Golf Site of the Week -- Golf Maintenance @ The Ridge

Note: Two weeks in a row, we're off to a good start. Beginning this week I've collected a couple of my favorite blogs that relate to golf course maintenance. These guys really know their stuff, and are nice enough to take photos/videos to share their stories. Makes me wish I had a job doing this, working outside, must be nice.
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Golf Site of the Week - The Ridge at Castle Pines North - Agronomy
- http://cpnagronomy.blogspot.com/ - 

I think I mentioned last week that one of my new interests is golf course design and architecture. Closely related to that topic is golf course maintenance -- more than just mowing and emptying trash bins, many golf courses undertake significant maintenance projects throughout the year to help improve their course year in and year out. Oftentimes you do not see many of the changes made, yet they have significant impacts on the way the course is setup on a daily basis.

One of the best on the Internet is from The Ridge at Castle Pines North, a Troon golf course in Castle Rock, Colorado. The blog is authored by the course superintendent, and it seems as though he documents just about everything they work on...which makes for fascinating reading. I find it particularly interesting to understand why the maintenance staff performs the preventative maintenance that it does -- we all hate punched greens and tees, but at least this blog helps the reader understand why they do it.

The posts are short, and often with photos, so be sure to scroll through a few months worth, it will be worth your time and you will begin to look at the course in a different light.