On this fine October morning….a full tee sheet awaits post frost lift…we are running a few heads before pump shut down, gravitational draining and compressor arrivals Monday. Enjoy this day! 🥶☀️👌

A successful Friday….and yes, the “vole catcher” won this round…burrowing/tunnel bunker edge repairs begin plus another few tons of sand….Drill N Fill starts Monday

Frost has lifted…it’s GO TIME!

Frost watch….

Another perfect October day to move water, dilute while maintaining/gaining on annual #OM246

Course Update: Good morning from The Hunt Club…as we await a deep frost, a little experimentation with warm river water…sometimes it can make it worse. A sunny day ahead full of golf 🍁☀️👌@LondonHuntClub

Picking away a few each morning…stop watch said, 3:45 min for 3 greens start to finish…no temporary pin required…3 more tomorrow. ☀️🍁👊

Amending select greens extensions with @ProfileGolf + sand prior to our fall sand/solid sweep…a few more tomorrow.

2026 Course Maintenance Calendar continues tomorrow…select 5:1 sand/profile plus sand,solid,sweep, blow & roll to smooth surface…Drill N Fill @zanderservices next week.

Doodle before surgery…today, it’s the start of live edge repairs…like a surgeon, prepare the patient….when building living edge bunkers you need to know how to repair the faces when rodents, plus other perform natures “hammer”….@Billy_Bunker @kcm_cg

On this drizzly, damp Friday…full-course preparations with an added synthetic par 3 tee…recovery is 🔑 as we play through cold conditions…plus, a few hydrangeas to brighten the day.

Prepping for next weeks, sand/solid event to 9 greens…biological deeptine plus mechanical Vertidrain…the week after Drill N Fill the other 9 greens…plus, photosynthetic inputs as we begin the hardening off process @MSUExtension @MSUTurf #jasmonicpathways #fattyacids

Eat, Visit, Give Thanks…a past tradition worth remembering…the pageantry of The Hunt @LondonHuntClub was truly special…a Thanksgiving visit of horse and hound…Happy Thanksgiving 🍁🇨🇦

Things have come a long way since 1960…gave a dinner talk to the Sr. 32’s this week and measured the ballroom carpet greenspeed…smooth and true but a few feet short of yesterdays 18th green data…plus, robots working in harmony with the crew…Happy Thanksgiving weekend 🍁🇨🇦

Friday before the long weekend…it started crisp, followed by a Member purchased lunch 🍕 and ended with a temporary Par 3 TurfHound install to be used occasionally post Thanksgiving…any divots created in the next 2 -3 weeks will take 6 months to heal. 🍁🥶❄️☃️🎄

More fun….narrow window of October germination…fescue privacy berm along NEW exit road receiving some care…functional is the goal. 🙏✅👊👍

Practicing “smoothness” of finish & process on the short range …the Grounds Team have a busy stretch the next 4 weeks….every day counts. Deeptine, sand, solids, core, Drill N Fill, irrigation blowout 💨 plus a few 🍁🍁🍁 Thanksgiving weekend approaches 🙏🇨🇦

Every day counts…select fairway landing areas receiving recovery care as late October divots stay do not recover till spring…seed and amendments to follow…collection pockets will be netted with free lifts.