November - Green Superintendent Update
The month of November gave us great weather to finish the season strong. While the course was extremely dry we finally got our rain right in time for winter. The crew and myself focused our efforts on keeping the course as clean as possible. With the leaf cleanup being a daily activity and battle. The course is clean and minimal leaf debris is left on course for the winter. All native areas and fescue have been mowed down for the season. We have started the process of maintaining the pond edges, but this will be an all winter long endeavor. Conditions were slow for this time of year as we grew the plants up to help protect from winter damage. All winter applications have been applied. As well as the irrigation system being blown out. I thanked the course and tucked her in for bed. Blowout At the end of each season we drain the irrigation system down and push compressed air through the pipes. We rent a 1200 cfm compressor that allows us to tie directly into the pump station and blo...