New Golf Hole In The Green House

Recently, Ian and I took on a small project to keep us "sane" because of all the snow on the ground. This project involves the construction of a miniature golf hole in a very large Tupperware container.

We used an already established L93 Bent grass green plug from the grass varieties section of the green house to be used as the green complex.
We then graded the fairway, tee and rough complex areas by packing down the soil to our desired shapes, (pot bunkers, sand bunkers, contours in the fairway and green side surrounds).
After shaping, we seeded the fairway complex to our desired shape and sand capped the area to allow germination along with some watering from our spray bottle irrigation system.

Thus far, the only areas that are seeded are the fairway and tee complexes.
After we have successful germination we will begin seeding the rough and green side surrounds with a fine fescue.
Seeding rates are unknown.

Plan of maintenance includes:
Watering, mowing with scissors, trimming, installing drainage down the road, fertilizing, aerifying, monitoring for diseases, and several other practices.

We also plan on installing a retaining wall around the elevated tee complex and the possibility of a water hazard along the left side of the fairway.

Any other suggestions to make our miniature golf hole a better environment are greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Corbin

Students Entering Internships

Even though there are inches upon inches of snow covering the turf, summer is fast approaching. In one month it will be spring break and the school year will just fly from there as we have all experienced.

From what I know, at Hawkeye, we have a good chunk of turf students leaving the state to do their work experience. To me, this has been an exciting process to see my colleagues reach their goals of being a part of some very recognized golf facilities across the nation.
Ian and Mike will be heading North to Wisconsin, Adam Kelley will be heading to Connecticut, Derek Love to Colorado, Tanner to Indiana, and Michael Kofta is undecided between Snow Mass in Colorado and Bethpage in New York. I will be staying in state at The Harvester Golf Club in Rhodes, Iowa.

As I said before, summer is fast approaching which means so are internships. I know some of you have already done so but now is probably a good time to start emailing your superintendents to ask some important questions.

Some questions that maybe helpful:
Living situations?
What should I be primarily focusing on as I finish up my semester?
Big golf tournaments that will be happening during my experience?
What is there to do in the area?
Golfing Privileges?
Will there be any renovations/grow-ins happening I will be a part of?

These are just a few questions to maybe consider.

When all of you are at your internships I strongly encourage you to post on the blog on a daily basis for two reasons. One, staying in touch with colleagues and friends. Two, challenge what you have learned that day.
To me, and some of you may feel the same way but it would be interesting to see how differently courses operate. This will also help you jog your minds to keep on your daily/weekly logs that will be submitted to Scott Harvey.

Thanks and happy blogging,
Corbin