With fall in the air it is time for us to start doing some tree work.  These are great jobs for us to complete while waiting for frost to melt off in the mornings or on cold days.  

Pictured above is our main man Mario aka Butch.  He is a chain-saw wizard and looks forward to this time every season.

The Colors are starting to really get vibrant in the trees.  They should peak out within the week.  

September is such as wonderful month in the U.P.

One of the lost drains found last week, this one on #9.  This is great rain-day work!

Last week was a complete wash-out.  The grounds crew was able to get a lot of misc. duties completed and play a little catch up in the shop.  I was in London so I did not miss a thing on the course.

This week (with some drier weather in the forecast) we will be aerifying the Heritage Tees and continue on with aerification of the Heritage rough.  Once we repair the GA60 we will finish aerification on the Heritage Fairways.

Topdressing the Greywalls Greens went very well last week.
We must mow with our sand reels 3-5 days longer this time of year because the lower air temperature slows down the vertical turf growth.  We reduce the amount of sand applied to the surface for that reason but the duration of sand pick up with our reels is still extended.

Today we are doing another deep vertical mowing of the Heritage Greens to control the surface organic matter.  We hope to get it done before the rain arrives, which looks to be an off/on event all week.

'The Doc' is back and the bunkers are loving it!  We missed you Thill - glad to have you back with us!

The Power to our Heritage Pump-station mysteriously went out on Monday.

After doing some detective work Andy came across the culprit......

A fried Black Squirrel resting peacefully  at the base of the power pole.  

A quick call to the BLP and our power was restored.