Zack Stephens

This week, the cascata team killed it! Fairways have been fully prepped and are ready for seed. Tees have been prepped and seeded ready for water. Monday begins our month long closure to finish overseed and also renovate a couple of greens. #turfgrassmanagementinthedesert

@mfdonahue @sincitygcsa @BaliHaiGC We're ready!

I would like to wish all of my brothers from @sincitygcsa well on their upcoming overseeding. Weather looks favorable…. @BaliHaiGC #LiquidOverseeding2024

@runnin_boiler14 Or we could fix it right and cultivate them on a regular basis like your suppose too! Never seen black layer like this in a bunker, which tells me cultivation practices were non-existent in the past. #definitionofinsanity #makingitright #golfcoursemaintenance

@DesertTurfSuper Just keep adding sand that will take care of it! 🙄

This week, we focused on some long overdue bunker drainage issues. All 12 bunkers that were an issue are now free flowing and no longer a concern. The depth of some of these drain lines was insane. #golfcoursemaintenance #turfgrassmanagement #golfcoursesuperintendent

@TurfLukeWKU @Anthony_WCT Appreciate the invite, Luke!

@DesertTurfSuper @Anthony_WCT You know you could come see our dominator greens if you’d like!

Went down to Escondido to see @Anthony_WCT to put eyes on the Dominator bentgrass field. After collecting samples and getting a tour of the farm, it was time to turn and burn back to Vegas. Anthony, I appreciate the hospitality! Exciting things happening in a couple of weeks.

Wrapped up our first round of deep tining today with our new setup! The response from the turf is remarkable. 8" x 1/2" holes healing in roughly 4-5 days. Clipping yields have increased 23% without any additional inputs. Just happy, healthy turf! T-minus 3 weeks for round 2.

Fairway,approach, and collar aerification completed! Done in 3 days, ahead of play. A couple of 3am starts for myself to get out ahead was fun and cool. The team of guys assigned to this task rose to the challenge and smashed it! #turfgrassmanagementinthedesert #turflife

Aerification week has arrived! The team had a good first day, 5 fairways, 13 collars/apps, and 3 holes of rough all completed ahead of play. #turfgrassmanagementinthedesert #turflife #golfcoursemaintenance

10-day update on last week's project. Beastly roots developing on the 419 Bermuda and everything is mending up extremely well! A dose of .25lb of plant crack, AKA 21-0-0 every 4 days is helping. #1 green that has been known to struggle is looking/performing well thus far!

@victor18reyes Time flies when you love what you do!

@DesertTurfSuper Busy week?⛳️⛳️

This week,we tackled an area that has been a problem for years! After excavating roughly 8" 's of extremely compacted desert soil. We filled the cavity with course sand. Capped w/ 419 sod. More pics in comments #turflife #turfgrassmanagementinthedesert #definitionofinsanity

Ohh and on the afternoon cruise, I saw this little guy enjoying a snack on the driving range with the rest of the herd. Loving all the wildlife out here, it's incredible.

Also, throughout the week! -Roots on greens are looking good, and more work is to be done but not bad going into summer. -Bunker edging and detailing on point. -Irrigation audit underway, NOT what you want to see. 🤦🏿‍♂️ Fresh nozzles going out. -Flower change out also completed.

Bets placed and feeling confident!

@TPCPG Not fun! We were in that same situation last week, with a 24" mainline break. Adapt and overcome! Greens near a water source we pumped from those sources. Otherwise, it was 1 tote at a time.

Memorial Day surprise of a 12” irrigation mainline blow out! The team has worked hard to keep turf hydrated. Watering tank rigs with generators & pumps to carry water to each green are in motion. Hopefully the mainline and water to the course should be restored soon.

@petewmorris That wouldn't be a bad thing! Hahaha, fixing 2 of those is enough!

@DesertTurfSuper For sure, if you have the parts in your yard, you will never need them. 😑

What a week! Monday morning, while out handwatering greens we lost all pressure. Upon investigation we found a large break that ended up being another 24" main. The entire 20-foot stick split and we installed 24' with only 36 hrs of downtime. #golfcoursemaintenance #turflife

@underhillcorp Thanks! I'm just built differently! hahaha!

@DesertTurfSuper You have always been one who would just figure it out

Adapt and overcome! While the irrigation system was down, we had to come up with a way to still water greens. Greens near a water source we simply pumped from there. Others were watered 1 tote at a time. #golfcoursesuperintendent #turfgrassmanagementinthedesert #turflife

@petewmorris a mutual acquaintance that installs/repairs lines of this size and has connections for parts. Last time we didn't need their services but they were my first call this go around. Going forward, we will have an inventory of said parts. We'll be ready next time w/12 hrs of downtime.

@petewmorris Thanks, Pete! A month and a half prior to this break, we had the same repair about a 1/4 mile away. During that repair, we sourced the parts out selves. This included me driving to California to pick up couples in riverside. But I did get connected with a contractor through....