Good Morning, This past week a lot of time was spent cleaning in the clubhouse facility. All of our beverage inventory was updated in preparation for events we are hosting over the next four weeks. It’s always nice to have the opportunity to have people use our facility for a
The Muni Update Good Morning, This past week our temperatures have started to return to the normal range in comparison to the upper 50’s we experienced the prior week. The warm temperatures are definitely enjoyed by our normally cold Iowa winter bones. However, these temperatures don’t instantly create golf weather
The Muni Update Good Morning, This past week the pumphouse renovation started with Dakota Pump and Control on site. They spent a couple of days placing the new 75 horsepower turbine in the wet well followed by the 5 horsepower jockey pump. The turbine will maintain the system when the
Good Morning, The rainfall has helped add a little moisture to the surface of the golf course. It’s interesting to see how the precipitation effects the turfgrass sensors we have installed in our practice green for the University of Minnesota. I have participated in the winter turfgrass research for each of the four
Good Morning, Last weekend I started to experience some extreme pain in my left ankle. I had surgery on this left toe in early October. On Monday I went to the Emergency Department at the hospital and discovered I had an infection present. I spent the week trying to figure
The Muni Update Good Morning, This past week the 2024 golf season came to an end. We had a dozen or so golfers out playing one last time on Sunday, November 24. It was a pretty nice day to play golf considering it is the end of November. On Monday we
Good Morning, This past week we were able to complete the winterization of the irrigation system. On Monday we used a 250 CFM air compressor to blow out the irrigation lines. We start blowing out the main lines of the irrigation first then go through each individual station to remove
The golf course maintenance staff has been working on quite a few projects as we near the close of the 2024 golf season. Here is a list of some of those items: This should cover the majority of the main topics at the golf course. It has been a very
The Muni Update Good Morning, Staff have been very busy working on the irrigation system the past several weeks. The majority of the repairs have been on the lateral line side of the valve and also cleaning out diaphragms. The most obvious sign of leaking lateral lines is a saturated
The Muni Update Good Morning, It was nice to finally see some precipitation this past week. We received .15″ of rainfall on Tuesday afternoon and another .8″ on Thursday. It was nice to be able to shut the irrigation system down for a few days. We received 31.1″ of rain, for
Good Morning, The Spencer Municipal Golf Course is happy to announce we will be partnering with Upper Des Moines Outreach to host a music bingo night on November 21. This event will help raise funds for UDMO of Clay County to help citizens of our community with a lot of
The Muni Update Good Morning, This past Monday we fertilized the golf greens with an 18-9-18 foliar fertilizer which was irrigated for eight minutes after application. The product will provide nutrients to the bentgrass green for the remainder of 2024 and be “plant ready” in the spring of 2025. This will help
