is quite an operation.

Sod on 13, 16

We have repaired the "sand pit" in front of 13 green. This area has been a sore spot all year, and thanks to a private donation we were able to repair last week.  With the leftover sod we were able to repair two small areas on 16 fairway also.
Late fall is not normally a good time for sod projects as the turf is not growing and the roots will not anchor the sod down. A heavy rain could float the sod or cause erosion underneath. However, since these areas are quite flat and the problem on 13 is very much in play the Greens committee and I decided it was best to do it now rather than wait.
Here are pictures of the two repaired spots on 16. (The picture I took did not come out if I can I will post one later).