And then the rain came

In the past two weeks we got hammered with 7.65'' of rain, which brought lots of flooding to the course.  When our course receives this much precipitation we are limited in what we can do. One thing we can do is pump, pump, pump! Despite all the rain, our bunkers took the water beautifully, yes we still had wash outs and a few bunkers that looked more like swimming pools, however the damage done was no comparison to previous years.

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Bunker Project

Since the fate of Woodcrest was undecided until the late May acquisition of the course by First Montgomery Group, maintenance of the course was at 50%.  Luckily once a date for re-opening was set, the throttle was turned up.  The first big project of the year was to add sand to all of our bunkers.  With a deadline of only a week until opening day we needed all the help we could get.  Thankfully to our friends at Pine Valley, extra crew members and a vital piece of equipment, we were able to meet our deadline before we opened on June 6th.  In order to get our bunkers into playing shape we had to edge, remove old dirt, and most importantly we added a temporary drainage fix to a majority of the bunkers.  We used a Toro Dingo with a drill bit to remove clay, which most of Woodcrest is built on, and then we backfilled them with fresh sand to help the bunkers drain.  

New Job!

It has been quite a long time since my last post, the reason for that is I moved back East to take a position at the New Woodcrest Country Club in Cherry Hill, NJ.  Woodcrest was recently purchased by The First Montgomery Group of Marlton.  It was a tough decision to leave Shooting Star, however for my new career I felt it was important to enhance my skills at the course that originally peaked my interest in the business.  At Woodcrest my position is "Assistant-in-Training,"  this position offers me the best of both worlds.  I get to get a taste of management as well as performing all mechanical and cultural practices at the course.  Overall, I am excited and eager to get the season underway.