GOLF COURSE SUPERINTENDENT Grant Suderman

Tree Work

One mainstay of winter golf course maintenance is tree work We were no exception this winter as we successfully removed 78 dead, undesired and/or unsafe trees from the property. Although as high number of trees were removed only nine were located in highly maintained areas on the golf course We have plans to replace any desired trees with new plantings this Spring. Unfortunately, over half of the removed trees were Green Ash trees that were susceptible to the Emerald Ash Borer. This insect damage is widespread throughout the region as I suspect more Ash trees to fall victim to this in the future.

Dormant Zoysiagrass Weed Control

Zoysiagrass is the type of turfgrass installed in our fairways, practice tees and event lawn This warm season turfgrass goes dormant during cold winter months. This dormancy provides an opportunity to apply a product removing any weeds from the zoysiagrass without damaging the zoysiagrass itself This application was performed in February to create a clean and consistent zoysiagrass playing surface.