The Muni Update Good Morning, Monday morning started off with a bang at the golf course. Literally, there was a loud bang and a hydraulic valve blew on one of the Toro green mowers. Hydraulic leaks are usually a rarity but when they happen it is not good for the
The Muni Update Good Morning, The past week consisted of wrapping up the 2023/24 irrigation renovation project at The Muni. The contractor was on site Tuesday and Wednesday to complete the installation of irrigation heads and wire on the last ten greens. Our last green to finish was the practice green and
The Muni Update Good Morning, The golf course irrigation renovation started this past week. The contractors were on site Wednesday to get the project started on #18 green. We used a small track hoe to expose the old irrigation heads and remove them from the system. Two new irrigation heads
Good Morning, The past week was spent on clean up after multiple storms passed through the area. There was a total of 4.5″ of rainfall that arrived Monday night through Tuesday another .8″ of precipitation overnight on Thursday. It was definitely a challenge for staff and volunteers to get the course back
Good Morning, This past week at the golf course was spent trying to catch up on a lot of our daily maintenance practices. The high amounts of precipitation and warmer temperatures has the grass growing at a rapid rate. We were able to get everything mowed multiple times by the end
Good Morning, The past week was filled with rain and more rain causing the golf course to become completely saturated with multiple days of surface drainage causing flooding. The irrigation pond was overflowing into the large flood drain but it could still not contain the water. The water flowed past the
The Muni Update Good, This past week there were multiple days of rain or thunderstorms resulting in over three inches of rain which was preceded by more than two inches of rain the week before. The golf course held up very well throughout all of the rainfall until we reached maximum capacity
Good Morning, Last Sunday we hosted our first golf event of the 2024 season. This was a four person best shot with 144 golfers participating. This is the first event in a long time where all 36 teams that registered actually showed up for the tournament. It was a little
Good Morning, This past week the weather was beautiful at the start of the week and slowly dropped in temperatures as the days passed. We did receive 2.5″ of rain at the golf course which helped provide precipitation for the golf course as well as the new trees we planted last
Good Morning, The maintenance staff has spent the past couple weeks working on course preparation. There were a couple of trees removed and lots of branches and small sticks cleaned up throughout. We also went through all the streams and waterways to remove garbage and other debris impeding the flow
Good Morning, The past week we pushed through the snow and rainfall to have a little bit of golf at the end of the week. We had close to 3″ of rain and about the same amount of snow. The precipitation was great for the golf course and it all
The Muni Update Good Morning, The weather has changed and reminded us Winter might not quite be over yet. With the uncertain snow amounts in the forecast I felt it was best to spray the greens with a fungicide. This treatment protects the bentgrass greens from the threat of “snow
