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A busy couple of days....





During our annual course closure we strive to complete as much as possible...through extensive planning and organization this was evident this year. With the golf course closed we are permitted to perform our procedures in an efficient and very effective manner. As you will see in the list of completed activities, our Grounds Dept. worked tirelessly to complete about 5 days of work in 2 long days.



Tasks completed on August 2nd/3rd:



All greens aerified with hollow tines (cored)

Cores shovelled off by hand

Greens top dressed

Greens over seeded with T1 bentgrass

Greens brushed

Greens fertilized with Potash fertilizer

Greens fertilized w/Soluble Ammonium Sulphate 12-0-12

Greens rolled

All Fairways and Approaches were Verticut using our Sissis Veemo Vertical Mower

Fairways and Approaches were blown clean

Fairways and Approaches mowed

Tees solid tined using 5/8 tines

Tees top dressed

Tees dragged using a steel matt

Practice tee top dressed and matted

All of the rough was mowed (completely)

All bunker banks were fly mowed

All mowing around the landscaped areas completed

The Elm Tree on #5 we removed, along with stump grinding and clean up (5 total)


Our Grounds Department greatly appreciates the time allowed to complete these very crucial cultural practices. If it were not for our dedicated and talented staff, this process would not have been so successful. I truly appreciate all of the hard work and commitment from our entire team...HCC Grounds.





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