Bears in the bush!

Well the last week has been very productive for turf care.Training is in full swing so everyone is learning new tasks on a daily basis which keeps me on my toes with quality control. As well we completed a double verticut on all greens with a medium topdress, followed up by our first foliar spray application on greens. Shane and Clayton are busy putting the final touches of our fairway and rough granular application, and the turf is starting to grow. I am happy with how the course is looking and playing at the moment but we will continue to do small projects to improve the course.

The bears in the area are becoming very active and we have many travelling through the course. We have yet to see any females with cubs yet, but I think it will only be a matter of time. There have also been sightings of a cow and calf moose on the course as well as Elk. Everyday is always a little different and just when you think you can head back to the office to do some paperwork, something else comes up.



Verticut on Thursday


The golf course has came up lucky the last week in regards to precipitation. We have had the odd rain storm roll through the last week, but we have not accumulated anymore than an inch total. Some of the courses to the West of us have not been so lucky as it seems like they are being hit with massive accumulations of rain every other day. I would imagine they are getting sick of setting out sandbags and fixing washed out bunkers.

Finally I would like to send out my condolences to Terry our mechanic and Trent my fellow assistant in regards to sudden losses in their families. Hopefully you guys return safely in the next week from Whitehorse and Australia. As well good luck to those courses back at home and in Calgary that are still dealing with some major flooding. The Kananaskis River is starting to show signs of mountain run-off this past week, which only means more water down stream. As you can see below we still have plenty of room for the river to rise until there is any concern of flooding.

The Kananaskis River on June 12th



Elk calf



Calvin spraying