With a new tee you will need new irrigation.

With the new tee replacing the old outdated one, the irrigation system has to be updated for the change in shape and location. The previous irrigation had only one sprinkler with less than stellar coverage. Pictured above are our two assistant superintendents Jerry Stockmal and Jim Dennison placing the new sprinklers and pipe into the ground.

#5 forward tee being shaped and surrounds graded.

The new tee will be almost 3 times larger than the one it is replacing. Also, it will be tabletop flat with a 1 percent slope from front left to back right.

The forward tee at #5 being rebuilt this week.

     During the last 28 years almost all the tees on the golf course have been rebuilt or modified. There are just a handful left and the forward tee at the 5th hole is one of them. We have secured a design plan from Andrew Green for placement and size. This picture is the beginning phase with the surrounding sod removed and fill soil being set in place. This tee will constructed out of native soil due to it's location in the flood plain.

"America" Need I say more?

Final phase of pool construction complete

The stone at the temporary haul road along he 6th hole has been removed and topsoil installed in its place. This area was the main access to the pool and halfway house construction. Countless tri-axle trucks haul the old pool out and just as many concrete trucks used this area to build the new pool.

With all that weight and traffic the jury is still out on the recovery timetable. We are looking to seed or sod in the next ten days.  

Strange Turf disease hits #7 green.

    
      In the middle of our 7th green at Whitemarsh Valley CC you may have noticed a circular dead spot. Upon further inspection with a macroscope we were unable to identify the cause of this blighting. Our next step was to send out tissue samples, soil samples and plugs to top plant pathologist's around the globe to hopefully ID this issue.

     When all the results were in they all pointed to the same pathogen.....or turf disease. "Ispilla Mibeer"  The plant pathologist's told me that this is a very mobile disease and it occurs mostly during hot weather with large golf events. The root cause is a sudden liquid drench from an aluminum vessel, possible kicked over by a golfer dancing after making a 6 foot putt for bogie. 

    "Ispilla Mibeer" is a preventable disease with only minimal effort by all involved........"Don't Place Your Drink on The Putting Surface", if it get's knocked over it will kill the grass.

    

Nice day for golf.

Adding mix to the Bentgrass nursery, almost ready for seed.

Waiting our a lightning delay at the new "Halfway house".

Getting ready for "Whitemarsh Day"