Tree Management - 2016

For those that attended the annual meeting or have driven by the club you have noticed the removal of trees along the driveway and may be wondering "what is Pat doing now." I will explain all of our tree management work for this winter.

• Removed the dying plums along the driveway and the dying Silver Maple at the first tee.The plums will be replaced with more serviceberry trees to form a grove of serviceberry trees from the entrance all the way to the parking lot. The Silver Maple will be replaced with a Tricolor Beech along with additional landscaping at the 1st tee.
• Pruning of Honey Locust at the 3rd tee. Pruning of Beech at 3 green.
• Removal of black locust and wild cherry at 4 tee to be replaced with miscanthus tall grasses similar to the right of 4 green
• Removal of wild cherry in native area behind 5 tee (not the flowering cherry) area will be planted with fine fescue using a new method to create playable fescue areas
• Removed 4 dying plums at 5 forward tee to be replaced with Redbud trees.
• Pruning of 3 oaks and 1 maple between 5/6 for playability, safety, and health of the trees
• Removal of large white pine right of 9 fairway close to clubhouse. Irrigation will be added bringing the existing mounding back into play with maintained rough

Remaining tree work still to be completed is the removal of select trees behind the 5th green followed by the installation of a new fence. This project will clean up the area behind 5 green and 6 tee along with adding better playability.

Removals at 1st tee

Oaks being climbed for pruning

Removal of pine on 9

Serviceberry planted along driveway

Tricolor beech to be planted at 1st tee

Redbud to be planted at 5 forward tee

Well Shaft Replacement Project

The replacement of the well shaft at the Garfield Ave. pump station began just before the holidays with a crane removing the motor, discharge head, 250 feet of pipe, and the bowl assembly. The results of the inspection were what we assumed they would be for a pump that is 17 years old. The discharge head, 250 feet of pipe and bowl assembly will be replaced with the motor being re-used. The motor is easy to service and was rebuilt only four years ago. The replacement materials should arrive back to MGC in the next few weeks.

This Saturday is the Annual Meeting at the clubhouse beginning at 10AM. Reports will be given about the golf course, tournamnets, clubhouse, women's and senior divisions, membership, and financials. I hope to see everyone on Saturday.