Spence Golf Finished for Spring

We had another great week of weather and once again got a lot of work completed. The Spence Golf crew wrapped up their work this week. They finished sodding #11 green on Monday morning. They then moved over to complete the drainage work on #7. Most of the work had been done in December and required some finish work.

While the Spence crew was finishing their detail work on #7, we began our work. First we seeded the areas with a Kentucky bluegrass/Perennial ryegrass blend. We then aerified the fairway and blew and picked up the plugs and spread them out over the drainage areas. We did this to help blend in the poa that we have in our fairways and make the areas not so visually noticeable.

Seeding #7

Blowing Plugs

Picking up plugs with our core harvester.

Spread out aerification plugs.

After our aerification and seeding, the Spence crew spread out the mulch mat over the entire area. Mulch mat helps to retain soil moisture and enhance seed germination. This is also what we have been using on all of our irrigation trenches. We then began irrigating the area to start the grow in process.

The Spence Golf crew also finished the back tee on #3. They put the mix on the tee above the drainage and finished sodding the complex. After this was completed, the crew moved the mix out of the golf shop parking lot, cleaned up a bit and moved out until the fall.

The irrigation crew also made great progress. Hole #4 was irrigated this week. All that is left for the irrigation crew will be to irrigate hole #3, irrigate a few bunkers on the front side, and then check and test the entire system to make sure everything is functioning properly and all of the heads are properly adjusted. I estimate the remainder of their work to take about a week and a half if the weather cooperates.

When the final test and system inspection is conducted, I can assure you that Ross will be on hand to supervise. He has diligently tested the pressure of the sprinklers and watched to make sure they are working properly throughout this entire process!