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golf course and related areas, such as practice area, parking and clubhouse.
The soil type is clay, except tees and greens which are sand base. Drainage and soil profile on the greens are in accordance with USGA specs. Rootzone on greens is 12" to 14". Sand cap on tees is around 6". A Rainbird irrigation system is installed, covering greens, tees, fairways and rough. During the season, twenty-six staff are employed, which drops down to around six to eight off season. Usage is not that excessive, with around 22,000 rounds a year, but the course needs to be presented immaculately all year round. Paul makes most of his own decisions but, if advice is required, he calls on PGA Tour agronomists or various professors at Purdue University. As you might expect, pretty much all the equipment is John Deere. If it’s not JD, it's because they don't make it! A new fleet was purchased this year, and Paul is particularly impressed with the new JD220E contour greens mower which, he says, has made a significant difference to the quality of the greens. These are mown at 0.115” - we’ll keep it as inches for our American cousins! Tees are kept at 0.375" and are cut using a JD220SL. Fairways are maintained at 0.390" with a JD7500 and JD2500. The rough is cut with a
JD8800 at 3.00"
Aeration is carried out at various times during the year using a JD Aercore - greens twice, tees two to three times and fairways once. Tine size varies from 0.375 to 0.625" For the most part Paul uses blended organic fertilisers, treating for dollar spot, brown patch, pythium, and grey and pink snow mold. The club is a member of Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program and, therefore, is mindful of what products are used out on the course. Rainfall, soil temperatures, surface, soil cores, nutrient status, hardness, thatch, ball bounce and soil pH are measured at various times during the year.
Drainage work was
undertaken on holes 17 and 18 in 2011, but there is no specific winter work planned for this year, although the team will continue to thin woodlines to improve air movement. Paul continually has problems with enough teeing area on holes 1, 3, 6, 8, 12, 14 and 16, so tee enlarging will become part of the overall renovation programme. Paul will usually attend the Golf Industry Show and Midwest Turf Foundation Show, both of which, he says, provide good educational programmes and the opportunity to network with his peers.
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