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 »
Sunday June 6 was by far the nicest day on the golf course we have had in a long time. It was sunny calm and warm but not hot.
This week we have a full slate of tournaments Monday-Tuesday are NCGA Zones, Wednesday CIF Boy’s State Championship and Thursday we have 7:30 & 1:30 shotguns, so we ... read more »
This week we’re busy weed-eating along all hazards and other long-grass areas namely around trees. We will be spraying fertilizer on fairways, spot-spraying for weeds along roughs - mainly daisies, watching for fungus because of our summer fog, and also nematodes.
Of course we still have to fill fairway and tee divots; your help on this is always ... read more »
With the few days of fog on the golf course we had to spray for fungus this week, vertticuting, spraying wetting agents and other soil and turf amendments. Of course with the irrigation season upon us irrigation repairs and hand watering is a weekly activity to maintain a good uniform surface without overwatering. Adding sand to bunkers ... read more »
This week we are working on bunkers, adding and moving sand around where needed. Periodically we have to raise the sand that slides down from the high flashed areas.
It’s also time to stop Poa annua seed head production by spraying selective products. Of course cleaning tee plaques, fairways plaques and around sprinkler heads and valves ... read more »
This week is starting out to be a great one.
After verticutting and topdressing greens last week they are healthy and rolling great. We naturally mow them daily and roll them 2-3 times a week but to maintain them in great condition we must fertilize, apply soil amendments and many other nutrients. We talk mostly about ... read more »
In today’s society going green is the new buzz word. Poppy Hills Golf Course has continued its efforts to be green and I’m not just speaking of the turf. In trying to give our players the best conditions they deserve, we mow tees, greens and fairways by picking up clippings of the mowed turf. This allows us ... read more »
