Wednesday, June 16, 2010

I-94 Rain Runoff Floods the Golf Course

Rain, 2.5 inches in less than 2 hour, produces near 4 million gallons of runoff water from I-94 and the city streets to the east and the north of the course.





Saturday, June 12, 2010

Fusilade II Delivers Thin Wispy Looking Fine Fescue

Fusilade II was applied on May 5 @ 16 ounces per acre this application stunted the growth of canary grass, quack grass, bluegrass and rendered this thin wispy look to fine fescue that you actually can find a golf ball in. I plan on expanding this program next year. Great look and golfer friendly.




Friday, June 4, 2010

Sand Bunker Edging Crew: Fantastic Job!

Exceptional Sand Bunker Edging Crew: Lead by Enedino Perz, 2nd from the left, and left to right Jose, Enedino, Angel and Arnulfo. Hot humid or cold and wet this crew cranks out perfection. Great Job Guys!

Enhancing the View, #11, #13, #4 and #2











Friday, May 28, 2010

John Niemiec, Equipment Technician, Extraordinaire

John Niemiec, pictured here, pointing out a faulty actuator in the irrigation pump control panel has been our Head Equipment Technician for the past 17 years. John, if not the best, is certainly one of the best Golf Course Equipment Technicians in the state and here is why; he is naturally curious, extremely patient, persistent, can visualize solutions and thinks outside the box. Besides all that, he is good natured and goes out of his way to help all. Pictured also is Macario Rameriz, John's assistant, who possesses many of John's attributes, one being, an ever present smile.







Thursday, May 27, 2010

Unusual But Effective

After DryJecting our Practice Putting green we had some unevenness in the surface so we rented out a 1 ton vibrating asphalt roller and vibrated ourselves back to smoothness. Sometimes you have to think outside the box to get the results you desire.

Annual Flower Planting Kicks off the Summer Season




For the last 20 years, Jerry Nelson, pictured in the badger red shirt, owner of Classic Gardens, Master Gardener, Instructor of Gardening and Radio Gardening Talk Show Expert has been designing and growing our annual flowers. Basically, he wows us every year with his unique selection of annuals and how he groups them for effect. Jerry's only down fall is that he is a Minnesota Golden Gopher Alum.