Highland Agronomy

The weather is trying to turn but winter keeps hanging on. However, over the past few weeks we have been able to get out and finish a few projects!  The Champ tee on #6 has been enlarged, sodded, and improved sunlight and air movement due to limb pruning.   The forward tee on upper #11 has doubled in usable space and we reclaimed an old tee pad on lower #11; it still had an original yardage plate buried in the ground! These tees will allow for more tee placement, variety, and traffic relief from our increased levels of play.   Warmer temps and a dry stretch afforded the opportunity to begin basic preparations on putting surfaces.   They have been rolled twice, mowed once, and have been sprayed twice.  A spring fungal cleanup and precisely timed plant growth regulator for seed head suppression have been applied.  The later app is based on a measurement called Growing Degree Days as well as historical site knowledge.   Spring clean up...

 As we are heading down the home stretch of winter let's look back on what has been happening around the course in February! The Snow event that dropped 8.5" of snow at Highland As you enjoy the indoor facilities at the Academy - did you know we spend 15-20 hours a month in their grooming the putting green with drags and brooms?  This winter the staff has worked hard cleaning the fence lines down 52nd St. and Grandview Dr. to allow for more of an aesthetic look as you enter HGCC!  The staff is finishing up all equipment preventative maintenance, sharpening of mowers, and deep cleaning/waxing units before we hit the ground running here in the next month or so.