Introducing "The Turf Care Team" And Some Other News

• This week will see the introduction of a group of young junior members that will traverse the course from #18 back to #1. They will be identified by their uniform, a white hardhat, sand/seed pails in hand and a certain course superintendent as their chaperon. They will be filling divots, fixing ballmarks and handing out cards with "Course Maintenance Tips". This is an initiative spearheaded by our manager, Mr. Wade Hudyma, to encourage and foster course etiquette. Please be aware of their presence on the course and I will do my best to keep them organized and still while you play your shots and putt on the greens.

• I'm sure we all know how wet the course is so I would ask that when driving power carts please do your best to avoid puddles if present. Be mindful of low spots that may appear dry but are still soft and vary your entrance and exit points near all cart paths. Its times like this when the benefits of a hard surface path become obvious. The month of July is not yet over but the City has surpassed last year's rainfall totals by 25mm and we are approximately 50mm above the historical average for the month. I don't have the numbers but our totals are significantly higher than the City Center Airport readings of 131mm to date.

• Maureen is removing some damaged perennials at the Golf Shop and we will be planting some tress to block off the old path from 12 green to 13 tee. She has also begun to plant hops along the fence line at 12 green so that we can eventually remove the green coloured covering screen. After the trees are in Maureen will reclaim the inside corner of the new cart path that used to be the exit to 13 tee.

• Alberta 1 Call arrived to do the locate for the new posts behind the practice greens. They didn't send a senior locator who could do the required work. The person they did send explained why. I then got frustrated with the explanation and the fact I had to reschedule another locate. We are calling in a private company and paying a reasonable fee to get it done sooner than later. 

Wade