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
The Muni Update Good Morning, The past couple weeks the weather has been above normal temperatures and no precipitation. The non irrigated areas of the golf course have turned completely dormant. The irrigated areas continue to receive as much water as possible. They are hanging in there pretty well considering we
Good Afternoon, The golf update is being sent out a couple days earlier than normal due to a scheduled vacation I have planned with my wife. I will be unavailable for phone calls but will still check my email periodically. I have my maintenance and clubhouse staff organized for the
Good Morning, On Monday morning we brushed our greens in the same format as we’ve done the past couple of years. The greens were double mowed following the brushing of the greens. We collected grass clippings from #18 green after the first mowing and after the second mowing. #18 Green
The Muni Update Good Morning, At the beginning of the week we started refurbishing our existing tee signs around the course. These signs were installed when the golf course expansion project was completed in 2000. We use a special lithichrome paint on these signs to update all the painted areas including
Good Morning, This past week the grounds staff spent the majority of their time on daily maintenance tasks. We have cut back on our mowing frequency on tees and fairways to twice per week. Normally we are mowing these areas three times a week but the growing conditions have slowed
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
