New Range Covers

      If you have been on the driving ranges at St. James this week you may have noticed some black covers on certain spots of the range tees.  These covers have been placed on spots of the tees that need recovery and seed germination.  While we believe that this idea will prove to be a success at St. James, we can not take the credit for it.  Troon North, our sister course in Scottsdale, Arizona, have been using covers similar to this for a while and have found them to be a great tool for regenerating used parts of their driving range.  The areas under the covers will be checked during weekly range maintenance on each course and will be moved to different portions of the range as needed.  Below is a picture of the covers on the range at The Reserve Club.  We will post pictures of the turf after the covers are moved in a couple of weeks.

  

Historic Flooding Hits St. James

Since Friday October 2^nd have experienced an abnormally high amount of rainfall.  The total rainfall since Friday was at 14 inches on Monday morning.  Also as of Monday morning, most all of our courses were not able to be traversed by a golf cart.  Once it is safe to begin working on our courses, our crews aim to be diligent and swift in our clean up so that the members of St. James can resume play quickly.  Please be patient as we try to repair any damages caused by this historic storm.  Below are some pictures of the damage we saw this morning.

 

 

Flooding #8 at Reserve Club

 

 

 

 

Members and Founders Club Shops

 

 

Bunker on # 2 at Reserve Club

Enter Sand Man

            Recently the golf course maintenance department purchased the Sand Man, a tool to help us clean any stones or impediments from our bunkers.  The process is fairly simple.  The Sand Man sends the sand through the screen.  That screen separates the desirable sand and the undesirable rocks and debris.  Typically, a large bunker will yield a half a cartload of rocks.  As of now, the Sand Man has been in use on the Players and Reserve Club in select bunkers, but will be used on all courses going forward.