The Muni Update Good Morning, This past week we received 1.1″ of rainfall on Thursday afternoon. The precipitation was definitely needed by the turfgrass and also helped give the irrigation system a break in operations for a couple of days. The unfortunate part of the thunderstorms is it caused the
Good Morning, This past week we hosted the Jasen Petersen Memorial golf outing and our golf leagues inched closer to the end of their season. There were 148 golfers for the JP Memorial event on Saturday. Tuesday we hosted the morning ladies league end of the year tournament. This morning we
Good Morning, This past week our maintenance staff focused on our daily maintenance practices. Our mowing frequency had decreased with the lack of precipitation the past few weeks. Non irrigated areas had become fully dormant and even irrigated areas of the golf course required as much mowing frequency. I expect that
Good Morning, Our maintenance staff has been busy with daily maintenance practices on the grounds along with planning fall projects. Clubhouse staff has been busy with golf leagues, daily golf, and events. Several of our employees will be leaving soon to go back to teaching school. I would like to
Good Morning, This morning we hosted the annual Special Olympics golf outing. There were 27 athletes participating with their sponsors playing two person alternate shot for either six or nine holes. It is such a great event that really brings a lot of smiles to every face on the golf
Good Morning, The warm weather and lack of precipitation has started to really dry things out at the golf course. The non irrigated areas are starting to turn dormant at a rapid rate. The warmer temperatures have started to cause a lot of stress to the turfgrass and also shows
Good Morning, This past week at the golf course staff was busy with daily maintenance practices getting the golf course in as nice of shape as possible heading into the weekend. Our fairways are looking great and so are the putting greens. Every area of the golf course has been
Good Morning, This past week I was able to complete a lot of spraying to control clover and other broadleaf weeds. The only areas left to spray are the rough on holes 1, 2, 8, 9, 10, 17, and 18. I hope to complete these areas this coming week. The
The Muni Update Good Morning, This past week the golf course operations were back to as close to normal as we could expect considering the devastation our community experienced two weeks ago. We still have staff members that are dealing with the loss or damage to their homes and I
Good Morning, The golf course opened for play once again on Saturday, June 29. It was nice to see some of the folks come out to play golf and express their relief to “just get away from it all.” We didn’t have a lot of golfers, but it was a
Course Status Good Morning, It’s been a devastating week for the citizens and business owners of our community. Quite a few employees at the golf course were also affected. The golf course came through everything with no flooding issues to any buildings or sheds. Our only problems were from
The Muni Update Good Afternoon, The Spencer Municipal Golf Course will be closed until further notice. There is currently power in the clubhouse but no internet or phone service. The golf course was not really affected by the flooding. There was a lot of surface drainage that covered the course
