Ball Washers

We will be replacing some of our old broken ball washers at the Garl course in the near future. Thanks Joseph 😄

Fazio golf maintenance setup

Monday November 30, 2015
Pin position # 4
Triplex mowing greens
Debris and leaf pick up
Spray pre - emergent for weeds in rough

Fazio golf maintenance setup

Sunday November 29
Pin position #3
Triplex mowing greens
Normal weekend setup

Fazio golf maintenance setup

Saturday November 28
Pin position # 2
Triplex mowing greens
Normal weekend setup

Thinking of going keyless at the Fazio/Garl! Give us your thoughts.

Black Friday demo day at The Fazio Course!

It has begun! Come on out to try the latest, and greatest equipment from Titleist, Cobra/Puma, Taylor Made, Mizuno, Ping, and Cure Putters!

Fazio golf maintenance setup

Pin position #1
Triplex mowing greens
.1 inches of rain
Normal Friday set up

Happy Thanksgiving

Enjoy your day with family and friends!

(Fazio) golf maintenance

Thursday, 11/26/15
Maintenance  plan
:  pin location #9
: Triplex mow greens
: Roll all pin locations
: Spin all bunkers
Last nights rainfall total  was .2 tenths of an inch no cartpath restrictions  necessary. Happy Thanksgiving 😃

Note from Fazio Superintendent regarding Wet Conditions

We have been facing several challenges over the past month when it comes to the irrigation system. We had to recently replace the central irrigation computer due to a lighting strike. We were able to extract some information from the hard drive, the one thing that we could not was the station run times. We set all run times at the default run time of 10 minutes then adjusted up and down accordingly.  Adjusting run times is something that we are constantly doing, it is an endless job. We are now adjusting from the summer watering schedule to the winter watering schedule in which the amount of water used is greatly reduced. However, with the above average temperatures that we have been having and the newly planted rye seed on the tees and fairways, we have had to run more water than we normally would during this time of year. The Rye grass is just getting established and does not have very long roots yet so extra water is needed. Along with the wet areas we also have areas that are not getting water and are turning brown, hole 15 is a good example of that. Our main focus the last two weeks has been these areas. We have been tracking and replacing melted wire and replacing different components in the irrigation controller boxes. While doing this we have also been monitoring the wet areas and have been reducing times. As for #4 fairway, we noticed that it was saturated and we started to turn the heads off in that area. It can take several days for some areas to dry out because of the soil type, in this area there is heavy soils with some clay. In watching this area we saw it was not drying out so we turned off the heads that surround the area and it looked like that helped some but the area was still staying wet. We went to the irrigation controller box to double check that the station numbers and amount of heads per station we the same as in the central computer when we found several big ants running around. Ants, other small insects, frogs and lizards can cause all kinds of irrigation problems from heads stuck on, heads not coming on and heads that randomly turning on and off. The last was the problem that we found here, there was an ant stuck on a computer board that was turning on several stations in the wet area. We do go around to all the controller boxes and put moth balls, ant powder and, as funny as it may sound, urinal cakes to help prevent creatures from coming into the box. These all do a good job but they are not 100 percent. There are also areas around the course that we have reduced run times to dry that area out and the surrounding area starts turning brown from not enough water. The fairway on #11 , about 125 yards from green, is a good example of this. We are still working on drying this area out without the rest of the surrounding area burning up. We found that there are five full circle heads that hit this area. We have taken two of those heads and changed them to part circle heads and have them adjusted to throw away from the wet area. This seems to be helping but is not the end solution. The end solution is probably going be one more part circle head and adding to the existing drainage. We are looking at areas like this course wide and coming up with solutions like I just mentioned. Our end goal is to have no wet or dry areas. This is a challenge when we have 90 acres of irrigated turf and approximately 975 irrigation heads on inconsistent soil types ranging from swamp muck and clay to pure sand and then factor in weather, insects and mechanical failure.  I feel that we have made substantial progress towards our goal in the time that I have been here.

 

Matthew Hausknecht
Golf Course Superintendent
Fazio Course

Fazio golf maintenance setup

Pin position # 8
Triplex mowing greens
Rolling greens
Replacing components in irrigation controller boxes on holes 3, 11 and 16

Fazio ants in the pants

Ants building nest in #11 irrigation controll box turns heads on

Thanksgiving Day Update: Garl Course Closed

All play for all Members on Thanksgiving Day will be at the Fazio course in an 8:30am shotgun start. Any Garl Members who are not Champion or Platinum will pay the normal fee they would pay if playing the Garl (unlimited cart and private trail fees will be honored). Go online or call the Fazio golf shop to book your spot in the shotgun...there is still space available. The Fazio driving range will close after the shotgun begins and the entire Fazio course will be closed when the shotgun completes. Have a Happy Thanksgiving!

Roll Em

Lou is rolling greens at The Garl course today. Greens will be fast and smooth. 

Fazio ( golf maintenance )

Pin position #7
Triplex mowing greens
Debris and leaf pick up
Irrigation wire tracking

CHO showing using my Johnson and Wales classes to feed the troops at Legacy Club!

65 Roses Tournament

Chris DiMarco clinic before tee off at the Garl benefitting the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. 

Garl Junior Golf update from Coach Chris

Good morning everyone,

 

On behalf of myself, Coach Miriam, Coach Greg and all our support staff, I wanted to wish you all a Happy and Safe Thanksgiving. I also wanted to let you know of our clinic schedule during this holiday week.

 

1.       Tuesday November 24^th Clinic from 4:00 – 5:30. Open to everyone.

2.       Wednesday November 25^th, No Clinic.

3.       Saturday November 28^th , No Clinic.

 

We look forward to seeing everyone for our clinic tomorrow. As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

 

Best regards,

 

Coach Chris

 

(407) 314-1118

 

(Fazio)golf maintenance

Monday 11/23/15
Maintenance  Plan
Pin location #5
Triplex greens
Topdress greens
Mow tees,collars,approaches fairways,driving range,topdress range tee
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(Fazio) golf maintenance

Sunday 11/22/15
Maintenance  plan
Pin location #5
.Triplex greens
.Spin all bankers
.Pick up debris from last nights  storm
Rainfall  totals  .3 tenths of an inch

Reminder Golf Shop credit expires December 31st 2015! Stop in and check out our new merchandise. If you look good you play good! CHO

Turkey Shoot at The Garl

Full field this morning. Good luck to all participants!

Fazio (golf)maintenance

Saturday  11/21/15
Today's  maintenance  plan
Pin location  #4
Triplex greens
Roll pin locations
Spin all bunkers

Fazio ( golf maintenance )

Pin position #3
Triplex mowing greens
Rolling greens
Tracking irrigation wire

CWGA LOW PUTTS SKILLS SHALLENGE

Congratulations to Beth Bogdon and Cindy Webb for winning the Low Putts 9 Hole Skills Challenge at the Garl Course.

Congrats to Bev Logan for winning the CWGA Low Putts Skills Challenge at the Garl Course.

Fazio ( golf maintenance )

Pin position #2
Triplex mowing greens
Rolling greens
Trim cord grass front 9

CWGA Putting Skills Winners

Congratulations to CWGA Low Putts Winners!!

9 Holes: Marilyn Phelan

18 Holes: Karen O'Donnell

End Of The Rainbow

Looking for the pot of gold 

Beautiful day

Another beautiful day at the Garl course. Today we are spraying greens with growth regulator and liquid fertilizer. If you are aiming at the hole we are in pin position 2 today. 

Fazio ( golf maintenance )

Pin position #1
Triplex mowing greens
Rolling greens
Trouble shooting irrigation (wet and dry areas)

Fazio ( golf maintenance )

Pin position #9
Walk mowing green
Spike and topdress weak areas of greens

Guest Special Tomorrow!

$40+tax Guest Rate at BOTH COURSES tomorrow!!! Invite your friends, relatives or co-workers for a great day on the links and enjoy this beautiful Central Florida weather!!!

Fazio ( golf maintenance )

Pin position #7
Triplex mowing greens
Regular weekend setup

Juniors loving the fall weather! Junior Golf at The Garl

Ken Cleanin' Up Your Kicks

Gorgeous morning at the Fazio Course!

Good luck to all competing in today's year end scramble!

Fazio ( golf maintenance )

Pin position #6
Triplex mowing greens
Rolling greens
Normal weekend set up

Beautiful day to skip school and play golf at the Fazio course!

Fazio ( golf maintenance )

Pin position #5
Triplex mowing greens
Rolling greens
Finish edging bunkers

Proposal for new golf cart fleet!

I think this idea could quickly become an industry standard!

Fog alert!

Every shot is a good one when you can't see where it lands!

Fazio ( golf maintenance )

Pin position #4
Walk mowing greens
Spraying greens for Sod Web Worms
Continue edging bunkers

Thank You Veterans

Thank Veterans for your service. Garl Course Intermediate Golf

Intermediate Junior Golf

Girl Power Fullswing Garl Course

Nature takes its course!

Every hole looks like a painting today at The Fazio Course! (Hole #3)

Heaven on earth!

Gorgeous, sun-soaked day at The Fazio Course! Maintenance crew is really doing a great job!

Who's gonna carve da turkey?

Thanksgiving is rapidly approaching and these Turks are hunkering down!

Happy Veteran's Day!

Thank-you, Veterans!

Fertilizer down Rye grass up

We fertilized all tees and fairways this week at The Garl course 😄

Happy Veterans Day

Fazio #1 Fairway wet

One little ant crossing circuits causes 2 fairway irrigation heads to run all night on #1 Fairway.

Happy Veteran's Day!

Thank-you to all the brave men and women who serve, and have served, in the military! Without your sacrifice, we would not have freedom!

(My father in front of the plane he flew as a combat, carrier pilot in WWII)

Fazio ( golf maintenance )

Pin position #3
Triplex mowing greens
Rolling greens
Continue edging bunkers

Beware of snake at Fazio

The road less traveled

Where is this?

Not quite the geico gekko, but a beauty!

Rare anole!

Another day at the office!

Selin taking dead aim!

Senior Ryder Cup at The Garl

Captains Terry Kelchner and Jerry Miceli getting ready to do battle. Good luck to both teams. #G$

Fun times at the PNC Girls Skill Challenge!

Lots of talent and fun on display at The Fazio Course last Saturday! #girlsrule. bkbroiler

Gettin back to ma roots!

Only on Halloween...you never know what you'll see at The Fazio Course! bkbroiler

Good morning from The Fazio Course!

"Time to make the donuts!"   bkbroiler 

#igettoworkearlyeveryday

Fazio ( golf maintenance )

Pin position #2
Walk mowing greens
Fertilize greens
Start edging bunkers

The beauty of The Fazio Course

Say goodbye to the Goose Grass

Working Hard

Seeds Up @ The Garl Course

Our Rye grass has been down for seven days now. Good news, it is germination and looking good on fairways, tees, collars & approaches. We are not seeding greens this year so expect fast greens this winter. 

LPGA Girls Skills Challenge

Great day at Fazio course today! We hosted the LPGA skills challenge,Director of Instruction Brendan Kennedy and Ron Dampf did a great job putting this together and introducing girls to the great game of golf!

Cart Path & Rough Only

We will be cart path and rough only at the Garl course until Tuesday November 10 

Thank You Super Mike 

Fazio (golf maintenance)

Pin position #7
Triplex mowing greens
Roll greens
Seed is looking good, starting to reducing the amount of water to dry wet areas out

One-Day Member/Guest

Sign up in the Fazio golf shop for the LMGA One Day Member/Guest tournament. Invite a friend, relative or colleague and enjoy a great day on the links!