2015 Grounds Crew

I am fortunate to have a great group of hard working guys with me at the club.  We also have a lot of fun together, which makes for an enjoyable work environment.  When you have a chance, say hello to the grounds crew.  From L to R is:  Eric Rank – Director of Grounds (14^th year), Cody Galanda (3^rd year), Joe Lovison (3^rd year), Carl Ardissono (4^th year), Klay Hobson (1^st year), Forest Galanda (5^th year), Austin Payne (1^st year), Brad Miller (5^th year), Zac Adkins (1^st year), Dylan Shroeder (1^st year), Dallas Galanda (2^nd year), Paul Ardissono – Crew Foreman (5^th year), Joe Lewicki (3^rd year), Nathan Stanage (1^st year), Rob Lemon – Facilities Manager (17^th year).  Dayton Siewert (1^st year), Alex Lincoln – Assistant Superintendent (1^st year), Darrell Chitty (14^th year), Paul Kniola – Equipment Manager (12^th year), Michael Petro (10^th year) and John Maximoff (14^th year).

Bug Spray

Over the past month we have received regular rain events, so much so that we have only used the irrigation two or three times.  As of today, our irrigation reservoir is completely full. 

With all of the rain we have been receiving it will only be a matter of time until the mosquitoes start appearing.  Please remember to apply your bug spray on a hard surface such as a cart path or parking lot.  The bug spray can and will damage the turf that it comes in contact with.  The picture below demonstrates this well.

Drainage Work

It has been quite some time since my last post and a lot has happened.  The new tees, with the exception of 18 blue and white, are open for play.  Trees have been trimmed and some have been removed during the winter.  There has also been a lot of rain and it continues to rain.  As I write this post it is raining.  So, drainage is on my mind.

Last week we tackled a re-occurring leak in front of 17 green.  Whenever we received a substantial amount of rain a sod bubble would appear in the approach.  After some investigation we found broken clay drainage tile was the culprit.

We also found a number of repairs that were made over the years utilizing newer black, plastic drainage tile.  All in all around 30 ft of clay tile and old, plastic tile were removed and new tile was put back.  

Old, broken clay tile is indeed a problem for us.  This particular repair was very large compared to most.