Tarping Greens

Freezing temperatures are headed our direction so we've decided to try and stay ahead of the weather by tarping the greens.  We will start tarping the Hogan greens today and will tarp the Whitworth greens tomorrow.

Spraying Weeds

Today we are spraying the weeds next to our overseeded tees and in front of the driving range tee.  The mixture being sprayed is a combination of selective cool season herbicide for residual control and a non-selective herbicide for a quick burn.  Pictured below is Fernando Spraying in front of the driving range team.

Ice

Golf course is fully iced over here at TCCC.  Good thing we were able to put our tarps over all the greens on Thursday.  Very cold Saturday morning where the temp is 18 right now with a high of 27 for today.  Here is looking down 9 Whitworth from the clubhouse.

Here's a view down number 3 Whitworth from the back tee box.

Here is a view of looking down number 1 Hogan from the back tee box.

French drainage

We've just installed some new French drainage to number 16 in front of the green on the Whitworth golf course.  This area has been a constant wet area and the new French drainage should alleviate the problem. 

New Out of Bounds line

With all the new construction that's been happening around the club with the addition of new homes the property lines are coming into focus a little more clearly.  Here, on number 1 of the Hogan, we are moving our out of bound stakes to accommodate the true property line.  Stakes will also be moved to the right of Whitworth number 1 as well this week.

Drainage #16 Hogan

When it rains these bunkers on number 16 of the Hogan course always seem to stay a little wetter than others.  After investigating the problem, we discovered that roots from the trees pictured above had taken over the drain pipe that allows those bunkers to drain properly.  Here, Camerino, Marcelino, and Jose are replacing the root filled sections of drain pipe with new drain pipe.

Stump grinding

Today we've started on some much needed stump grinding here at Trophy Club Country Club.  Today we will be grinding stumps mainly on the Whitworth Course and tomorrow will be on the Hogan Course.

Here is Ralf from Arbor Masters grinding a stump behind #9 Whitworth.