Glen Eagle Maintenance

 The golf course continues to enjoy the very hot summer weather, the rest of us maybe not so much 😂.

Our staff has continued to work hard despite the heat to provide great golf conditions. Here are some pictures of them hard at work.

This week we spiked greens. Spiking improves air incorporation at the soil surface. I had noticed some algae underneath the turf canopy on the top of the soil which can potentially have an adverse effect on turf density. Spiking breaks up the algae and dries it out. Since algae likes wet conditions, drying it out helps eradicate it.

We fertilized behind the spiking with Potassium which is good for the roots of the plant but doesn’t feed the algae like Nitrogen does.

Felix and Jorge edged greens and pulled runners. The Celebration Bermuda around the TifEagle Bermuda greens is an aggressive grower and would “creep” onto the greens if we didn’t hold it back by the process of edging and removing the runners.

The cart path on #7 gets some new material.

More edging, this time it’s the concrete cart paths.

Removed another Bottle Palm on #8. Palm weevils and fungus like Ganoderma Butt Rot which is untreatable has been killing many palms not only in Glen Eagle but all over SW FL and other parts of the state. The best way to slow down continued spread is by removing the infected tree.

Trimming Firebush at 15 tee

Quick note, I will be out of town next week so more updates to come during our last summer maintenance closure when I get back.

I look forward to seeing everyone on the course, and as always, if you have any questions, flag me down or shoot me an email. I always enjoy talking turf!

Glen Eagle Maintenance (8/15/25)

Pretty routine maintenance this week. Here are some pictures of the course and the team at work.

Golf Course

Flymowing Bunkers

Edging Bunkers

Mowing Tees

Mowing Fairways

Topdressing Greens

Spraying Greens

Repairing #8 Bunker Face

Tree Removal on #8

Common Grounds

Removing Dead Tree on GE Blvd

Planting Agave (transplanted from hole 13)

Trimming Grasses along GE Blvd

Dressing Flowers with New Mulch

I look forward to seeing everyone on the course, and as always, if you have any questions, flag me down or shoot me an email. I always enjoy talking turf!

 

Glen Eagle Maintenance (8/7/25)

While I was away on vacation the golf course and maintenance staff were busy working to recover from the work we completed during the last course closure. The golf course is nice and green but I was suprised to also see hot spots when I returned. Hot spots in late July, early August are very rare, usually we are more worried about standing water and cart path only conditions. 

We ended July with only 6.05” of rain which is about half of our normal July rainfall. So far, no rainfall in August either.

Not having rain hasn’t hurt us at all, in fact it has allowed us to keep up with mowing since we haven’t been getting rained out every day.

Here are a few pictures of the course this week. 

We recently had a “new” piece of equipment delivered. I say “new” because this one replaces our existing spray rig but with some new features our current one doesn’t have. Most notably is the GPS spraying system that will allow us to more precisely and efficiently make spray applications to the golf course.

Right now this screen is blank but shortly we will be mapping the areas of the golf course which will allow us to designate specific areas to spray, preventing overspray into areas we don’t want to or need to spray.

Here is a quick YouTube video explaining the new system.

https://youtu.be/VrBxIi-Lq5I?si=qjkMmcE9LtP4vzcd

I look forward to seeing everyone on the course, and as always, if you have any questions, flag me down or shoot me an email. I always enjoy talking turf!