Director of Grounds - Husband - Proud Father - all views are my own - 42.9849° N, 81.2453° W

London, Ontario
Joined March 2014
Not water or nitrogen…the black netting modified the temps overnight during our frost week…mown with more dormant seed and sand to follow. Healing before 2027 🙏🚧👌✅
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6 days ago and today….the other nine greens received a 600lb sand/solid tine sweep….tomorrow they may receive an afternoon dry mow at winter height to clean the canopy…it’s almost November in 🇨🇦
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If you haven’t subscribed, @GreenKeeperApp is a great tool! Many facets to speak too…one useful observation is Dew Point forecasts when you need the sand to dry…@PGRBill and his NEW “Q Ball” coming soon 👊✅👌👏☀️
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Four more Tuesday…with late season temporary targets in play. Thank you for your patience and support as the Team moves through this process.
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And so it begins…🙏 with dry, above average weather for late October 🍁🍁🍁
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Having a stored video shows the process…our crew are ready. Drill N Fill Day 1 starts in 30 minutes…
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Another install…going vertical @SyngentaTurfCA @spiio_official to measure sunlight going into and through winter…another way to measure snow cover or lack there of….
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On this fine October morning….a full tee sheet awaits post frost lift…we are running a few heads before pump shut down, gravitational draining and compressor arrivals Monday. Enjoy this day! 🥶☀️👌
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A successful Friday….and yes, the “vole catcher” won this round…burrowing/tunnel bunker edge repairs begin plus another few tons of sand….Drill N Fill starts Monday
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Frost has lifted…it’s GO TIME!
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Frost watch….
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Another perfect October day to move water, dilute while maintaining/gaining on annual #OM246
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Course Update: Good morning from The Hunt Club…as we await a deep frost, a little experimentation with warm river water…sometimes it can make it worse. A sunny day ahead full of golf 🍁☀️👌@LondonHuntClub
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Picking away a few each morning…stop watch said, 3:45 min for 3 greens start to finish…no temporary pin required…3 more tomorrow. ☀️🍁👊
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Amending select greens extensions with @ProfileGolf + sand prior to our fall sand/solid sweep…a few more tomorrow.
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2026 Course Maintenance Calendar continues tomorrow…select 5:1 sand/profile plus sand,solid,sweep, blow & roll to smooth surface…Drill N Fill @zanderservices next week.
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Doodle before surgery…today, it’s the start of live edge repairs…like a surgeon, prepare the patient….when building living edge bunkers you need to know how to repair the faces when rodents, plus other perform natures “hammer”….@Billy_Bunker @kcm_cg
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On this drizzly, damp Friday…full-course preparations with an added synthetic par 3 tee…recovery is 🔑 as we play through cold conditions…plus, a few hydrangeas to brighten the day.
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Prepping for next weeks, sand/solid event to 9 greens…biological deeptine plus mechanical Vertidrain…the week after Drill N Fill the other 9 greens…plus, photosynthetic inputs as we begin the hardening off process @MSUExtension @MSUTurf #jasmonicpathways #fattyacids
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