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I guess that TurfNet Tips and Tricks mindset rubbed off on me….


Peter McCormick

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5a0faab321b12309829711fc3bd1939a-.jpgThis morning we reported for duty at 6 AM and I was assigned with local volunteer Stephen Rynne to sweep off and remove moss from a players pedestrian bridge that was formerly covered in astroturf.

 

As we completed the cleanup of the bridge, course manager Gerry Byrne was concerned that it would now be too slippery given the anticipated rain later in the week. He wanted to add a layer of sand to the grooves in the bridge. He started to order up a utility vehicle of sand and two shovels for us to complete this task.

 

As I heard him radio in that request, I suggested that instead of us hand shoveling the sand onto the bridge that he consider using a topdresser to put a uniform layer of sand down on the bridge. I figured he had to fill up something to get the sand out there so it might as well be a topdresser rather than a buggy.

 

It would have easily taken two of us between 1-2 hours to sand the bridge when the topdresser completed the task in one or two quick passes. I guess being around all those TurfNet Tips and Tricks video shoots has me in that innovative mindset.

 

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This players' bridge was deemed a slipping hazard if wet weather arrived.  So...

 

My "Tips & Tricks" suggestion was to simply run a topdresser over it, and voila!

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Having that task taken care of so quickly allowed us to join Mike OKeeffe in planting about 200 flats of begonias and geraniums around the K Club clubhouse, below.

 

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