Thanks for tuning in, this is winter update #2  1/17/12  JohnnyP

Very exciting to be able to get so much done over the past few weeks.   Got some great news from our owners who approved the beginning of a proper greens drainage program!!!  We will be hiring Golf Preservations Inc, a greens drainage company based in Pinesville Kentucky.  They have done some great work all over the USA and here on LI they have drained greens at Deepdale, Fresh Meadows, Huntington CC and the Cresent Club, as well as the Creek.  We will start our program doing 4 greens the first year and trying to continue at that pace until they are all properly draining. Trying to set dates this week, will let you know when we are confirmed.                   

             The 3 most important things on a golf course:
              1). Drainage,  2). Drainage and..... 3).Drainage. 

We've had our tree company (Norse Tree) here this past week cleaning up some work too big for us to do in house. Next time you step on 17 tee, you will notice that the a lot of the clutter has been removed.  Very little air circulation or sunlight was seen by that tee.  Also extreme competition for water from nearby trees made it hard for that tee to survive.  And just as importantly, golfers no longer need to "thread the needle" when hitting a tee shot, more specifically those playing the championship tees.  While still a very demanding tee shot, it is now a fair tee shot.

(Anyone need a good tree guy? Erik @ Norse is excellent (473-TREE) and tell him you got his name from me)

The 9th tee has also had tree work done on it, removing a few very large trees from the right side of the tee.  By doing so we should be able to re-align the tee so it faces the center of the fairway and not the right side of the fairway and a huge bonus to that project is that #2 could possibly be played from #9 Gold tee!  This photo on the right is that view of #2 from #9 Gold tee >>>>>>>>>>

Also, our staff has done an incredible cleanup of all the brush on the left of 14th tees.  Years of overgrown brush had made that narrow passage not only ugly to look at but certainly unplayable.  This spring, we will make a few non- selective herbicide applications to make sure weeds will not grow there, and then hydroseed the bank with a blend of Fescues. 

 

Those of you who may not have been here after the first of November will notice that the valley of the 2nd green has been raised by 18".  This will allow for many new pin placements in the middle section.  We also added extensive drainage to that section of the Biarittz green and now it is firm and dry.  The work done is what was approved by the owners to alleviate some of the concerns about that extreme green. >>>>>>>>>>>

Also, We have a mountain of nice clean woodchips in the club parking lot. If anyone wants some, bring a truck and we will load them for you. 

 just call my office 757-0555. 

and....seeing this is my blog and not an official IHCC product.

Please check out my wife's website for some great deals on the

absolute best Steaks available, you'll be glad you did! 

 www.myrastellidirect.com/roxpaq 

thanks, stay tuned......