Shop Improvements

With cold temperatures and rain scheduled to last throughout the day, we took advantage of this and did some painting in the maintenance building. A fresh coat of paint was painted on the crew room, hallway, bathroom and secretary's office walls. Sometimes it just takes a new coat of paint to transform the shop into a brand new looking one.

Continuing Education

Furthering my education is at the top of my list of most important steps to improving my career. I am very fortunate that the Club allows me to continue my education through online seminars and live seminars. Over the past two days I attended the Carolina Golf Course Superintendent Association's annual conference. Over the course of two days I took twelve hours of continuing education classes. The first class was about how to better understand turf diseases and the products that are needed to control and prevent them. The next two classes were about interviewing and the business side of golf course management. I learned a lot during my classes and am looking forward to using what I learned.

Fireplace

With the fireplace opening up last weekend the golf course crew has gone into the wood splitting business. We recently purchased a wood splitter so that we can split our own wood. We have been stock piling wood from some of the trees that have come down on the golf course to accommodate the fireplace.

THIS IS MY OFFICE

The Georgia Golf Course Superintendent Association recently made a video that will be used to promote the golf course superintendent profession and the golf industry in Georgia. Please click on the link below to watch the video and be prepared to be amazed. 

https://vimeo.com/78408239

New landscaping at patio

Over the last month the golf course crew has been pecking away at irrigation and landscaping additions around the patio and fireplace. During a typical irrigation and landscaping project they would be done all at once, but due to the high volume of construction traffic we were at the contractor's mercy. We would only install irrigation and plant new plants once the contractors were finished with certain areas. It did not make sense to do all the necessary work and then have to go back and replace broken pipes or worse, plants that were destroyed. With the grand opening scheduled for last Friday night we worked late Wednesday and Thursday to make sure that all landscaping around the fireplace and patio was completed. Below are pictures of the irrigation and landscaping process.

 

Driving Range

This winter will be the first time we have tinted the driving range. Towards the end of the growing season we cut a fairway into the driving range rough. This will give us a distinct outline of fairway and rough. The idea behind tinting the range floor is to allow the golfer to visualize their shots while hitting into a green fairway and target greens. The first picture shows the right half of the range tinted and the second picture shows the entire range tinted.