What a spectacular start to November we just experienced.  It was a great week to work on the course and the turf liked it too.  The leaves have begun to be problematic so much of our labor is directed to keeping the course as leaf free as possible.

Leaves are blown into the deep rough where they are then mulched.

It has not been a particularly great fall for color but this Ginkgo tree is an exception. 

The Ginkgo tree dates back to prehistoric times.  Most of the leaves drop almost at once.  There are both male and female trees.  Be the first to locate the only female on the course this week and win a dozen golf balls!

This bald cypress resembles a needled evergreen and in the fall a dying evergreen.  It however is a deciduous tree that will leaf out in the spring.

Before purchasing equipment we demonstrate many different types.  Here Jose mows the 12th fairway with a John Deere.  We plan to purchase some fairway mowers in the next fiscal year.

Fairways not solid tine aerated in September were completed this week.  We also did the greens.

We have had mixed results with our honeybees.  This colony has done really well after a slow start but the other colony collapsed.

There is sometimes a fine line whether a putt drops or not.  Here a depression from a dropped flagstick from the previous day could be the cause.

Lentz's Revenge is Wednesday and we hope you are there!