GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT Grant Suderman

Dear Members,

One of the most common questions I receive as a Golf Course Superintendent is “What do you do all winter?” It may come as a surprise that playing card games and hosting shop parties is not the answer! Our winter months provide the GCM team with a great opportunity to add value to the club through construction/capital projects, tree work, associate training and equipment maintenance. In this Newsletter I will highlight our recent major winter projects.

Cart Path Restoration

This winter Loch Lloyd Country Club completed a $250,000 capital expense project to replace many of the critically damaged golf course cart paths The plan was executed in five phases to accommodate golf course access throughout the project. A total of 18,000 square feet of new cart path was installed The project was completed in February and all paths are now open to golf. Please abide by all signage and roped areas redirecting traffic to protect sodded and/or seeded damaged areas from the project.

Bridge Repairs

The team of professionals working on the Loch Lloyd golf course maintenance team are second to none Much of the professional skill and hard work of the GCM team can go unseen. This can be exemplified by the task of reconstructing a bridge The GCM team was tasked with reconstructing a bridge after a main support beam had broken and the bridge was deemed unsafe for use After two days the team had the new beam installed and the bridge reconstructed. We do notice other bridges throughout the golf course need repairs and will continue to do so as materials become available this Spring.