Course Update - March 2019

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The Country Club at Loch Lloyd Golf Course Maintenance Update Spring 2019 Jeff Steen CGCS Director of Golf Course Maintenance

With Spring right around the corner and everyone wanting to dust off the clubs, I wanted to send out a brief update to overview some of the work that has been completed this winter and what to expect when you do make it out to the course to tee it up for the first time this year. As I’ve already talked about in the monthly newsletters, it has been quite a winter for all and this is especially true for the Golf Course Maintenance team. The associates have been busy for what some might say, “all the wrong reasons” if you work on a golf course. With average temperatures in the 30s, over 24" of snow, and 8 tons of ice melt dispersed, I must admit that I was thinking of the Hawaiian Islands on more than one occasion these past several months! My hat is off to the team, however, as they have persevered through the elements and kept the roadways, parking lots and Clubhouse walkways clear, safe and usable in some very trying conditions. Clearing snow is not the only area of maintenance that kept the team busy and I’ll highlight a few of those within my update. I have enclosed the winter scene pictures to start out because I want to be cautious to remind everyone that it was only a week ago from the time I started writing this update that the course was still covered in 5" of snow. Please remain patient while we get geared up with many of our maintenance practices such as upcoming aeration, pre-emergent weed control, fertility applications, general maintenance, detailed work and a few small projects. 1


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