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Kevin is currently the certified superintendent at La Rinconada Country Club. Kevin was the Director of Maintenance at Lahontan Golf Club for over 14 years. Some of the responsibilities over the expanse of his career include the daily upkeep of multiple golf courses, natural resources, environmental compliance, and roads and streets. The wide ranging expertise has come from a combination of education and experiences. Degrees in Meteorology (1987 University of Nebraska/Lincoln), and Horticulture (1992 Colorado State), complete the formal side of this important combination of qualifications. A lifetime of experience around golf courses, and the game of golf was provided by Kevin's father.

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Daily Challenges of the Turf Conversion Project


Things are continuing to go well, but I wanted to illustrate a few of the difficulties in case we were making this process look too easy.  Possibly, I look like I am enjoying myself more than I should?
Making sence of cut irrigation wires
 Cut irrigation wires while installing the new drain pipe in the #1 fairway.
3 Sand delivery and 3 sand spreading trucks in the parking lot
 Equipment congestion in the parking lots and on the surrounding residential streets have lead to contracts staking out there space.
Exposing old drain lines at the 15th green
Uncovering multiple drain lines leading out of the 15th green makes for archaeological interpretation of how to tie in the new to the old.
 
 

And despite these challenges (some call them opportunities) we continue to move forward as shown in this last photo showing the 9th green aerated, hydro seeded, surface area enlarged, approach re-graded, and sod going down in the collar.  All this in our first week of closure.

Kevin
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