As the length of daylight shortens, the maintenance crew begins
their day later in the morning. We
currently start at 5 AM so that we don’t interrupt golf play on any of the
holes. Starting Monday, however, we will
start at 5:30 AM due to morning darkness.
If you tee off before 7 AM you may meet up with our greens mower or set
up person.
In the past couple of weeks we’ve been able to get more
detail work done throughout the course.
We’ve begun the process of limbing up the pines on #13, 14, and 15. The next trim area is the area to the right
of #5.
#14 Before
#14 After
You may have noticed the edging of sprinklers on the
course.
Click on the video below to see the head edger in action!
Finally, you may have seen one of our staff poking little
holes on the greens with a device that looks like a pogo stick. This is actually a new piece of equipment we
purchased to measure soil moisture in the greens. It provides information that allows us to
water more efficiently, save water, and “dry” the greens out without worrying
about wilt.
Reynaldo Ocampo (our foreman) checking the greens for soil
moisture.
The output screen of our meter. VMC% means volumetric water content
percent. The reading of 18.4 indicates
that the soil moisture is adequate. If
the reading registers below 10, watering would be initiated, as wilt would set
in during the afternoon hours.
