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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance: Winter updates
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance. The story of maintenance practices at a 27 hole daily fee golf course. Monday, February 29, 2016. With temperatures the past two weekends giving golfers the itch it reminded me to write a update. The other concern each year is long term ice suffocating the turf or turf sitting in water either in puddles or under ice for long periods of time. With the mild winter long term ice was not a concern but for the past two weeks many parts of the course have been sitting in wat...
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance: July 2016
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance. The story of maintenance practices at a 27 hole daily fee golf course. Friday, July 15, 2016. Mowing Down The Jungle! Forgive me golfers for I have been busy, it has been 5 months since my last confession. I mean blog post. I do have good intentions to keep you updated but then work gets in the way and time for blogging, tweeting and other social media forums. The marsh looks great but really toughens the hole by. Knocking down low shots and hiding the fairway. In case you...
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance: February 2015
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance. The story of maintenance practices at a 27 hole daily fee golf course. Thursday, February 12, 2015. What The Heck Do You Do All Winter? What do you do in the winter is a common question for golf course employees and the simple answer is "work" the joking answer is "play cards" and the proper answer is "a variety of things.". Records for weather, maintenance practices, purchases and time sheets of work done to the golf course are kept to provide a historical comparison....
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance: September 2014
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance. The story of maintenance practices at a 27 hole daily fee golf course. Friday, September 12, 2014. Late Summer Post -. The cup changers "tools of the trade". At Rolling Meadows cups are moved 3 to 5 times per week depending on events and the time of year. The second culvert was installed in summer to replace the walking bridge of Rays Creek on hole 17 and allow a more natural flow for golfers while reducing the visibility and ball flight problems caused by the railings fro...
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance: September 2016
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance. The story of maintenance practices at a 27 hole daily fee golf course. Saturday, September 3, 2016. What Is In That tank? Golf courses are perceived by some to use a lot of fertilizer, water and chemicals and in the past that may have been true as products and labor to use them were inexpensive by today's standards. Today's products are safer for the applicator, the golfer and the environment. They are also on target and many are very low use with ounces per acre rathe...
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance: September 2015
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance. The story of maintenance practices at a 27 hole daily fee golf course. Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Each spring I have hopes to update this blog every couple weeks or at least monthly. Well it is September first and I have not said a word since spring. My apologies and I will try to do better. Although September is here there should be plenty of good golf days left to come out and enjoy the course. Some of the many things we did this summer included:. The maintenance depart...
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance: What Is In That tank?
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance. The story of maintenance practices at a 27 hole daily fee golf course. Saturday, September 3, 2016. What Is In That tank? Golf courses are perceived by some to use a lot of fertilizer, water and chemicals and in the past that may have been true as products and labor to use them were inexpensive by today's standards. Today's products are safer for the applicator, the golfer and the environment. They are also on target and many are very low use with ounces per acre rathe...
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance: March 2015
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance. The story of maintenance practices at a 27 hole daily fee golf course. Monday, March 23, 2015. The main factor to determine when to open is when the greens are firm enough for traffic. The greens go from mush to firm when the frost leaves the upper surfaces and the greens drainage system can take away any extra moisture. Burning the long grass mounds behind the approach bunker on hole 12. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The maintenance department is responsible for the mainten...
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance: June 2014
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Rolling Meadows GC Maintenance. The story of maintenance practices at a 27 hole daily fee golf course. Wednesday, June 4, 2014. June grooming and projects. Our work continues on the drainage project on hole 2. The damage from the haul road has been graded and seeded but every time we final grade the swale itself we are blessed with heavy rain before we can get it seeded. The project will help reduce flooding on hole 2 and 9. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The maintenance department is responsible for the ma...
