Skokie CC Golf Course Management

During my search over several bogs, Icame acros a blog about Skokie CC. One of the things tha cought my atention was the organization of the blog. It provides information and diferent methods to prepare the golf course for the coming winter.

Aerification and top dressing were done in the fall. By early december the greens were cover and prepared for the cold weather.

The site provides updates with scheduled blogs about situations and upcoming situations about how the weather was going to impact the course.

In some post the superintendent and his crew took advantages of some warmer days and went out ice melting on the greens. shovels and hand tamper were used to crack the ice and remove it. He also explains the importance of these activities when it comes to turf health.

Other topics included the pets walker on the course during the winter. He explains some of the risk that they experience if their do not have their pets on a leash. In one case, a couple of dogs were at risk because they felt into the water on a pond and the ice was so thick that one of the dogs need it assistance to get out of the water. there may be at risk interfering with wild animals and they may suffer severe consequences.

the blog intrigued me because the information provided was up to the date. Even when the the topic of turf was the main topic it also provided the members with some advices for they own sake.