New driving range tee from the 2nd hole Last week Aspen finished the subgrade on the new driving range tee. The new tee is over 30k square feet, by comparison, our current driving range tee is less than 8k square feet. The also finished the pad for the performance center, which is adjacent to the tee on the left hand side and will feed into a short game area. For reference, the new driving range tee spans from the old 7th blue tee box all the way to the old bunker that sat to

The above average temps we've had this winter have allowed to make great progress on the golf course. Our main focus this year was...

When I took over as Superintendent 2 years ago, I knew we had an uphill battel to establish turf health and quality that could sustain...

Winter has arrived across the Golf Course in the last few days, with the temperatures dropping into the 20’s overnight and the cold...

The bunkers here at HVCC have been the number one topic since I started, in fact I believe this is the second time this year I've written...

The number 1 question I got in September was "what kind of conditions can we expect for member guest?" My answer was always a cheery...

Yep, you read that right, GCM will be stripping and re-sodding collars following greens aerification. Why is your superintendent sodding...

We will be completing our fall aeration August 8th and 9th. The golf course will be fully closed both days with the goal of opening at...

Well, I wish I had much better news than I do. The tree company could not access the golf course today due to the rain last night. The...

Cleanup has not gone as quickly as I had hoped. Largely in part to the difficulty in accessing the critical areas needed to be cleaned up...

The storm that hit Tuesday afternoon caused significant damage to trees on the golf course, with nearly 80 trees being affected to some...

Well my goal of keeping the blog updated were clearly too lofty. We are going to reset and try for once a month. With that being said, I...

Ridge 9 One of my first days on property, I toured the Ridge 9 with my GM and VP of Agronomy. They explained to me the story of the...

Based on the weather, we have decided to move up our Greens Aerification dates to March 28th and 29th. We will close the entire golf...

The results are in and the final vote was 60/40 against the Re-Route. In light of that, we will table the discussion for the time being,...

One of my first challenges upon arriving was the state of the collars, to that I mean they were nearly non existent. The rest of the golf...