The Country Club at Castle Pines Golf Course Maintenance
Tuesday, August 9, 2016

On Schedule

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As the days pass by we are continuing to stay on track and on schedule with the work we are doing. Each day has provided us with a different...
Sunday, August 7, 2016

Weekend Update

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The first full week of renovation work has come to an end and we have made great progress along the way. We have met our week long goals and...
Friday, August 5, 2016

Day Five

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With every passing day we are getting closer to our next deadline. Today nothing especially exciting took place on the course, mostly detail...
Thursday, August 4, 2016

Day Four

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Another busy day came to an end with great progress taking place once again. The final two greens have been rototilled and six greens have...
Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Day Three

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Another great day of work took place on the course today. The final five greens and approaches had the sod stripped from them, This will all...

Day Two

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Much like yesterday things are going well and on schedule. Sod removal from the greens is moving right along, today another seven greens and...
Monday, August 1, 2016

Day one is in the books

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After nearly four years of planning the day finally arrived in which the actual work began. Today we got off to a good start with six of t...
Sunday, July 31, 2016

A New Begining

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It has been a long time since updating my blog due to my real time information being posted on twitter. As we begin our green renovation tom...
Sunday, December 21, 2014

What We Do

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Here's a great video put together by the Philly AGCS.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Pouring Concrete

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It's only fitting to have a post on the last day of 2013 in a year of infrequent posting. Today concrete was finally flowing and progr...
Monday, December 16, 2013

Demo

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Talk about stress relief, nothing is better than smashing stuff up to blow off some steam. My staff was truly disappointed when they learn...
Thursday, December 5, 2013

Maintenance Facility Improvements

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It has been a long six months since my last posting and there is no better time to catch up when the outside temperature is 3 degrees. For...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Aerification Post Mortem

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Aerification is always a difficult process to go through without something major going wrong mechanically or weather related. This year ...
Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Winter Injury Guide

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I have put together a quick little  guide  book for our membership to understand some of the winter turf injury sustained on the golf cour...
Monday, March 25, 2013

100,000

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It is crazy to think I started this blog 5 years ago with the intention of using it to better inform my membership of the things taking plac...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Same Time Different Year

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What a difference a year makes is a common theme many Golf Course Superintendents are saying. First off it's true the weather could not...
Thursday, December 20, 2012

The Diversion

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Ever since the bunker renovation took place on the golf course back in 2007 we have fought washout issues with some of the flashed sand face...
Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Fall Projects

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It is amazing how quickly time has gone by since my last post.  We have been extremely busy the last two months taking full advantage of the...
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Friday, October 5, 2012

Tee Work

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Now that aerification has been completed and the mowing of the golf course is slowing down we have begun some of our fall projects. We wil...
Thursday, September 27, 2012

The Journey of a Grow In

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For anyone who has grown in anything on a golf course or anywhere for that matter goes through a wide range of emotions through the process....
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Friday, August 31, 2012

A Look At Our Operation

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A couple of weeks ago we shot a video that is being done for the club's website that shows my staff in action as well as explaining our ...
Thursday, August 23, 2012

The Seed Is Down

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Tuesday Afternoon we were able to get the putting green seeded after a long process of rootzone preparation. Numerous soil amendments and pr...
Monday, August 20, 2012

Breaking The Cycle

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Over the years we have had many construction and or renovation projects on the golf course and the one thing we have always been short on ...
Monday, August 13, 2012

A Mulligan

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We are now in the final stretch of the fumigation process on the practice putting green. Last week we began the renovation of the putting gr...
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Wednesday, August 1, 2012

Connect The Dots

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Some of you might have noticed the white dots that are located around the putting green and are wondering what they are. These dots are iden...
Thursday, July 26, 2012

Laying The Ground Work

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Last week we had a site visit from the USGA Northwest Region Agronomist Derf Soller. This visit was attended by several Green Committee ...
Thursday, July 19, 2012

Moisture Meters

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As always PACE Turf has great informational videos about things that take place in golf course maintenance that most players don't even ...
Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Beware In Colorado

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On the heals of my previous post about treating Poa Annua comes a turn of events.  If you are brave enough to apply Xonerate be sure to read...
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Poa Annua Under Fire

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 Over the years we have used many different products to try and control Poa Annua, each with varying degrees of success.  Currently we a...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

On Course Education

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This morning we had our annual golf course tour with the Green Committee and Golf Committee.  We had great weather and many great ques...
Friday, May 4, 2012

Annual Flower Prep

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With another golf season upon us we are inching closer to planting our annual flowers. We will still have to wait another couple weeks befor...
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Thursday, April 19, 2012

Bunker Renovations

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For the last several weeks we have been working on some of our more problematic bunkers that have had major sand and drainage system contami...
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