Greens Brushing with Woolly Mammoth Hair

This week at Cinnabar we brushed the greens, but we didn't really use the hair of a woolly mammoth.  Those in the industry may get the humor because there was a rumor that Merion Golf Club used brushes made with yak-hair to help prepare their surfaces for the 2013 U.S. Open.

We actually just used regular broom heads that you would find at any old hardware store attached to the  T.I.P. grooming unit.  The purpose of this was to help remove some of the grain by standing up the grass that was laying over and cut it off.  We then followed that up with a double cutting and of course, sand.

Infrastructure

With some large tournaments this week and no golf course projects scheduled, we performed some work on our shop infrastructure and a bridge.

Our mechanic Rodolfo wrapped up the electrical work on the lean-to so we can now see at 3 a.m. if need be  That is a project we have been wanting to do for some time now and I'm glad we had the time to complete it.   It is so much better with overhead lights vs. flashlights in the mouth.

The bridge we worked on is located on 4 Canyon near the green and the last span as you head towards the tee had dropped about an inch.  When we pulled the planks we discovered that the joist hangers had failed due to what looked to be an installation problem.  After finding 3" x 12" joist hangers and planks, my assistant Gregorio and a couple of staff members were able to replace the last 7' span of the bridge.