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Now that the grass has stopped growing, it is tree trimming season again!  Last week, we started work on some trees that were resulting in s...

In October, the maintenance crew installed drainage and brick pavers behind the clubhouse in an area that often turned into a mess during t...

Is that a human smiley face on our putting green? Well, yes ... but not on purpose. The satellite must have snapped a photo just as the j...

It is a beautiful day for the Fall Scramble at Sugar Creek! These golfers try their luck on the third hole's risk vs. reward bonus...

The red tee on #1 started germinating and filling in this week.  Many people have asked about the brown spots on the front of this ...

Last week, we tackled a few drainage projects on the course and by the clubhouse. We ran some drain lines to the right of #1 fairway in an ...

The past few weeks have been ideal for completing many of our planned renovations and improvements.  Rainfall and temperatures have been mod...

Last week, the maintenance crew finished moving soil and grading 5 tee.  We seeded the tee on Wednesday, September 15th, with 'Declarati...

Today we started work on the 5th tee.  This tee was hard hit by our wet, hot summer due to poor surface drainage and poor soil structure.  T...

The greens were aerified and topdressed Wednesday, September 8th.  Everything went smoothly and we were able to complete all 10 greens in on...

We will be aerifying greens starting Wednesday, September 8th.  The process will take until Friday the 10th to complete.  The maintenance cr...

As everyone in the Chicagoland area knows, we've had a lot of rain recently.  According to our rain gauge readings, we've had somewh...

In general, golf course superintendents don't like to see white, cottony stuff in the morning.  It usually indicates some sort of fungal...

Friday we saw the first few blades of new grass in the areas slit-seeded Monday.  Germination of bentgrass in 5 days is fast due to high soi...

Before the flood, I wrote about the problems with annual bluegrass, or  Poa annua, that golf courses have been experiencing this summer.  We...