Storytelling, Data, and The Successful Superintendent - "*You cannot manage what you cannot measure*," is one of the truest statements I know. A good friend and former golf course superinte...

Spring Burn 2024 - The burning of our wetlands has been ongoing on dry days. This practice is helpful in mitigating the establishment of the non-native and invasive spec...

Summer 2020: Warmest Summer in Chicago on Record - The National Weather Service's Meteorological Summer Summary reports that 2020 was the warmest summer on record in Chicago. When I first read this, I was...

Green's Traffic - The photo below is from a Golf Course Management Facebook site. It shows the traffic from 6 golfers on a green. Notice the concentration of traffic at the fl...

May 3, 2019 - I know there is a bunker in there somewhere! We do have a sump pump that will clear this water slowly but we can't engage the pump until the ditch and pipe...

New Driving Range - Out with the old, in with the new. This 2019 season we have big plans for White Eagle Golf Club, a course renovation has come into full swing starting with...

New Blog At Centennial - centennialparkgolf.blogspot.com 70 degrees on Tuesday

Fall golf is fun…even with aeration! - Yes it’s that time of year…getting the golf course in good shape for the coming season. Don’t fret, we’re still putting a lot of work into the course this ...

Flood Recovery - The guys have been hard at work since 5:30am. I'm so thankful for their hard effort during these times; by all means this is not fun work. If you see th...

April Showers - A busy week on the golf course as staff dodged rounds of thunderstorms to continue spring maintenance. The majority of winter debris has been raked and rem...

They Need Time To Get It Done - Tomorrow, Wednesday, March 29th, is opening day for the golf course. The following article by the USGA is very timely. The daily tasks need to be com...

Irrigation Update - Last week we had our irrigation installation contractor on site to start laying out the routing for the main lines of our new system. As you may have noti...

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 ...

Drastic Changes Underway On The Entrance Drive - The major changes to the entrance drive landscape are underway. The first step is to remove the existing plant material, then regrading and prep for the ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

Miserable Wet Weather - Ok the weather can start to improve any time now! Cloudy, cold, wet, and general gloomy conditions has been the norm of late and we've actually had rain on ...

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2 Canyon FW Drainage Project - This week the maintenance staff installed over 1,000 ft of drainage to the landing area of 2 canyon fairway. The main line trench was dug to 3 ft and wate...

Record Setting May Weather - *Denver Weather Breaking Records * It's official May went down as the 7th coldest May in 147 years and the wettest May in two years. The average tempera...

- 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 Update - Even though the rain is delaying us getting things done at the driving range, we are moving forward. We sodded around the tee pad yesterday. Also, the driv...

Saturated Soil Plus Wind Equals Down Trees - It has been a while since I have posted, but the recent weather is noteworthy. I just got back from the Golf Industry Show where I teach a half day weather...

Changes Behind #7 Green - This past week some of our talented team led by our Assistant Superintendent Blake tackled a sod job behind #7 green that we have had on our radar for qui...

Aggressive Turkey Warning - Some players are reporting that some wild turkeys on the golf course have been very threatening and aggressive. The turkeys have closely followed playe...

On Schedule - As the days pass by we are continuing to stay on track and on schedule with the work we are doing. Each day has provided us with a different set of challen...

Deep aerification in our problem areas on the south course -

One Year Later - I have not blogged since last Spring and quite honestly, a lot has happened since then. So, those of you that have been waiting patently for my next post,...

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+ ...

Getting into the Summer Swing - The summer is in full swing now and we are getting ready for the hot weather forcasted this weekend. We are also prepping for the Member/Member tournamen...

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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...

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.

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....

Frost Delays - This post is reprinted with permission from Golfdom and Puttin' Down Roots". Frost Delays Frost is a common reason for morning tee time delay. The reason...

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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