TREE MAINTENANCE

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WINTER ON THE GOLF COURSE

#2 Green at Pine Hollow March 2015 

https://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/articles/2019/12/winter-on-the-golf-course--what-to-expect.html

GOLF COURSE UPDATE 12/18/19

• The bunker work on #1 is performing perfect thru heavy rain events and our green is recovering on schedule. An Evergreen Winter Cover is also in place to expedite the recovery process.
• Aggressive sand topdressing on greens and approaches for firmer surfaces and for winter protection taking place until snow cover. Due to the heavy rains, we are continuing to dress our playing surfaces heavily until frozen ground or snow cover.
• 2020 Aeration scheduled to continue progressive maintenance practices (see below).
• Winter soil amendments and plant protectant products applied.
• Irrigation repairs, system adjustments and winterization are complete.
• Property Cleanup; leaves, plant material pruning, snow removal, parking areas, etc.
• Tree Maintenance Plan implementation and specimen beautification. Currently working on updating our long-range plan.
• Equipment Maintenance for 2020 – performed by PHCC’s full-time mechanic. This work includes sharpening all cutting units, preventative maintenance to all our equipment, servicing, and repair work. 
• Continued education to stay current with today’s agronomic issues and club business. Currently working on GCSAA Certification process, NYSBMP Certification, and taking online classes from Ohio State University on Golf Course Architecture and History.
• 2020 Budgeting/Ordering/Planning/Staffing.

PINE HOLLOW C.C. AERATION SCHEDULE

GREENS:

• **March 3/23/20– 1/4” Hollow Tine Aeration w/ Heavy Topdressing (3%)
• *Monthly (May to July) – ¼” Solid Venting Tine (no removal)
• ***August 8/10/20 or 8/17/20– ¼ ” Hollow Tine Aeration and Light Sand Topdressing (4%)
• ***October 10/26/20 – ½” Hollow Tine Aeration w/ Heavy Topdressing (8%)
•   ***December – 5/8” Solid Deep Tine Aeration w/ Heavy Topdressing

*    Minimal disruption to putting surface (healing time a few days)

**  Medium disruption to putting surface (healing time 7-10 days)

***Most disruption to putting surface (healing time 10-14 days)

Emphasis put on removing 20% of surface area per year

TEES:

•      March 3/24/20 - 5/8” Hollow Tine Tee Aeration with Sand Topdressing

•      August 8/11/20- 5/8” Hollow Tine Tee Aeration with Sand Topdressing

•      October - 5/8” Hollow Tine Tee Aeration with Sand Topdressing

FAIRWAYS:

•         March 3/4/20 – ¾” Solid Deep-Tine Aeration (no cleaning necessary)

•         March 3/23/20 – 5/8” Hollow Tine Aeration *may be delayed until fall*

•         August -  ¾” Solid Deep-Tine Aeration (no cleaning necessary) w/ Verticut

•      October – Graden Dethatching of Fwys/Approaches or ¾ Solid Deep-Tine

•      November - ¾” Solid Deep-Tine Aeration

ROUGHS:

•      Beginning November aerate all roughs for healthy turf green to tee

SUPERINTENDENT'S THANK YOU

It's that time of year again when colder weather is taking over and the official end to the golf season is approaching in the Northeast. Every year becomes more important for me to reflect on the season, reviewing all our successes and failures around the property to build a better program here at Pine Hollow. Looking back at 2019, we had another great year from membership excitement around golf, team-building opportunities, and project work to look forward to in 2020. This season was full of success and opportunities to continue building relationships with members and your guests to produce the best country club experience in our area. Every golf season also helps shape our department goals and expectations for how we will continue the progressive mentality of improving daily and accepting nothing short of championship golf course conditioning.

It's also time to reflect on those around us professionally and personally with the Holidays upon us. I am truly grateful for the opportunity to work with this property, thankful to work with great people and blessed every day to have a great supporting team at home from Hillary, Brayden, and Jason. Thank you for all your support over the past five seasons! We wish you a joyous Holiday Season and a New Year of peace and happiness.

Yours For Better Turf,

Brent Peveich

GOLF COURSE UPDATE 11/8/19

• Work at #1 Green Complex Complete - Until frozen ground sets up we will continue to grow in all grass withing the disturbance area. A winter cover will be placed over the green once temperatures consistently drop overnight. (SEE THE SEQUENCE OF PICS BELOW)
• FALL AERATION TO DATE - Greens 3/8" Hollow Tine 1.25" spacing filled with sand, Tees/Approaches/Collections 1/2" Hollow Tine 2" spacing topdressed with sand, Fairways 3/4" Solid Tine on 3" spacing complete. 
• Aeration to continue until frozen ground- Greens 1/2" Solid Deep-Tine filled with sand, Tees 1/2" Solid Deep-Tine filled with sand, Fairways 3/4" Solid Deep-Tine, Roughs will begin 11/11/19.
• Landscape Detail for Winter - Consists of removing all annuals, perennials, and pruning dead material from landscape.
• Irrigation System winterization will begin 11/18/19 this consists of removing water from our system and protection the pump stations from winter temperatures. All lawns bathrooms and tennis court irrigation will be blown out at this time.
• Add sand to bunkers while removing leaf/tree litter and contamination.
• Property detail daily for leaf and tree litter cleanup.

Winter is approaching and project season is wrapping up here around the golf course. We had another great year capped off with the exciting project at the 1st Green which turned out great from start to finish. All grass is recovering and starting to root and the sand is set over the Better Billy Bunker System to showcase how good the product performs. Our plan is to continue making plant protectant, fertilizer, and sand applications to all the greens but modify a more aggressive program to expedite the recover for our disturbed surface at #1. Part of this program will be covering the green this winter protecting from wind dessication but also to extend the growing season this fall and to start 2020. I will be monitoring the root development and programs in place to open that green as soon as possible without jeopardizing our turf for next season.

As mentioned, we completed our first round of fall aeration around the property and will be continuing with the plan laid out above until the ground is frozen. These cultivation practices are vital to our success throughout the growing season and we appreciate you patience and support as finish up the 2019 work season. The Deep-Tine Aeration is great to distrupt compaction prior to winter opening avenues for water, air, and nutrients to penetrate deeper into our soils promoting stronger plants heading into the 2020 golf season. 

Thank you again for another great season and please come out while the weather is good we'll be chasing leaves and prepping for 2020.  

 STRIP SOD

 DEMO BUNKER

CLEAN DOWN TO XGD DRAINAGE PRESERVING LINES

ADD 110 TON OF MIX ONCE NEW GREEN EDGE BUILT

MORE DRAINAGE  WORK/ ROUGH GRADE MIX

GPS MIX TO GRADE/PLATE COMPACT/GPS AGAIN/FINAL RAKE

READY FOR SOD AFTER FINAL RAKE AND ARCHITECT APPROVAL

NOW THAT THE GREEN IS SET PLAN OUT THE BUNKER PLACEMENT

NEW APPROACH WORK BEGINS AND BUNKER ROUGH GRADE WORK BEGINS

TIME SPENT VIEWING OUR BUNKERS LEAD TO PAINT LINES MATCHING OUR HAZARDS

SHAPING BEGINS

HAND WORK FOLLOWS AFTER MACHINE WORK

STONE IS ADDED  TO 2" DEPTH

BETTER BILLY BUNKER POLYMER SPRAYED OVER STONE

2019 AERATION SCHEDULE

PINE HOLLOW C.C. AERATION SCHEDULE

GREENS:

• **March 3/25/19 – 3/8” Hollow Tine Aeration w/ Heavy Topdressing (5%)
• *Monthly (May to July) – ¼” Solid Venting Tine (no removal)
• ***August 8/12/19 or 8/19/19– ¼ ” Hollow Tine Aeration and Light Sand Topdressing (4%)
• ***October 10/28/19 – ½” Hollow Tine Aeration w/ Heavy Topdressing and/or 2mm Sand Inject Graden (13%)
•   ***December – 5/8” Solid Deep Tine Aeration w/ Heavy Topdressing

*    Minimal disruption to putting surface (healing time a few days)

**  Medium disruption to putting surface (healing time 7-10 days)

***Most disruption to putting surface (healing time 10-14 days)

Emphasis put on removing 20% of surface area per year

TEES:

•      March 3/20/19 - 5/8” Hollow Tine Tee Aeration with Sand Topdressing

•      August 8/13/19 - 5/8” Hollow Tine Tee Aeration with Sand Topdressing

•      October 10/21/19 - 5/8” Hollow Tine Tee Aeration with Sand Topdressing

FAIRWAYS:

•       March 3/4/19 – ¾” Solid Deep-Tine Aeration (no cleaning necessary)
•     March 3/18/19 – 5/8” Hollow Tine Aeration *may be delayed until fall*
•    August -  ¾” Solid Deep-Tine Aeration (no cleaning necessary) w/ Verticut
•    October 10/15/19 – Graden Dethatching of Fwys/Approaches or ¾ Solid Deep-Tine
•      November - ¾” Solid Deep-Tine Aeration

ROUGHS:

•      Beginning November aerate all roughs for healthy turf green to tee

#1 GREEN AND BUNKER PROJECT UPDATE

As a reminder, work will begin on #1 to our Green Complex on October 15, 2019. During this time and until we re-open in the spring of 2020, a temporary putting surface will be available in #1 fairway until the green is restored and grown-in for early May golf.

The project work will break ground with McDonald and Sons Design and Construction Co., our goals will be to preserve the original design intent while modifying the green to become more usable and fair with our modern green speeds. This is not a total rebuild, simply a modification of the subsurface by matching the existing green specifications, re-working the added material and reusing the existing green's sod to reduce closure time and keep our surfaces consistent. Enclosed you will find the document that details the specifications of the changes.

Along with the work to the green site, we will also address the issues with the front right greenside bunker by rebuilding this complex. Over the past few years, this bunker has become compromised due to the heavy rain events causing significant contamination and collapsed grass slopes. Our goal is to restore this site as close as possible to the original design to keep the integrity of the bunker complex while improving the playability and repairing the drainage issues. During the construction, we will be using the Better Billy Bunker System which is widely viewed as the best liner on the market and a bunker sand was selected to help us achieve our goals on the golf course.  

If you have any more questions please feel free to contact me.