Trimming/cleaning natural areas

Once a year, we clean up the years growth in the natural areas on numbers 4,5,6,7,9,11 and 13. We do this on mornings while there is frost on the greens, tees and fairways. We started out on #4 today and got it cleaned up until we worked on Monday range maintenance.

Trimming and Cleaning in front of #4 Tee

Cool Video from Glencoe Golf and Country Club in Canada

Massive Tree Removal on #15

#15 green has really struggled the past few summers during the extreme heat.  All of the pine trees behind #15 green have grown up since the course was built ten years ago.  None of those trees were planted there.  We have removed 90% of the trees so far and will finish up sometime next week.  We will clean up the trees once the they have lost some more needles to give a better ground cover.  Robert O'Campo(one of the assistant golf course superintendents) has headed up this project and done a great job. The trees being removed will create better air flow and with the addition of a fan next spring, the bentgrass will have a better environment to thrive than in the previous years.

Before the trees behind the green were removed

Robert O'Campo starting the process of removing trees

From the hill behind #15 green, below #16 tee box

On #15 green

Almost finished on the right side

Overall look at what has been removed so far