Course photos

Here are many photos from the last few years showing the beauty of good turf and some of the work done to maintain both the beauty and the play ability.


Prior to the 2016 Mid-Armature Qualifier

Measuring 13 on the stimp meter for the tournament.



Normal maintenance on fairways and greens,

Fairway results are Tight!

  

Greens are even tighter!

                 

A quick fairway bunker renovation:

Just some Nice looking pictures of good turf!

Thank you!

changes

Some big changes are coming!
After 11 years my family and I decided on a change! I will miss my Maumelle friends!

Practice Green

Due to the lack of warm weather and over all below average growing conditions our Practice Green is a little thin, especially where most of the traffic is concentrated. We have been feeding the green extra fertilizer and will alter some maintenance practices in order to give the green a chance to catch up. The Greens Committee has asked me to close the high traffic area periodically in order to give it a break. This is temporary and the green should catch up to the other greens soon. 

Course Update

Friday January 29, the contractor is coming out to repair the sunken drainage line and cartpath at the #2 bridge and turn around. To access this job the contractor will be using the # 3 cart path and cutting across the damn to number 2. So please be aware of the vehicles while playing 3 tomorrow.

The contractor says this job should be completed in just one day.  

We have begun repairs to our Back Nine Bunkers. We are adding needed sand that has been lost during the last two floods and we will be doing some renovation work on the couple of bunkers that had serious damage during the flood earlier this month. If weather remains perfect it should take about 3 weeks total to complete all repairs. Since this work is all weather dependent it may take us a bit longer to finish.

Lets hope we are finished with flooding for a few years!

Back Nine Open!

We will be opening the Back Nine for play today, Friday, January 15.

We will remain Cartpath Only with No Handicap Flags allowed on the Back Side until further notice.
The fairways and rough are still a little wet (more than a little in some spots), and more importantly there is a layer of silt that will create messy and slippery conditions for a time.

Please be careful when walking, especially to the greens. Silt can be slippery to walk on and it may track on to the greens if it sticks to your shoes.

Stay dry, stay clean and Have fun!!! 

Flood waters have receded!

The waters have receded! Now Clean up begins.

Our first priority is to wash silt off our greens. Although not a great amount was left on the greens , even a small amount can affect the surface drainage and can prevent oxygen from entering the soil. 

The next priority is bunker repair. We have a couple of bunkers that have been severely damaged by the running water removing sand and drainage. The rest are full of silt. All silt has to be removed before we can rake and evaluate the sand. 

The water was considerably higher than in the spring. During the spring the water did not reach the key hole on this door. 

Crest not yet here

The river is not forecasted to crest until 12:30 AM Janurary 2. As of 11:00 am Dec 31 the river is at 24 feet, Crest is forecasted to be 26.1 feet.

That is about close to 4 foot high than this Spring.

videos of flood

Dec. 30, 2015

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Dec. 30 lunch

It is high! 

Here is a pic from 13 green.

One of 14 green

12 green. Not much left to see.

Pump house. 

Winter flood 2015 dec. 30 morning

First photo of flood. Already equal to the peak of the june flood. Forecasted to rise three more feet. More photos later. 

Pending Flood

The river is currently forecasted to Crest higher than it did in June of this year. This means another major flood on our course.
In preparation we have gathered all of the rakes, trashcans, broken tee boxes and flagsticks off of the back nine. We also brought in the covers from the backside as I fear the higher water could have floated some of them away. I have also prepared the back nine irrigation boxes and pump house.

My prediction is the waters will Crest about a foot higher this time than in June. I hope this means that we will have no greater amount of damage than we did this Spring. I do foresee the drying time, once the water goes down, to be much longer than in June.

The wet lands have already backed up onto 12 fairways and is riseing pretty quick.
The River is forecasted to Crest in our pool early Thursday morning.

I will keep everyone updated.

Crew pizza party!

To thank my Crew for another great year I took them for Pizza and beer at Boudreaux's Pizza on the Boulevard. Great tume with a great Staff! Thanks guys and gal for a terrific year! Merry Christmas! 

Painting Greens!

Painting Greens today! We hope to be finished tomorrow but this process takes time, so we may have to finish Wednesday. Tomorrow we will have to close two holes at a time while painting, so please look for "hole closed" signs on the tees. 

We paint greens for a couple of reasons. First and foremost, it looks great! Our paint job really has a natural look that gives the golfer a brilliant target to shoot at from the fairway. 
Secondly, the dark color helps attract sunlight and in turn helps to warm the surface and the soil. 

Thank you!

Thanks to our membership we have acquired all the furniture needed! Thank you! 

Office almost ready!

Office is almost ready! We are just waiting on the electrician to hook up heating and air and the building project will be finished! 

There are a few items that the iffice needs to be functional and complete. I am hoping that our generous membership maybe able to help out. These items do not have to be new or even in great conditions, decent condition will be just fine! 

We need two floor roller pads for office chairs, the stamped concrete floors prevent chairs from rolling. 

Two chairs without rollers for guests to use. 

A small bookshelf or two. About 3-4 feet wide would be great. 

We have two desks that will work just fine, but they are quite large for the small space, so a smaller office desk or two might help also. 

Eventually i would like blinds on the windows. 

If you have any of these items that you would like donate please let me know. Thank you very much! 

OPEN!

The bathrooms on 6 are open! 

Lights and fans come on and turn off automatically when someone enters and leaves! So, please do not use the wall switches. Thanks and enjoy. 

Almost Complete

The building is almost complete! Plumbers are here this morning, and if all goes right the Bathrooms will be open for use by Friday if not Sooner! 

I'll post interior pictures once toilets and sinks are installed.