Transforming Organizational Culture: The Power of "Rants and Raves" - The Challenge of Culture Change In 2013, I stepped into the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Briar Ridge Country Club—excited, thrilled, and adm...

Rainfall 2019 - The photos below are of the rainfall days and amounts that we received on site at NCC during the golfing season in 2019. The goal lof any Golf Couse Manag...

Drain Repairs - The frequent rain in May exposed many places where important drain lines were either not working or working very slowly. We tried using a drain auger but ...

April 27, 2019 - Winter keeps hanging around.

1st Cut of the Season - * Jose cut the greens on Tuesday. They came through the winter in good shape. They are smooth and ready for play. New flags will be coming soon ...

BIG NEWS! - *BIG NEWS!!* White Eagle Golf Club has earned the designation as a "Certified Cooperative Sanctuary" through the Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program f...

Winter golf…yes! - Here at Hilldale we’ve always been a welcoming golf course in the off-season. It’s not always possible as we have to be delicate with those putting surfac...

June is Here - I don't have any fancy pictures to include in this post. We have been on cruise control for the most part here at Grounds and Greens. We were able t...

Fall / Winter Projects - *Fall Drainage Projects* The mild fall weather provided the perfect opportunity to replace several main drain lines that drain three different areas of th...

Course Improvements and More - *Course Improvements * We’ve began the process of sodding out some areas around the traps that have accumulated sand and have thinned from the summer’s h...

To Wet for Carts?? - This past weekend we received a total of 0.71" of rain, not a lot but with the high humidity and frequent rain events it, kept the course soaked. Disease ...

On the level - On the level - with Par 3 tees By Joel Purpur, CGCS As with many older golf courses, over the years the tee surfaces settle and become un-level over tim...

Winter Tree Removals - This month, Lucas and Felix have been working to complete the third and final year of ash tree removals on the golf course because of death caused by the E...

Progress on the New Bunkers - The first changes to the course since the renovation are underway. The "winter" weather has been fantastic and it has allowed us to make great progress. ...

The Importance for Arthritis Sufferers to Meditate - There is no better approach to unwind and get to be focused than through reflection. There are numerous reflection tapes available. Pick one that is ideal ...

Green Expansion Project Update: Week of June 8 - If you’ve played recently you likely have noticed the Green Expansion Project work (as I described in Paul’s Weekly Golf News two weeks ago) we have done...

Pump Station Repairs - Last season we had three leaks in the main pipe that feeds our irrigation system, so last fall we inspected the pipe and determined that it had significant...

Winter Damage 2013/2014 - *"There's a lot of dead grass on golf courses this spring. How come the Links looks so good?"* The winter of 2013/2014 was one of the harshest on record. A...

3-22-14 - The sun is getting higher in the sky and the days are growing longer. The winter of 2014 is slowly giving way to spring. In the shaded areas there is ...

The first 20 of the 100 days.... - You're looking at me with this puzzled look on your face, it's the first 20 days into the 100 days between Memorial Day and Labor Day... Turf has finally...

Any Given Monday - *Have Frost, Will Travel * Certainly no one would have guessed this time last week that spring still had another frost left to go, but by Friday it was cl...

Flood April 2013 - Below are pictures taken yesterday of the flood we are experiencing this week. We received just over 4 inches during the storm, and a total of 6.5 inches i...

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Weekend Fun - Sometimes I have to go out and find inspiration to write about something and sometimes it just appears. That was the case this weekend when I went to the ...

Summer Heat Stress and Localized Dry Spot - *This is a great educational video on some of the heat stress that we have been dealing with on the golf course over the last week. This turf stress was ...

- Hole 9 basking in the sun One of our latest improvements was adding steps to the greenside bunker on hole 1. We have had some good feedback so far regardin...

Driving Range Tee Update - As stated yesterday, we poured the driving range concrete tee pad for hitting mats today. Tomorrow, we will continue working on the tee. Thursday, we will ...

Weekend Update - The first full week of renovation work has come to an end and we have made great progress along the way. We have met our week long goals and are in great p...

Update Project between 4 and 6 - The dredging of silt out of the holding pond has been completed. No more excavators or dump trucks. The next phase of the project is to lay the 14,000+ ...

Article from the USGA - They Need Time To Get It DoneMARCH 15, 2016 Double mowing is a common strategy used to increase green speeds, but this practice requires additional time t...

Storm Damage from the Weekend - Here are a few photos of the large trees we lost on Holes #15 and #16 over the weekend. Winds were clocked over 50 mph Friday afternoon. We also receive...

Maintenance Week 2016 Complete - There is a lot of planning that goes into Maintenance Week, so cancelling and rescheduling to a later date is avoided if at all possible. When at 2 weeks f...

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5th Annual Birdhouse Tour - We had a great Bird House Tour on May 11, 2015. Had about two dozen Villagers and lots of birds show up. We can report the following use of the Golf Co...

Aerification Spring 2015 - Spring is the time for us as Turfgrass Managers, to start thinking of the new season that will be upon us in just a few short months. It is an important ...

2015 Drainage Project Kickoff - We are pleased to announce that the club has contracted with Golf Plus Construction to install 8,000 linear feet of drainage on the golf course this sprin...

San Luis Opispo County Golf Courses video ready for your viewing pleasure. - Check it out! It has been running at the SLO Airport since the 4th of July as well as hotels in the Southern communities of San Luis Obispo County. Brian...

New tall grass - Behind 16 green and to the right of 12 tees we have installed no mow fescue areas.

And.....Away They Go - After some hard work by my staff and an outrageous amount of paperwork, we were finally able to get rid of a bunch of old equipment that had been kicking a...

Golf Course Update - *End of Summer Update* First of all, I would like to say "Thank You" to everyone for your wonderful comments and compliments about the golf course. Many o...

How to properly fix a ball mark - Fixing ball marks is part of golf etiquette. As stated on the usga website "Players should carefully repair any divot holes made by them and any damage to t...

- Ball marks are a pet peeve of many superintendents and golfers around the world. There are different reasons that this is the case, but we’d like to take ...

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This Blog Has Moved - Due to uploading issues that could not be resolved ... Avondale Golf Course Maintenance Blog has moved to the location below http://avondale2013a.blogspot....

Peter Jacobsen Receives the Old Tommy Morris Award - As many of you already know, Peter Jacobsen is the architect at Stone Creek Golf Club and is also a native Oregonian. Since Peter only lived a few miles ...

Opening Schedule - We were hoping to get the Mountain nine open today, but it looks like the weather had another idea about the start to our golfing season. It has been very...

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