The Oxmoor Maintenance Staff

The Oxmoor Maintenance Staff

I thought I would introduce the golf course maintenance family and tell you the number of years these
guys have been dedicated to Oxmoor.
(From left to right)
Jose-13yrs, Serafin-2years, Eliseo-9 years, Dave-4 years, Mike-10years, Bandit-2 years,
Mark-first year but worked here from 1993 to 1999, Robert-21 years, Melquiades-5 years,
and Sergio-14 years.
I would like to thank my entire staff for all their hard work and dedication.

Restrooms

The restrooms bricking phase will be completed today and
they did an excellent job.  I would like to thank Gilbert
Rogerson for all his hard work this week helping us lay the brick.
That's him in the background, probably banging his head again on
the roof beams.



Brick on the restrooms are now complete and there is Gilbert still
going at it.  He outworked all the young guns!   



Practice Facility Opening Day

I would like to thank everyone for coming out yesterday and thank the PGA staff for hosting another great event.  It was really nice to finally see members using the practice facility.  Thought I would include some pictures from yesterday for those you were unable to attend.



The ceremonies opening shot by board members and staff.













Picture from the new target green.



Course updates

Spring is now just around the corner and the maintenance staff is gearing up for a great 2011 season.  I will now continue to update the blog with course conditions.  I chose to move the Course Report to this blog for more member and maintenance staff interactions.  You can post comments that will aid us in providing quality conditions that meet your needs.  I encourage everyone to become a "Follower"!









Due to the of weather of 2010, we will be seeing this throughout our rough and other courses    

throughout the country.  I believe it will take much of 2011 to recover from such a brutal season. 

We have begun removing plugs from par 3 tees to place in greens and collars where seeding

did not take.  The remainder of the par 3's will be sodded with zoysia just as we did with #6 tee. 

I believe the zoysia will prove to be a quality teeing surface throughout the golfing season.

The staff will also be directing cart traffic off the path on #13.  Yellow rope and stakes will be

moved periodically to reduce wear of the turf.  Please proceed with caution when driving towards

#14 tees.  The entire green bank area will be roped off the remainder of spring season, while we

begin seeding and bring this area back to health.

  

The fairways have overwintered remarkably well.  The root systems are still shallow and weak from

last year and from all the moisture in the ground this year.  Once spring flush begins, I don't foresee

any unusual problems with later root development.

The practice facility opening date is March 19th.  The practice green is looking good

and I am happy to say the root system of the green is in excess of 10".  I don't believe green speed will match the other greens till mid-season. 



Restrooms are on the way to completion.  The drywall has been installed by Bill Taylor and he has begun taping and mudding.  Brickwork should begin mid March and we are shooting for April 1 opening date.