Landscape Improvements

Front Entrance

Flower bed renovation

We are currently renovating some of the landscape beds around the clubhouse. We are removing much of the Ivy and will be planting turf and other plants as we move forward into the spring flower growing season.  

Collar and Approach aeration

#5 Green and Approach

In this picture you can see where we've punched holes in the approach and collar. Our goal here is to allow more air and water to get below the surface. Punching holes around the collar is followed with rolling to help collapse the holes to help flatten out the surface. On many of our greens we have what we call collar dams. This is a buildup of turf that creates about a 1/4 inch high dam around the green. These dams restrict water run off from the greens and create a very abrupt edge making putting a challenge at best. The transition from collar to green should not be that high and abrupt. We will continue with efforts to bring these down the best we can.

#8 Green Collar

Drainage project hole #18

We are currently working on an area to the left of #18 green in the rough. This picture shows the amount of thatch buildup. You can see pretty clearly the 4 inches of  thatch. It's this buildup of thatch that creates such wet and soggy conditions out on the golf course.

By digging out some of these areas we have been able to find old drain lines unplug them and in some cases we've had to replace them with new ones. All of these areas will get fresh sod.

Once we've finished installing the pipes and new gravel it will be ready for sand and sod.

Welcome

Welcome to the Canterwood Golf Course Maintenance Blog.
Our goals is to use the blog to better inform you on what's happening on the golf course. We will be providing information regarding projects, maintenance practices and a variety of other topics in the months ahead, stay tuned.

Please feel free to comment and provide feedback and we will do our best to answer your concerns or questions.

 October 2011