Thursday, September 12, 2019

Weekly Photos (9/12/19)

6/7/19 - vandal joyride cart


6/7/19 - #6 blue tee - vandal joyride ride


6/8/19 - screenshot of Arlos security camera Chip set back up.


6/8/19 - one of three sets of tire tracks from the police suv chasing the vandals Sat night.  No damage to #2 green


Upper transfer pump station - both pumps leaking


leaking stem, bad assembly



9/12/19 - box 023 not receiving pressure from hydraulic line, all heads running (fixed)


9/7/19 - #18 green


9/12/19 - #13 green - earthworm castings


9/12/19 - earthworm castings coming off of the greens mower before blowing off

Thursday, September 5, 2019

Weekly Photos (9/5/19)

broken stem from hydraulic valve assembly - most common problem inside the control boxes


baseplates completely rusted off so the support boards detatch


hydraulic pump went out on 8/30/19


bypassing the existing hydraulic line from the valve to the inlet to the control box (#16)


debris caught by filter by ball valve outside of the control box


upper transfer pump seal broken causing one of the pumps to leak water - towel + duct tape



fitting that connects the hydraulic line leading to the control box to the ball valve and hydraulic pipe


clogged screen on the control box side of the ball valve - contaminated hydraulic line


leaking control box 

picture of the valve boxes outside of the control box



leaking stem - control box


8/26/19 - #2 green - topdress gate 4 gear 1, 3/8" tine on 2.0" spacing, depth H


8/26/19 - alternate angle


8/26/19 - #4 green


8/26/19 - double verticutting plugs and sand at 1/8" - #2 green - 1st pass


8/26/19 - after 2nd verticut pass 

8/28/19 - #3 green -  hydraulic leak from Salsco Roller - after charcoal application and flush



8/30/19 - #3 green - after hydraulic leak


9/5/19 - #3 green after hydraulic leak


9/5/19 - #3 green after hydraulic leak


9/5/19 - closeup of hydraulic leak 8 days afterwards


9/3/19 - closeup of greens 8 days after aerification


9/3/19 - sideview of greens 8 days after aerification


9/5/19 - closeup of greens 10 days after aerification


9/5/19 - #9 fairway


8/27/19 - #12 gold tee aerification - 5/8" core on 2.0" spacing, depth H

Thursday, August 22, 2019

Weekly Photos (8/22/19)


8/17/19 - #1 green 

8/17/19 - #3 green complex



8/17/19 - #8 green - mutation dew marks (left side) vs. mowed (right side)


8/22/19 - #12 green - pump station faulted out 8/20/19, greens began to get dry


8/22/19 - #12 green closeup


8/22/19 - #15 blue and white tee - cicada killer nest remnants in foreground


#6 blue tee renovation - stripped, leveled with sand, re-sodded with celebration bermuda from shop yard nursery


#6 blue tee - celebration bermudagrass (8/19/19)


rough in between #5 and #6 - found and fixed heads, resolved issue in control box


fescue area in between #5 and #6 - part of resolved issue in above photo


8/17/19 - communication issues with this head


resolved issue with stem inside control box


carpenter ants inside control box


weeping head in between #11 and #16 

#18 pond, irrigation source pond - outer screen (1 of 3 screens outside of wet well) 



secondary screen (2nd of 3 screens outside of wet well) - caused a low inlet fault on pump station 8/20/19


8/16/19 - #2 pond - substantial water level drop, algae formation 

8/16/19 - found the "lake fill" - hose tapped into irrigation head - station 1 on box 023 toggled on for weekend



8/22/19 - #2 pond after filling and adding 5 gallons of SeClear algaecide


A baby Twertle!!!