Proper Ball Mark Repair

The Pro shop is giving out new tools for repairing ball marks on greens. The video below is a great example of the proper way to repair a ball mark on a green.

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Week of March 29

The front left green side bunker was put back in play last week. Extra drainage and new sand was added. The maintenance staff has started incorporating a new sand into the existing sand on green side bunkers. The new sand is a crushed quarts being mined in Arkansas. The Arkansas sand has a larger particle [...]

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Week of 11/02/09

The water receded back into the creeks in time to open all eighteen holes last Saturday morning. For the past weekend and the forseeable forecast, clouds and rain have been replaced with clear skies and mid 70 temperatures. With the top of the ground drying up, the maintenance crew can finish some of the mowing [...]

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Flood Conditions

The 2″ of rain that fell last night , on top of the 3.5″ Heritage Ranch has already received this week has flooded the front nine as of this morning.The front nine is closed today and possibly tomorrow. On a positive note, the tees will have a great ryegrass stand this winter,  and the waterfall [...]

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Overseeding Tees and Driving Range

The fall season has arrived, and for the maintenance department that translates to overseeding time. Overseeding is the process of placing cool season grass seed( ryegrass ) down into a warm season grass stand( bermudagrass ). When the bermudagrass goes dormant for the winter, the ryegrass takes over and a green stand of grass continues [...]

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Baling Hay

After 7.75″ of rain last week, the course was finally dry enough to allow carts off the paths on Sunday. With measurable rain on all but one day last week, only the green and tee mowers were able to leave the maintenance shop. When the staff arrived this morning, the forecast showed a 60% chance [...]

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