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Turf Talk
Weekly Update
Click here to find out from our superintendent what's happening on the course this week.
2007 USGA Green Section Turf Advisory Report
Click here for the summary of topics discussed during the Turf Advisory Service visit of Thursday, July 5, 2007, at The Golf Courses at Incline Village.
2007 Maintenance Operating Plan
Click here to view the 2007 Maintenance Operating Plan for both golf courses.
Summary
Please click the titles to go to the detailed report sections.
2006 ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Environmental Leaders in Golf award for the Sierra Nevada chapter
Golf Digest rated the Championship Course a 4 star facility and the 8th best course in Nevada
- Mountain Course named one of Top 10 short courses in America
- The National Golf Foundation customer satisfaction survey conducted last summer indicates 87% of golfers at the Championship Course were satisfied with overall course conditions; 88% of golfers at the Mountain Course were satisfied with overall course conditions
- #12 Mountain tee
- Installed drainage in Championship #4 approach
PURPOSE
- Identify short-term and long-term goals
- Explain the agronomic policies and principles
- Outline of 2007 agronomic plan
INTRODUCTION
- Climate and soils
- Conditions after winter
- Opening condition expectations
2007 SEASON GOALS
- Improve and enhance employee safety training programs
- Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program certification for the Championship Course
- Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary Program recertification for the Mountain Course
- Improve and enhance communication with golfing public
5 YEAR GOALS
- Become primarily organic based golf courses through sustainable turf management
- Improve Mountain Course by implementing master plan
- Promote water conservation
PERSONNEL
AGRONOMIC POLICIES
- Integrated Pest Management
- Irrigation Management
- Soils Management
- Cultural Practices
MAINTENANCE SCHEDULES
- Greens, fairways, tees, collars, approaches, roughs, bunkers, tree management, landscaping, driving range and practice facilities, irrigation systems and drainage, maintenance nights, weekly schedules
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS
- Equipment replacement
- Nursery green
- Mountain Course tee and bunker rebuild
MONTH BY MONTH SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES
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