The first Monday closed

Today is the first Monday we are closed and my staff is wasting no time making improvements for next year.  One thing that has been on my mind all season is how low some of the sprinklers have become around the greens.  When the golf course was rebuilt, all of the sprinklers around the greens were perfectly flush with the grass.  The reason the heads are so low now is due to all of the sand that we apply to the putting surfaces to make sure they are smooth.

Here is our new 2nd Assistant Superintendent, Trevor Floyd.  He is digging up green side heads and leveling them to the turf.

Another project going on today is verti-cutting the greens.  #1 green in the picture above has already been verti-cut and cleaned off so you can see it isn't majorly invasive.  It is very important to verti-cut the greens regularly to control thatch and grain, both of which are detrimental to playability.

On the clubhouse front more work continues as well.  Little improvements will hopefully add up to a lot of un-noticed high quality touches.

In this picture you can see this electrical outlet that just looks awful.  I have no idea why this outlet was put here and have never seen anything plugged into it.

So I had Roberto kill the power to the outlet, remove the ugly electrical box and outlet and then plaster over the hole.

Now the entry into the main dining room is neat and clean.

As promised, Roberto keeps working on replacing 20+ year old hardware around the club.  The majority of the rusted out door hinges have been replaced, but while Roberto is waiting for the remaining hinges to be delivered he got a start on some of the rest room hardware.

 

On the right is some of the old hardware and on the left is the new.  A dramatic difference to clean up the look.