Cross Country Update 12/18

 With the loss of most of our beautiful snow, the cross country trails are closed until further notice.

Cross Country Trails are Open

Our cross country trails are open for the winter. We will be grooming them each day we get fresh snow. They are groomed by 10:00 am and the trail starts at 10 tee. 

Check out this link for more information. https://www.tcgcc.com/Default.aspx?p=DynamicModule&pageid=62&ssid=100078&vnf=1 

 

Fescue on 7

The fescue on the right of number seven has been a discussion item with the green committee over the last year.  They discussed how difficult it is to hit out of, how challenging it is to find your ball which really slows up play and just the visual look to it with no other matching fescue around.  

So, the committee voted to mow it all down and have it mowed and maintained like our normal rough around our green and tee banks.

   

 

Bunkers - Grounds Facility Member Tour - Halloween Trailer Rides - Fall Pics - Super Pro Event

My apologies for not updating my blog for a while but here a few of the interesting things we have been doing.  Every fall we add bunker sand to our high traffic areas.  My team was knocking them out so well that we ran out of sand but will be starting this back up next week.

Spreading out the sand just right with the bunker blade.

I invited the golf committee, green committee and the board of directors over for a tour of the grounds facility last week.

Our cold storage is packed full of equipment!  I am on the left explaining what everything is for.

My equipment manager Mitch was explaining how, when and why we sharpen all of our reel mowers.

Every year we decorate and take part in the fall festival giving haunted hay rides out on the golf course.

Thank you Scott Werly! He has been the hayride driver for all of the years of the event.

Lots of room to sit!!

It's nearly peak for our fall colors out on the golf course, looking back on 5 fairway.

Looking north on 5 fairway.

Last Thursday I hosted the Super Pro event for men and ladies.  54 players signed up and enjoyed course set up changes like three holes to putt to on 5 green.  Scott and I chose the back hole... big mistake as we were 12 feet above the hole and just tapping it, it rolled off the green.  Scott being the hall-of-famer that he is rolled in our par putt, but I gave him the line with mine just short :).

 

Congressman Bergman's District Director - Melanie Collinsworth Visits TCCC

Two weeks ago I invited Melanie Collinsworth to The Club.  She is the District Director for Congressman Jack Bergman.  I am one of the regions GCSAA Grassroots Ambassadors to our elected officials. 

 

We discussed water conservation & management, native area maintenance, labor issues within The Club, details about The Club's year-round business, membership size, our role within the community for giving back and the current Farm Bill that the industry supports.

Mitch discussed our fleet of electric carts and he shared how precise reel mowers cut and the process of servicing them.

Our Great Lakes GCSAA director Shane Conroy was on site to help explain and discuss how much our industry appreciates the support from Congressman Bergman on a few current industry topics like the H2-B visa program. 

Thank you very much for the time and tour of the property Melanie Collinsworth and Shane Conroy. For further shared information please visit Shane's blog at https://www.gcsaa.org/resources/regional-resources/great-lakes/great-lakes-blog/2024/09/20/grassroots-ambassador-legislator-course-visits

 

Our 2024 Bluebird Birdhouse Inventory and Details

Thank you again to John Hardy and Becky Odinga for their continued work with our bluebird house program!  Here are the results from this year's batch of birds in 13 boxes.  Be sure to look at the pictures below.

1. Nearest to the clubhouse. Moss and pine needles nest. Chickadee 

2. Hole 2-chickadee nest.

3. Hole 3-empty not used

4. Hole 3-partial nest unknown

5. Hole 3-bluebird nest

6. Hole 5 partial nest hole in front needs replacement.

7. Hole 12 blue bird nest one egg

8. Hole 15, green Blue bird nest

9. Hole 16 tee, nest and three young mice moved in, evicted.

10. Hole 17 tee, empty unused.

11. Hole near pump house pond, chickadee nest.

12. Hole near 8 tee blue bird nest

13. Hole near 11 tee Chickadee nest.

The Story of our Equipment Manager Mitch Hunt

Please take a few minutes to watch this very professional video of the club’s Equipment Manager, Mitch Hunt.  He is in his third year at The Club and is doing an amazing job for me and for you!  Mitch serves on the state of Michigan’s golf course superintendents chapter board, the MiGCSA and serves on a national committee with the GCSAA. Very proud of the work you are doing here, for the industry in Michigan and for EM’s around the country Mitch. 

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