We are back!  Sorry for the long time between our last blog and hopefully we were missed.  There has been plenty going on the course so lets get to the pics.

We have had all kind of weather extremes.  This was in the morning after an early storm.  We usually don't see rainbows over the clubhouse.

Our annual visit from The USGA featured discussions of bunker maintenance interestingly enough.  Since then we have spent lots of man hours moving sand and compacting bunker faces to allow less "fried eggs" and giving you a better chance of recovering.

Compacting the bunker face.

Before,,,,

and after!

Compacting the faces is working!  Check out the pitch mark and where these balls ended.  Bravo!

Some things never seem to change.  Here is a poorly repaired divot.  The sand has not been leveled which is harmful to the turf and the mowers.

Here is the same divot smoothed out with my foot.  Please take the time to repair your damage properly!

Improper practice that will require a long time to recover and again harmful to our mowers.

Correct practice that will recover rapidly and not hurt our mowers.

Newly sodded turf received an herbicide application to remove bermudagrass and summer grassy annuals.  These areas will be treated several more times on monthly intervals.

Have you noticed the improved look of our rough?  We purchased a brand spanking new rough mower that is exceeding our expectations.  This mower is remarkably quiet, stripes the turf beautifully, disperses grass clippings so there are no clumps, and saves a ton of labor when servicing.

We almost ran out of water in July and were one day from buying water.  Not anymore!

Thumbs up to this marking on the ninth green by Josh Peters!

The completion of the pollinating garden was quite an achievement by our staff.

Proud, Proud, Proud!