Bluegrass Yacht & Country Club Golf Course Maintenance

This week our staff began the second phase of the Master Landscape Plan for the clubhouse. Earlier this year Phase 1 was completed on the left side of the building and Phase 2 will include the right side of the building with the relocation of the bag drop area.

Phase 2 will include a very similar design as Phase 1. Most of the same plant materials will be utilized such as Nellie R. Stevens Hollies, Lime Light Hydrangea, Schipp Laurels, Carpet Roses, Winter Green Boxwoods and annuals. Currently all the existing plant material has been removed and the land has been shaped for plants. Included in the renovation will be a dry creek bed for the excessive water shed from the clubhouse roof and prevent the clubhouse from flooding anymore. All the existing drainage spouts from the roof have been tied together into an exit drain line to a near by catch basin. 

Phase 2 Before

Phase 2 After

Also in this renovation we will be relocating the bag drop area to a more friendly location that allows members or guests to drop their bags close to the Golf Shop versus walking around the building. 

Recent storms this week will be postponing the progress until this area can dry and work can resume. The last remaining parts of the project include redesigning and installing a new irrigation system, plant/annual installation, bag drop station, and mulch.

Feel free to stop by the front door of the clubhouse to see a rendering of the expected results.

Phase 2 Rendering

Last week the GCM staff began the first step in enhancing the no mow areas around the course. To begin, the chipping green area, #9 tee, and #5 tee no mow areas were sprayed with round up and tilled with soil amendments to provide good nutrition for the new seedlings.  These tilled areas have been seeded with fescue and will be planted again in the summer season with broom sedge. Other no mow areas around the course will be on hold until the fescue seeded areas become a success and achieve the desired look.  With a successful planting we will look to seeding all the other no mow areas in the fall of 2014. Optimum planting season is the fall and trying to establish seed in the spring with limited irrigation will be disappointing and introduce unwanted weeds that will produce difficult weeds to eliminate.

Tilling No Mow Areas

Tilled, Seeded, and Ready for Water

Existing no mow areas, not being converted yet, will continue to be maintained as bermuda grass although maintenance practices will differ from this year. The areas at #9 tee/#3 fairway will be reduced to be further away from play and #3 green/#4 green will be eliminated.  The bermuda no mows will be maintained on a more frequent basis and at a lower height. We will continue to adapt these no mows until the goal of having fescue no mows throughout the course is achieved.