Here is a picture of Nelson Avila cutting the green for the first time this year. We measure the height of cut in 1000’s of an inch. It is very clear where he has cut - notice the mower lines.
All the ball washers are going out along with the benches, tee markers and bunker rakes. Everything we worked on this winter is going out for use. Our course weathered the winter wonderfully; our fairways, in my opinion, have never come out of winter looking so good. In one of my earlier posts I showed a fairway unit getting rebuilt. Well here it is cutting grass on hole 5 driven by Jose Garcia. This machine is cutting grass at a ½” or as we measure it .500”.
It takes a lot of work to remove the stumps of the ash trees we cut down this winter. Here is a picture of Guadalupe Gonzalez stump grinding; we then come back with soil that we composted in the dump and fill the holes. They then will be sodded and will be temporarily ground under repair.
New bunkers deserve close attention. Before we start raking the sand bunkers, we want to make sure that they are edged properly; and here is a picture of our crew hand trimming the edge to the bunker. It is detail work like this that will keep our remodeled course looking good.
Well, anyone who felt we had a short golfing season here last year better make it over to Cress Creek to take advantage of this very early spring weather. Please bear with us as we try to get everything done early this year. The course really is in great shape for April 1st. No fooling!
