Irrigation Blowout

We have begun blowing out the irrigation system today.  In the northern part of the country it is necessary to remove any water from within an irrigation system as the ground typically freezes in the winter months.  The process will take a few days to remove any water inside the pipes.

Driving Range Tee Construction

Pictured above is the base for the new driving range mat.  Upon the completion of the new range tee and mat, the grass tee will remain closed for the season but the mat will be open for play.  The new mat is one long continuous piece that is made of a high quality material.

The new range tee has been graded and expanded in size.  The range tee will extend a little farther to the front and back of the previous tee surface.  The new tee surface will be opened in the spring of 2014.

Fairway Irrigation

Our crew adds irrigation to achieve proper coverage on the expanded section of the first fairway.

Drainage on 14

Before we could complete the expanded collar behind 14 green there were drainage issues that had to be addressed.  New drainage was added along with tying into existing drainage.  The water that builds up behind the green will now have adequate passage out of the new expanded area.

5 Tee Construction

As part of the renovation this fall, the contractor also expanded and resodded the black tee on hole 5.  The tee area was too small and was not able to handle the amount of play that it received over the course of the year.  The new larger tee will hopefully be able to handle more golfers with no problems.

18 fairway under fog

The start of a nice fall day begins with fog over the 18th fairway.

Bird Boxes

Our staff erects a bird nesting box between the 2nd and 16th hole.  This is just one step toward becoming Audubon certified.

Irrigation at chipping green

 In preparation for the chipping green expansion we have made some alterations to the chipping green irrigation.  Pictured below is a saddle joint to a line that will feed a quick coupler.

Shade on 7 Fairway

At this time of year the course is doing great.  The seventh fairway looks in good shape as you look up to the green.  We hope next year with the removal of some trees from the left hillside the fairway will look and play even better.

Summer at Concord CC

The start of a busy day at Concord CC.  As we get into the full swing of summer there is always lots to do.  Hopefully we will have a great summer of weather for golf and work alike.

Fescue standing tall

Midway through the year the course is in great shape.  Pictured above is a tall stand of fescue blowing in the wind with newly placed bird nesting boxes located within.  We are looking forward to a continued successful year at Concord CC, and we hope all have a great season as well.

Member / Member

Today is the beginning of the men's Member /  Member. We have been prepping the golf course the past few days and the rain has held off thus far. Today will be cloudy with a chance of showers all day. Course setup, cutting and rolling greens, and bunker preparations are well under way.  We are looking forward to having a great tournament; see everyone on the course.

Course update

The golf course is being prepped for this weekend's Member/Member. Today the staff is cutting all playing surfaces, rolling greens, and finishing up prep work. The course is handled the high temperatures and humidity nicely. We have kept the watering to a minimum in order to prevent against any excess moisture which can contribute to increased disease pressure. 

Saturday morning preparations

We are getting the course ready for the weekend. The picture below shows greens being rolled.  Bunkers are getting raked, greens are getting cut and rolled and other detail items are being completed. Forecast today should be a good one.

Course Update

With the dryer weather forecasted the golf course is coming into shape after all the heavy rains. We are prepping all playing services for the weekend.  It should be a great weekend for golf! Hope to see many of you out there.

Irrigation...or Irritation

An irrigation break on the 14th fairway this morning. When dealing with an older system breaks can happen over the course of the season. In order to isolate the fairway we have to shut down several holes. We hope to have the brake fixed today and be back online by this afternoon.

Minor flooding at Concord CC

One of our interns stands at the edge of the Jenny Duggan Brook which rose after the course received 3.5 inches of rain since yesterday.  There was some flooding this morning but the waters are receding with no damage to speak of.  The walking bridge on 17 and the new bridge on 7 have been washed out of place.  Our crew will return them to their original position as soon as the brook is low enough.
Also with all of the wet fairways, there will be no carts allowed on the course today.  The use of carts for Sunday will be decided tomorrow morning, we hope everyone made it through the storm intact.

Opening Up Hole 2

To the right of the 2nd hole an area has been cleared of under-story growth.  This area will be hydro-seeded next week.  The long-term plan is to allow fescue grasses to grow.

Overflow Parking Lot

The refinishing of the overflow parking lot is nearly completed.  The lot located just past the last tennis courts has been a bit of an eyesore and becomes unusable in wet weather.  An outside contractor removed several inches of soil and has replaced it with stone.  The lot will now be accessible to vehicles regardless of weather and will be a nice addition when we have an excess of cars at the club.

Fairway Expansions

Throughout the course we have expanded several areas of the fairways.  These expansion areas will create more opportunity for the high handicap players while making it more challenging for the longer hitters.  A good example is the 1st fairway pictured below.  There will now a larger landing area of fairway for those shorter tee shots, while a longer tee shot will have a higher chance of running through the fairway and into the bunker.  Holes 7, 13, 16, and 18 also have newly expanded fairway areas.

Practice Facility Aerification

The practice range and the chipping green will be aerified today. They will be closed until 10 a.m., the golf course will closed until noon.  This week the staff will be hydroseeding all the tree work and haul roads from construction.

Frost

Heavy frost this morning. Course will be close until noon for critical course maintenance. The range will open at 10. 

Fairway Aerification

Fairway aerification will be completed by the end of today. All the fairways have been aerified and will be topdressed with sand. The topdressing will hopefully be finished tomorrow.  The greens are almost healed in from last week aerification.  Next week we will begin our practice facilities.

Aerification

The front 9 greens are being aerfied today.  We will complete the back nine tomorrow. We anticipate a full course opening on Wednesday. I am looking forward to seeing everyone back out on the course.

Tree Work

Yesterday and today commenced the start of our winter tree work. We will be removing several white pine trees from various locations on the golf course. The goal of these removals is the encourage more sunlight and air flow to greens and tees in these areas.

Winter Work

A commonly as ked questuon is what goes on during the winter?  Well much of the behind the scences work gets completed.   In addition to all the snow removal; all of our tee and green equipment gets repaired and painted.  Also allbof our maintenance equipment get cleaned and serviced.  If the weather allows, the staff will work outside clearing brush and doing minor tree work.