Course Update

Each season hundreds of flowers are planted, watered, weeded, and lovingly cared for by our three ladies all coincidentally named Maria. These ladies spend hundreds of hours cultivating and nurturing the many flower, hanging baskets, and ornamental planting beds throughout the course.  We are fortunate to have devoted staff members that consistently demonstrate great pride in their work.







The grounds staff recently began installing a safety guard rail at eighteen green. Similar to the railing at number 9, the Ipe wood is rot resistant and does not require staining or painting. Common names for Ipe wood include: Ironwood, Pau Lope, and Brazilian Walnut.  The railing will prevent golf carts from descending down the embankment on the east side of eighteen green.




For a number of years we have struggled with algae and duckweed growth in the small pond between holes 12 and 13. Efforts to rectify the issue have included pond dredging to remove organic deposition, deepening of the pond to cool the water surface, along with various aquatic algaecides, and mechanical removal. As recommended by a consulting biologist, we recently began treating the pond with a microbial pond cleaner.  The microbes provide a natural, non chemical pond treatment that consumes the organic matter, primarily carbon, which is the food source for the algae and duckweed. However, the microbes are highly sensitive to sunlight, which requires early morning applications along with black dye to darken the pond water.  We have also begun treatments in the main irrigation pond that has recently experienced cloudiness and black organic matter particles that clog irrigation heads and valves.  So far, the treatment has produced remarkable results both in water clarity and reducing the organic matter particles plaguing our irrigation system.