Did you know... (mowing greens)

Did you know...
- the greens at Rebel Creek are mowed everyday
- we use Toro 21" wide walk behind greens mowers (as the photos show)
- Toro Flex21's have a floating cutting head that moves independently of the chassis. This allows for a great cut over undulating greens
- it takes 4 teams members, 3.5 hours to mow all 20 greens
- each team member taks great pride in mowing razor straight lines
- numerous ballmarks are repaired and filled on each green before it is mowed
- each mower is precisely set to <0.125" height of cut and checked everyday
- greens mowers are sharpened numerous times during the season
- all greens are mowed in a different direction everyday
- grass clippings are always collected and we monitor the yields to help us determine the fertilizer requirements

nature and golf co-existing

thatch removal program

Monday May 4: we will be continuing our thatch removal greens program. Our methods of controlling thatch levels has evolved over the past few years to the method we currently use. Our program includes a method of deep verti-cutting which cuts through the greens surface and pulls the thatch to the surface. We have calculated and tested our method and we have found that we remove a higher percentage of thatch and the greens recover more quickly from this practice compared to core aeration.
Why is this important? Excessive thatch will create greens that have inconsistent ball roll, drain improperly, as well as being prone to fungal diseases and heat stress. Bentgrass is naturally a thatch producer and in order to achieve high quality putting surfaces we need to control these levels regularly.

Hole #5 and #6 upgrades

Progress being made! We are planting trees, shaping bunkers and seeding.

Hole #5 and #6 Upgrades

A bulldozer cutting and filling the waste bunker.

snow!!!

Old man winter is showing us his stuff one last time!

first mowing

We took advantage of a warm afternoon and mowed all the greens for the first time this year. The course is very brown in colour which has come from the lack of snow cover in March and cold dry winds. This is a normal occurrence and some warm days and rains will perk things up quickly.
The course has wintered very well and we expect good spring playing conditions.
Shari hasn't missed a beat, mowing some real straight lines on #17 green for the first time this year!