Greens Covering Policy

A reminder of our greens covering policy: We will cover when the forecast is for the air temperature to dip below 25 degrees for an extended period of time. We will uncover when the forecast is to be above freezing for a full day. Many other factors are to be considered when deciding to or not to cover the greens. Some of these are wind, moisture and time of season. Also, we will attempt to cover the greens before the weather moves into the area. It is very difficult to handle the covers when the wind is blowing at 15-20 mph, or when it is raining. Please understand that the few days each winter that the course is closed it is for the future health of our greens.

Frost delays will be handled the same way as past years. We will open the course just as soon as the frost has burned off of the greens. Even though we have dormant Bermuda grass greens foot traffic can still damage the plant when covered in frost.

Thank you and I hope everyone has a great holiday season!

Pin locations

Below is a picture of one of our cup covers on a green. This year we are employing a different tactic to reduce the number of old cup plugs.

We have cut three holes in each green, pin locations b, c, d. For a few weeks we will rotate between theses three. As in past years we will move pins to a new location Wed., Friday, and Sunday. After the first few weeks we will move the cup in C location to the E location, after a week or two, depending on the amount of ware, we will then move the cup from D to A, and so on. This will reduce the number of old holes by at least one third. 

Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. Thanks and have a great round. 

Blog is back!

Over the last several months I have had numberous clitches, problems, and set backs with both my blog and my computer, although it is still not bug free, I am once again able to post! I will hopefully be more consistent with posts so I cam keep everyone more upto date!

This weeks weather has been a rollercoaster and looks like it will continue with up and down conditions and temperature through out the week.

We will be pulling the tarps out this week in preparations for the winter.

Thank you for your patience and I hope everyone comes back to stay updated! 

Verticut / Aerifying update

Due to the forecast yesterday morning I made a last minute change in our aerification plans. Rather than pull cores and risk getting caught in a thunderstorm, that in turn would create a large muddy mess and delay the completion, I decided to use solid tines instead and simply ventilate the greens. This procedure gives many of the same benefits as core aerifying, but not all. So although it is an acceptable alternative on occasions core aerifying can not be replaced over the long haul.

The healing process will be much faster this time, with nearly no disruption in putting quality. And the back nine will be opened by early afternoon.

We were able to aggressively verticut the greens, which helps us control thatch and grain. We will perform our follow up verticut, which is less aggressive, next Monday.

Verticutting/Aerification

Our current plan is to begin our Verticutting/aerification process this evening as usual, and to continue Monday and Tuesday having the front nine open Tuesday and the entire course open Wednesday morning. This is the same plan and time frame we have been using for years. However, the weather forecast is not favorable.

If we proceed as planned and we get any significant rain during our process it will obviously extend the time frame some, depending on the rain amounts/duration. I just wanted to give everyone a heads up before hand.

 

 Thanks Have a great Sunday.

 

Jason Baker, GCS

Maumelle Classic

Over the last couple of weeks we have been in preparation mode for the Classic. We were able to get the course into great shape by the Friday before the Classic, and then the rains came. We received several inches of rain over the week prior to the Classic including 1.5 inches during the first round of the tournament. But through all of that my crew was able to keep the Course in Great shape! Here are some pictures of our daily preparations!

A Big Thanks to al my Staff for one Hell of a week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Taylor Mowing Greens Sunday morning

 Vern Mowing Greens Sunday Morning

 Ken Mowing Greens Sunday Morning

 Luis Mowing Greens Sunday Morning

 Chi CHi mowing greens and Alfredo Rolling Greens Sunday Morning

 Jose Raking greenside bunkers Sunday Morning

 Lorenzo Mowing Fairways Sunday Morning

                                    

                                     

Cande also Mowing fairways Sunday Morning

                                       

Clint Changing pin locations Sunday morning

Mike Dragging Fairways behind mowers Sunday before play!

A Big Thanks to al my Staff for one Hell of a week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A quick follow up.

I apologize for not replying to my last post in a more timely fashion but I have been having technical difficulties with my computer. ANYWAY, as all can see the greens have recovered nicely. Our treatments for nematodes seem to have helped, the weather has been perfect growing conditions and the results from the lab came back, it was fairy ring! We have since changed my treatment program and have now got it under control! Greens are in great shape! Enjoy.