ON THE GREEN WITH BRUCE

The last few months have been busy here at the golf course and we are happy for that. The greens were overseeded again this year on October 12 with Poa trivialis. The overseeding has established itself well, but has been competing with the underlying Tifdwarf bermudagrass up until the first week in December when we hit a low of 24 degrees. That’s actually a good thing because now the overseeding has the upper hand and we can begin mowing it lower and creating faster putting speeds. Some of the tees were overseeded with Perennial ryegrass to give the player a better surface to hit from. We reseed and sand the divots on those tees on a consistent basis, so they are continually healing and growing. Speaking of divots, the practice tee was overseeded as well. You can help the staff out by taking divots in a linear pattern, it will allow the turf to heal much more quickly and give everyone more turf to hit from.

Something else I need to mention, because it comes up every year when we have a hard freeze or frost. Play will be delayed if there is frost on the overseeded greens and tees. Any foot traffic or mower traffic will crush and rupture the frozen cells in the leaf blade of the plant and kill it. We certainly don’t want this to happen. If there is a frost delay, we ask for your patience, and you will tee off as soon as it is safe.

Thank you all for your support of The Quarry Golf Course and we look forward to seeing you out here soon.

Bruce J. Burger, CGCS

Certified Golf Course Superintendent

12 DAYS OF GIFTS

Happy Holidays! Starting on December 13, the Quarry Pro Shop will have daily deals through December 24. Need any last minute gifts? Come visit the pro shop. Offer while supplies last, exclusions apply.

FAIRWAY TALK WITH SEAN

Director of Instruction, Sean Etheredge, PGA, talks about balancing your back swing with should turns and tilts.

Email: Sean@quarrygolf.com

Instagram: @seanetheredgegolf

CEMENTVILLE GRILLE

As we welcome patio season, we have added more sun shades to make the patio a pleasant experience. Ask your server to be seated on the patio. Portable heaters and the fire pit are available all winter. See you on the patio!

EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH

SEPTEMBER 2020

Tiffany Flores

OCTOBER 2020

Rick Jimenez

NOVEMBER 2020

Fred Jones

We value our customers opinions and would appreciate your feedback for our next Employee of the Month! Please email our General Manager, Dustin Burell at dburell@quarrygolf.com.

FUN FACTS

Cement production was one of San Antonio's oldest and biggest industries, playing a significant role in the city's 20th century growth. In 1908, Cementville opened its new plant a few miles north on 500 acres outside the original city limits. Because of its remote location, Alamo Cement built 90 cottages for workers and their families providing a close knit labor community. During its 70 years of occupation, Cementville had a community pool, baseball diamond, auditorium and a 35-piece band that played classical and patriotic music. There was a clinic, and eventually a four-room schoolhouse run by the Alamo Heights School district. The cement was used in many buildings in a local 1920s construction boom and in a 0.7-mile stretch of Belknap Place in the Monte Vista Historic District that is the oldest concrete street in Texas. Source: San Antonio Express News.