The outside crew have been busy getting the course looking good. A huge part of that is making sure our watering system is working properly. Let’s just say that as soon as I strike oil, I’m going to promptly install a new irrigation system and parking lot. An irrigation system that is 43 years […]
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As the temperatures drop, the level of activity increases around these parts. We’re getting prepared for Old Man Winter. We like to wait until we can see that we’re officially in the deep freeze. Then, it’s all hands on deck to knock out the projects. Most of it has to do with water. If it […]
Ahhh. Water. It’s earth’s most abundant compound. It can be easily found naturally in all three of its states. It’s weird and defies logic. It’s the universal solvent. It expands when it freezes. When you really think about water, it’s pretty amazing. We have experienced mass amounts of water. We have experienced lack of water. […]
For the second year (almost three), we have found ourselves in drought conditions. I thought I’d share with you all the fun that those conditions can bring to a golf course. In case you can’t tell, I’m using the word fun very loosely. Droughts are definitely good for exposing your weaknesses in irrigation and (possibly) […]
Remember that movie? When the airline pilot dropped a Coke bottle out of the window of his airplane into a third world country. The tribe’s leader decided that the bottle had caused great harm and he set off to to throw the bottle off the edge of the earth. We think that someone must have […]
Last year, we decided to take advantage of our drought and we built a peninsula where we plan to hold wedding ceremonies because our pond was dry and made it easy to get in there and move dirt around. Last month, we got the area prepped for seed. As it turns out, the only thing […]
It’s kind of hard to believe when you look outside today at the beautiful green grass and bright blue sky, but we were covered in snow on Saturday. When I was getting ready for the minigolf outing that we had that day, I noticed water pouring out of the side of our driving range hill. […]
There is a common catch phrase in the golf industry. It goes something along the lines of cleverly calling irrigation irritation. That’s right. There is nothing that can cause a golf superintendent’s hair to turn gray faster than irrigation. To get things started, we have to get prepared from the winter. In Iowa, we have… […]
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