A Long Awaited Update and a Wedding!

It has been a very long time since my last post so I have a lot to update you all on this time.      Another golf season has almost come and gone. This season went by particularly fast for some reason compared to most. It is hard to believe that the kids are back in school and fall is almost here. We had a very busy season this year though and I am thinking that is a big part of the reason why the days flew by.

Overall this season has been very successful. We have continued to make many improvements and repairs to our irrigation system and continued to greatly improve the general conditioning of our golf course. The greens, tees and bunkers are without a doubt in the best condition that they have been here in quite some time.

What a typical greens looks like on the course this year

The biggest success and overall improvement for the course would have to be the re-opening of the flooded holes 4, 5, 6 and 7 though without a doubt. These holes were out of play for almost four seasons and are definitely among the nicest holes on the course. We are happy with the stage that these holes are at so far, but some time to mature is definitely still needed. The fairways need some time to finish filling in and the greens need a little more time to harden up and for us to smooth out the surface. So we appreciate your patience with these holes at this time and can assure you they will be in the shape they should be very soon.

A view of what hole 6 looks like now

For the fall we are planning to complete some work on improving course drainage, cart path work and the construction of a new bentgrass sod nursery. This will all be completed along with our regular fall preparations like, aeration, fungicide applications, irrigation blowout and fall fertilization.

Greens aeration from last season

One other event that had occurred in the past month that personally had kept me very busy was my wedding. I was married on August 16th to my beautiful bride Janet. The day was excellent and I would also like to extend a big thank you to another great Saskatchewan golf course, the Royal Regina Golf Club. We hosted our reception and dance there and Jay Began and his staff did an amazing job. It is definitely both a beautiful and top notch facility!

A picture from our wedding day at the Royal Regina

We then spent the week after the wedding in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina on our honeymoon. We had a great time and it was a great time to recharge after a busy work and personal life period. 

Golfing in South Carolina

We hope everyone has enjoyed this golf season so far and the overall product that we are providing to you out on the golf course. We look forward to a successful fall and hope the rest of your golf season goes great! 

Hole 17