I’m excited
to announce the purchase approval for the following equipment:
* 2 Toro 686
tee/fairway/rough aerifiers
* 2 Toro
Groundsmaster 3280-D deck mowers. These are used to mow inside the tree lines
and out of play areas. We currently have
1 five year old unit for all three courses.
* 2 Toro
Sandpro 5040 bunker rakes. Currently
there are 1.5 being used on all three courses.
I say 1.5 because half the time one or the other is not working.
* 1
Greenspro 1240 greens roller. This will
allow us the opportunity to roll greens more frequently
* 1 ProPass
Topdresser for greens and tees. Our
current topdresser is a combination topdresser/heavy hauler.
* 1 Toro 7
gang pull behind rough unit. This will
be a tremendous help with rough mowing
* 2 Kubota
Tractors.
* 1 Mantis
Tree Root Pruner. This will be used to
root prune trees along the edges of our roughs and cart paths giving us an
advantage to “push” Bermuda grass growth covering bare areas.
The addition
of this equipment will make a huge impact on course conditions going forward
and again illustrates ClubCorp’s commitment to Fords Colony CC’s Members
In the
present, we are fighting our share of weeds.
The cool spring coupled with all of the rain has made it difficult to
mow as well as treat the weeds.
My first
year we were aggressive with our pre emergence weed control and used a product
that, after evaluating throughout the summer, felt was more harmful to the
turfgrass than I wanted. Pre-emergent
weed control products have a tendency to “root prune” turfgrass. This is an issue when trying to promote the
spread of bermugrass tillers. The pre
emerge prevents tillers from establishing roots in the soil. So this year I used a less harmful pre emerge
(lighter application rate), fertilized fairways and tees earlier than usual,
and wished for an early, warm spring.
All of which back fired. So in
the interest of growing healthier, thicker fairways, tees and rough, I failed
in weed prevention.
We are in
the process of post spraying the weeds between rain drops and will continue to
do so. With a little help from Mother
Nature as well, the weeds will be eradicated very soon.
Thank you
for understanding and hope to see you on the course.
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