Welcome to the SCC agronomy blog! My mission is to inform members with insight into our seasonal maintenance practices.



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Fall Update
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” Charles R. Swindell It’s been an extraordinarily challenging work environment since that fateful day of the fire. The staff and I have risen to the challenge and have managed to maintain the property to a relatively high standard. This fall the…
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Spring Golf Course Updates: Greens and Conditions
It was a long and cold winter so its refreshing to finally see some grass. The prolonged snow cover acted as a blanket and insulated the turfgrass from the cold and wind. All the playing surfaces look really good and we are starting off the season with some decent color. The new sod on the…
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Season Ending: Course Improvements Ahead
The season ended with dry and blustery conditions which produced very good golfingconditions. After the conclusion of the Pro-Member, we started to work on expanding thesecond green. This expansion doubled the square footage of the green and it is now our largestgreen at 8,600 sq ft. It was sodded with 007 bent grass, which is…
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Optimizing Golf Course Conditions: Cultural Practices Explained
The moderate temperature change in Mid August was a welcome break for our greens, tees, and fairways. Plants respond to cooler temperatures by using less energy on transpiration and diverts that energy towards shoot and root growth. The greens start the season with a 6-8 inch root system. They lose half those roots during the…
