New Intern Housing Standing by for the 2013 Season

New this year is a dorm style house for students that are completing internships for their college degree. The dorm is capable of housing six students completing a professional internship as a requirement for their degree in higher education. These interns will come with an interest in various areas of private club management: golf course maintenance, inside management, cullinary, tennis, and future golf professionals. The dorm consists of a full kitchen, six bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a common area. Here in the Greens Department, we are excited to announce that we have our first intern lined up to start in late March. Bryan Kiel is a student from Michigan State University in the Turfgrass Management program. He will be with us for nearly five months getting as much on the job experience as he can. Our goal is to be the "launching pad" for Bryan and hopefully many more like him to follow. Be sure to check back throughout the season to learn more about Bryan's experience at CCD! Authored by: Kevin Peck, Assistant Golf Course Superintendent

3" inches of Rain

Below are some photos of today's rain event.

Course Closure Communication

Below is a communication from club President, Steve Schafer, and Greens Chair, Clark Standish, regarding recent course closures.



August 9, 2011


Dear Fellow Members,

The Summer of 2011 will be remembered for some of the most extreme weather in recorded history. These records, dating to 1896, will show the July heat to be the highest recorded, while also being the third highest in rain precipitation. Obviously, this extreme weather has served as a threat to our newly-renovated golf course.

At Spring meetings to consider the course reopening, the Greens Committee/GCROC, in conjunction with Course Superintendent Bob McCurdy and the Board of Governors, set forth to address potential weather threats with but one mandate: to protect the golf course at all costs. The new turf in our greens and tees, along with the fairways and rough surrounds, is very immature and susceptible to a number of potentials for stress failure. We gave Bob a strong level of authority to act and protect the golf course in this opening season in hopes of maximizing the performance potentials for the turfgrass in the years to come.

Today, after a 1" rain which began in the middle of the night and let up around 8am, we were forced to close the golf course again. The drainage system which was installed in 2001 and 2002 is designed to clear roughly 1" of rain in 4-6 hours. Had last evening's rain occurred earlier we would have been able to get the course readied for play this morning. The drainage system is functioning effectively and maximally; the timing and severity of the downpours have done a lot of the dictating; our grounds crew has worked tirelessly in every instance to get the course cleared of standing water and readied for play.

We will continue to act in a conservative manner in protecting the new turf on our golf course through the current golf season. As the turf matures, the potential exists to allow play after such torrential rains as we have seen this summer.

Thank you for your patience and it is our hope to keep as much play out on the course as Mother Nature will allow!

Sincerely,


Stephen G. Schafer,
President, Board of Governors

J. Clark Standish
GCROC Chairperson

Course Closed 7-28

Mother Nature has once again shown her ugly side this morning. As of 6:00am this morning the course had already received 2 inches of rain overnight and it's pouring again as I type this. The facts being what they are, we have no choice but to close the golf course for the entire day today.