Author Archives: Tyler Ingram

Creativeness at its Best!

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Tyler Ingram

Our current greens dragging brush has finally seen its last day, but with some creative brainstorming, I present our new greens brush. With the use of an old wooden pallet and 6 shop brooms we were able develop a brush … Continue reading →

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Fall Aerification

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Tyler Ingram

Currently our staff is 75% completed with the full aerification process. We were able to get all the greens aerified and cleaned today.  Tomorrow morning the final process will include finishing topdressing, brushing the sand, applying amendments, and a spray … Continue reading →

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Driving Range Tee Overseeding

Posted on September 16, 2013 by Tyler Ingram

We are approaching our seeding date for ryegrass on the driving range tee. Typically, around the last week of September to first week of October we look to overseed the driving range tee. This year we will overseed the range … Continue reading →

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Greens Aerification

Posted on September 15, 2013 by Tyler Ingram

The golf course will be closed Monday & Tuesday for our final aerification of the year. We will be using the same size aerification tines as we did from this past May. The expected recovery time (weather dependent) will be … Continue reading →

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Raising Mowing Heights for Winter

Posted on September 12, 2013 by Tyler Ingram

Every year we anticipate having a cold winter which could possibly devastate warm seasons grasses like bermuda grass. To protect our grasses, all bermuda grass height of cuts have been raised to allow more carbohydrates be stored for the winter. … Continue reading →

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No Mow Area Survey

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Tyler Ingram

In the next day or two, all golf members at Bluegrass Yacht & Country Club will be receiving a No Mow Area Survey from myself to have a better understanding of how to proceed with these areas. There have been … Continue reading →

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Rain Rain Go Away

Posted on August 8, 2013 by Tyler Ingram

With all the rain over the past 8 hours, needless to say the course is under water. So far we have received close to 6-8″ of rain since the start of the day with no major damage other than debris … Continue reading →

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