As I mentioned here, I have recently been nominated to participate on the National Golf Course Owner Association’s (NGCOA) board of directors. It has been a honor for me, in addition, it has also required me to do a…
Every spring, we host the Toad Valley Invitational. No. It isn’t anything that we sponsor, but rather a bunch of Drake Alumni who come in from all over the United States. They call it Toad Valley Invitational because you…
There is a common catch phrase in the golf industry. It goes something along the lines of cleverly calling irrigation irritation. That’s right. There is nothing that can cause a golf superintendent’s hair to turn gray faster than irrigation.…
As we mentioned in the posts here and here, we have lots of staining projects up our sleeve for the coming year. Unfortunately, the weather hasn’t been cooperating for us to get our stain on with these outside projects. …
Our first wedding of 2013 was late this year. That actually worked out well because the weather hasn’t exactly been all that great this year. The only trouble with waiting until late April to get started is that our…
The problem with having a 100 foot wall of windows is that you have a 100 foot wall of windows. Windows that get little kid finger prints, elbow marks from doors opening, and the grime of winter. All easily…
Theresa is our resident Golf Shop merchandiser. She has lots of creative juices. We have some Bridgestone Product that needed a creative display. I don’t know about you, but the first thing that comes to mind when I think…
Our outside staff spends lots of time on this John Deere tractor. They are required to sing country songs about tractors while they work. Ok. Not really required. Maybe just encouraged. We like to keep our outside staff happy.…
Garbage detail is always a good indicator of the busyness of the golf course. Lots of garbage. We were busy. Not much garbage. Not so busy. Yeah. It’s highly scientific. Steve is our official garbage man. Steve’s nickname around…
The spring is probably the most hectic time around the golf course. There are so many projects that need to happen to clean up from the winter and prepare for the summer. There are perennials to transplant, native grasses…
