Course Update

Calabasas Country Club

Course Update

With 70 days of summer behind us and 20 left to go the crew is still working hard adjusting sprinklers and hand watering.

Up-coming events include our September 26^th aerifcation of the putting greens; followed directly by rough and tee surface over seeding, I will post the schedule when it is finalized.

This aerification we will be using 1/2 inch hollow tines at a depth of 4 inches; The greens will be fertilized seeded and top-dressed with approximately 50 tons of sand. This smaller diameter tine will defiantly benefit the greens health and minimize disturbance to our members.

A few activities planned for this week include:

·         Repairing retaining wall and concrete behind 10 tee

·         Fertilizing greens

·         Gypsum application on greens

·         Edging sprinklers

·         String trimming streams

·         Preventive fungicide application

·         Bunker maintenance

·         Hand watering

·         Sprinkler repair and adjustment

·         Needle tine aerating traffic areas on greens

Regards,

Eric Wenzinger

Golf Course Superintendent

Magnolia Tree on Number 11

Storms in the late Spring of 2011 knocked over a 200 year old oak tree located on the left side of number 11 fairway. After the research of many different trees it was decided to transplant a magnolia tree from 10 tee to 11 fairway. 

Magnolia grandiflora: Also know as Southern Magnolia, Evergreen Magnolia, or Bull Bay.

 

Flowers: Perfect, creamy white, beautifully fragrant, 8 to 12'' in diameter, in May-June, sporadically thereafter.

Diseases and Insects: Essentially problem free.

Size: 60 to 80' in height with a spread of 30 to 50'; national champion 98' by 90' in Jones City MS.

Leaf Color: Lustrous dark green above, lighter green below and often rusty color beneath.

Culture: Transplant balled-and-burlapped; soil should be rich, porous, acidulous and well-drained; full sun or partial shade.

Tolerates high soil moisture; often shocks (drops some leaves) when transplanted.

If leaves drop new growth replaces sings from transplanting.

The process took three days to complete and it will take another three or four days to rebuild the retaining wall and repair concrete behind 10 tee thank you for your patience during this process.

2-way Radio Installation

This week a 2-way radio system was installed on number 9 tee; the propose is for members to  order there lunch while playing the 9th hole.

Nursery Green Preparation

The preparation of a nursery green construction is under-way.
The nursery green is used as a bent-grass supply for replacing worn or damaged areas on the putting greens.
This is a four week process:

• First the soil is sterilized with a fumigant
• Then the area will be leveled 
• Next the cores are spread over the prepared area. The cores are collected from our aerification June 26th. 
• Last the area will be leveled and seeded; the green will be ready to use next summer.

Course Update

Calabasas Country Club

Course Update

It has been 97 days since the last rain; hand watering, drainage repairs and irrigation maintenance has and continues to be one of the major focal points on the course. Another important factor is the continued monitoring of the putting greens salinity, nitrate, and moisture levels along with a preventative disease and insect program.

A few activities planned for this week include:

o    Leaching the greens

o    Fungicide application

o    Dead tree removal

o    Planting new trees

o    Edging cart paths

o    Needle aerating high traffic areas on greens

o    Aerating high traffic areas in fairways and roughs

o    Spraying fairways with a growth regulator and wetting agent

Regards,

Eric Wenzinger

Golf Course Superintendent

Update

Calabasas Country Club

Course Update

This week the club has reached the 100 degree mark a few times and the crew is working hard at hand watering, adjusting sprinklers, installing new sprinklers and fixing drains; This is done to stay ahead of the heat and keep the course in great shape. Needle tine aerating on the greens will also be completed this week to aid the greens health through this hot season.

Fact: The needle tines are used because they do not disrupt play like the big hollow tines; they are not quite as effective that is the reason they are used more frequently. 

The rough is currently being mowed down to an acceptable level. I ask for your patience during this process as there will be lots of clippings, followed by loud sweepers and blowers picking them up. This process will be completed in one and a half to two weeks.

Also occurring this week is the addition to a cart path on the right side of the eighth green. There are more of these aesthetic enhancing projects planned throughout the fall and winter. I will post pictures of the development of this and other projects on the Course Maintenance Blog.

Regards,

Eric Wenzinger

Golf Course Superintendent

A few activities happening around the course.

Removing old tree stumps.

Sharpening mower reels.

Removing dead trees.

Pruning hazardous trees.

Edging bunkers.

Needle tine aerating and rolling the greens.