Llanerch Golf Course and External Activities

As I came on property today, I was able to take this picture of the city of Philadelphia's skyline. Our staff is concentrating on taking care of 9 green and continuing our daily battle to rid the course of leaves. We wanted to take this opportunity to wish everyone a Happy and safe Thanksgiving!

Over the past few weeks, we have been working on improving the fairways. As we did last year, all the fairways, tees and approaches were verticut. Today is the last day of verticutting fairways. All the surfaces were also aerified. The tees and approaches received a thick coat of topdressing sand. The end result is a firmer surface for play, improved drainage and a healthier stand of grass.

We are almost finished 9 green and 10 tee. We have a few minor "loose ends" to tie up over the next few days but all of them are very minor in scope. As for the project goals, we were on time and just under budget!

Yesterday, all the arborvitaes were installed along the driveway by LCC staff. We will install columnar sugar maples on both sides of the main entrance next week. In the picture above, you can see the sand that was spread out in the green side bunkers. The sheets of plastic in front of the green were used to protect the approach from last night's rain. 

As you can see in this picture, Total Turf Construction applied the product Better Billy Bunker to seal the drainage gravel from the sand yesterday. In 2004, we used a fabric liner. This new blinder eliminates the need for the liner. Today, they are adding sand to the bunkers and starting to wire irrigation. LCC staff is installing shrubs along the drive way to separate the green from the main entrance.

Yesterday, all the surrounding drainage was installed. The drainage is connected to the bunker drainage. It also removes surface run off all around the green complex.

Yesterday, we topdressed and rolled the green. Afterwards, we mowed it for the first time. The contractors concentrated on installing drainage around the green surround. Today, we will focus on preparing the approach for sod and installing irrigation.