First day of the State Senior Championship

The course is spectacular today for the start of the Florida State Senior Championship. Greens are running at quick 12 feet and the turf conditions are as good as anyone's in town. I took some pictures this morning of the course to share with everyone what our guests will get to play today. 

2 Grn 

5 tee on right looking backwards on 4

4 grn

Cutting the pin on 6

A full field of players, lots of warm up shots

Hovering over 18 Grn looking down 10 on the left

11 tees

Backwards down 10

12 tee

12 Grn 

13 tee

13 frwy on the left,10 on the right

Mowing 14 frwy 

15 tee

15 grn

16 tee

16 frwy

17 looking north fr about 250 feet up 

18 Grn 

It's get'n hot

With temperatures getting in the low 90's in full sun, it's time to start changing how things are done a little bit. That includes watering the course. Instead of turning on sprinklers and watering areas that do not need the extra water, Pierre is hand watering just the localized dry spots. It's a lot more labor intensive but has 100% efficiency. 

As the weather continues to get hotter, the battle of the dry spots begins. Look for there to be a lot more hose dragging and hand watering to begin as summer approaches. 

Bird box activity report

Brian Beckner with Native Bird Boxes came out to do a bird box inventory and any required maintenance.  What he found was a spectacular display of how our bird boxes are producing.  Enjoy this short video of an amazing discovery on the course today.


Baby Owl Video

Pics from this morning's drone flight

Aerial photos

Took some aerial pics this morning of the course 

On the mend

The crew has been working diligently to get the dry spots around the course to recover quickly after this past weekend's member-guest tournament. I had instructed the crew to dry down the course so it plays fast and firm for the tournament, which they did fabulously. However, we did not anticipate the extremely hot and sunny weather that came on Saturday which tipped the scales out of our favor on late Saturday afternoon. I had staff here on Saturday and Sunday afternoon to water, but with all the golf being played now it is nearly impossible to water the course if needed in the afternoons. 

Don't worry though, the Celebration will pop right back to its usual green self shortly. The course is already looking better today than it did Monday. 

It's a great day at CCN

Despite some foggy beginnings it turned out to be a great day. 

Thank you Trevor, Kenny and all the hard working guys in the Golf Maintenance Dept. Without them I couldn't do it.