It’s has been a very busy time for the maintenance staff at Poppy Hills.
The week of Thanksgiving we aerated fairways and tees. They were all cleaned of the cores, seeded, topdressed with sand and fertilized with light watering to melt the fertilizer and wash in the sand. The entire process turned out very well; clean ... read more »
The weather this week has been great.
We continue to mow and trim and set up for tournaments this week and get ready for more tournaments next week. Even though the weather has been great we continue to spray for fungus and nematodes, but I believe we are gaining on it. The warm and breezy weather ... read more »
The storm we had two weeks ago was perfectly timed; we received almost four inches of rain.
After the initial clean up the course plays and looks great. This means that the irrigation system was virtually turned off; we just did some spot watering with hoses and individual sprinklers. Of course we are always busy mowing, trimming, fertilizing and with other ... read more »
What a storm we had a week ago today.
Almost four inches of rain caused pine needles and sticks to fall as well as five trees. I am happy to tell you that the place is cleaned uu including bunkers, fairways, and roughs. We are mowing everything normal; the only ongoing clean up is inside the tree line.
Maintenance for the ... read more »
We’ve had a good growing month - the 3/8” tines we used on greens last week are healed.
Fairways and roughs are growing very well also so don’t go in the rough; play off the fairway as they are in great condition. We are in the process of cutting out the curb on # 12 fairway ... read more »
Hi everybody.
I missed posting the last couple weeks; I was under the weather trying to survive but the good news is my assistant Kregg Bush and our excellent crew kept the course up very well for you.
We recently started opening up fairway cuts to change the feel more than playability. For example, bringing the fairway cut ... read more »
We still have more sand to add to bunkers but for now we have been busy mowing, rolling and trimming the course for some NCGA tournaments.
We use this opportunity to fill extra divots on fairways and tees to keep up with the demand, and also repainting all hazards, cleaning sprinklers that have yardage tags and ... read more »
Hi everybody, are you ready to celebrate the 4th? We are, but we will also continue our quest to have the course ready, so come and play!
This week we have been busy adding new sand to bunkers, mostly greenside for now. We are spraying greens with fertilizer and wetting agents to help with the occasional sun and ... read more »
This week we removed several trees that have been dead for two-to-three years on the right side of the 18th green and fairway. After the removal we grinded the stumps and cleaned the mulch backfill with soil and seed.
We will be adding a new layer of bunker sand to several greenside bunkers; we periodically add sand to ... read more »
We have another week of tournaments - the NCGA SR. Four-Ball is three days and Thursday we will be use 3/8” solid tines on the greens, rolling, topdressing and of course dragging the sand. We will begin at 5:00 a.m., our normal starting hour, and hopefully stay ahead of all play so as not to disrupt your game ... read more »
