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Synthetic Turf
Our synthetic turf strip has now been installed. Felix concrete finished up the concrete back on March 22. We then allowed time for the concrete to cure before Synthetic Turf of Illinois came...
View ArticleFairway Verti-Cutting
I know that a lot of members are curious about the lines that have been cut into the fairways. Causing divots to explode/fall apart. This is the result of us doing very deep verti-cutting. We do...
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POLITICS RELIGION AND WINTER PLAY ON GREENSBy James T. SnowDirector, Northeastern Region, USGA Green SectionReprinted from the USGA Green Section Record1987 November/December Vol 25(6): 1-4It is common...
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Wintertime!
The Grounds Department has been very busy eagerly anticipating Spring and the start of the 2013 golf season! That being said, I have enclosed some pictures of what we have been up to the past few...
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Extreme Makeover Lunchroom Edition!
Before yellow walls with water damaged ceiling tilesThe maintenance facility at WEGC is now over 25 years old and it shows. That being said we budgeted this season to renovate the lunchroom in-house...
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New Family Member
I would like to introduce the White Eagle family to our newest addition of the WEGC Grounds Department. Jacob Koch, started with us a few months ago as our new 2nd Assistant Superintendent. He...
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March 2013 Snow Storm
Kids taking advantage of a snow day on hole #27 On Tuesday March 5, we received 9+ inches of snow fall during the day and into the night, the largest measurable snow fall this winter. If most of...
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Some Privacy Please!
Some Privacy Please!As the above photo shows the privacy screening on the fence by #21 Tee is in disrepair. This past week we have installed and all new liner. The liner stretches from the Tee on #21...
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Course Bathroom Facelift
Before with the old color scheme. Crew is removing old roof.Over the past few weeks we have worked on updating the exterior of the (3) course bathrooms. Very little has been done to these rest rooms...
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Noah's Ark
#18 Green is now truly an island. Boat access only. In the past 24 hours we received over 6.0" in our rain gauge. This is by far the most water I've seen on the course since I've been here....
View ArticleCovers 2013
This video is a small improvement from my last covers video. It will hopefully give most of you an idea what the grounds crew goes through to cover our greens for the winter. There are many...
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A little light please...
This past week we had a tree company out to the course to remove (4) tree's and thin-out the rest of the (45) Cotton Wood's that are adjacent to #25 Green complex. For the past several seasons #25...
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Timber!
The silver lining of this winter weather that won't give up is the fact that we have been able to make a huge dent in removing all of the dead Ash trees throughout the property. As you may know EAB...
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What do you do in the winter?
Every year in the winter we hear the same question: what do you and the Grounds Department do in the winter? Honestly, quite a bit. The next few weeks we will blog each week about a specific task(s)...
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The Grind
Every winter one of the rites of passage is the grinding of all cutting reels.Jose is seen here taking apart each reel (we have over 40) in preparation to be ground (sharpened). In the process Jose...
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No Ice Please!
Even though 2014-2015 is looking to be a more milder winter than last year (2013-2014) we don't want to take any chances with ICE. As we all found out last season ICE is a major issue especially with...
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DIY
This past week the crew has been busy renovating the locker room which has not been touched since it was built over (25) years ago.Before:Dirty yellow walls.Dirty, old linoleum flooring.Dirty, old...
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Whats New for 2015
Our goal from day one has been to make the course accessories throughout the course more aesthetically pleasing and look uniform throughout. Each season we have been bringing in new accessories to...
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