Favorite team: | LSU ![]() |
Location: | Covington |
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Registered on: | 8/28/2013 |
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re: Science of green keeping
Posted by RMGC on 9/6/22 at 4:32 pm
The best golf courses in the world are in the desert!
Computer program has 26 recorded days of rain totaling 14 inches since August 1 on my course. It’s a quagmire out there!
Computer program has 26 recorded days of rain totaling 14 inches since August 1 on my course. It’s a quagmire out there!
re: Watching LSU game in Italy
Posted by RMGC on 9/2/22 at 1:33 pm
There is an ESPN app I used when I lived in the EU. ESPN Player I think? 8 years ago so there may be something better.
re: Piped In Bird Noise at CS
Posted by RMGC on 5/29/22 at 12:02 pm
The birds have great golf etiquette, they stop chirping when the players are hitting!
:rotflmao:
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re: Best Courses near Pensacola?
Posted by RMGC on 5/9/22 at 7:17 pm
Hidden Creek in Navarre…fun course!
re: How is Covington Country Club this bad?
Posted by RMGC on 5/6/22 at 6:54 pm
This course has so much potential given the lack of quality competition for public golf. Abita has closed, Royal should close…there is no quality public golf close. CCC is a cash cow waiting for proper mangement!
re: Ask the Superintendent
Posted by RMGC on 4/22/22 at 6:21 pm
What is the average cost of maintaining a bunker?
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Vertical or horizontal sand?
I nominate LeBlanc for sainthood for having the patience to answer these questions! .
43 year Class A GCSAA Member here.
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Vertical or horizontal sand?
I nominate LeBlanc for sainthood for having the patience to answer these questions! .
43 year Class A GCSAA Member here.
re: Driving Range on the Northshore?
Posted by RMGC on 4/2/22 at 4:28 pm
I’ve thought about opening one near Mandeville, but the whole money and time thing always brings me back to earth.
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I wonder if land is available to do a first class range/ short game area?
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I wonder if land is available to do a first class range/ short game area?
re: Football Off-season thread: Earliest memory of being in tiger stadium?
Posted by RMGC on 1/26/22 at 1:41 am
1968 LSU vs. Texas A&M coached by Gene Stallings…..sat behind the Tiger bench in the old field level box seats.
re: The Great Siege of Malta's (1565) impact on world history
Posted by RMGC on 1/16/22 at 11:45 am
I lived and worked there for 4 years. Great place and great people! Former British rule until the early 70’s and many Brit retirees. I had the time of my life and have many life long friends there.
re: Positano Summer 2022
Posted by RMGC on 12/26/21 at 4:43 pm
Spent quite a bit of time in Positano/Capri Amalfi Coast area….Bargain hotel is L’Ancora and is right next to Le Serinuse ….try to book a room with balcony.
Ristorarante recs….you can have hotel arrange free van to take you to Il Ritrovo, way up the mountain in Montepertuso…views are fantastic . Sal also has a cooking class there.
If you are adventurous you can take the local bus up to Nocelle….best views on the coast.
Ravello is a quite town above Amalfi…Villa Cimbrone is a nice tour with old gardens and a beautiful view from the Belvedere. Mama Cosimo’s is a great ristorante if they are still open after the pandemic.
Do not miss Capri and do an overnite stay to enjoy the charm of the island when most of the tourist crowds leave. I also enjoyed Ischia, another island off the Naples coast.
Ristorarante recs….you can have hotel arrange free van to take you to Il Ritrovo, way up the mountain in Montepertuso…views are fantastic . Sal also has a cooking class there.
If you are adventurous you can take the local bus up to Nocelle….best views on the coast.
Ravello is a quite town above Amalfi…Villa Cimbrone is a nice tour with old gardens and a beautiful view from the Belvedere. Mama Cosimo’s is a great ristorante if they are still open after the pandemic.
Do not miss Capri and do an overnite stay to enjoy the charm of the island when most of the tourist crowds leave. I also enjoyed Ischia, another island off the Naples coast.
re: Is it too late to aerate centipede?
Posted by RMGC on 10/24/21 at 5:42 am
Yes it is too late......Atrazine any time from now until December 15.
re: Post storm golf course and club update thread
Posted by RMGC on 8/31/21 at 2:06 am
Cane Row in New Iberia had less than 1 inch of rain during the entire storm with zero trees down. A few limbs here and there but really dodged a bullet in this storm.
I went through Hurricane Opal in 1995 in Florida Panhandle where we had 2,000 trees down. I feel for the courses that got hit hard by this storm. It is a lot of work to get a course back after a major hurricane.
re: Cane row
Posted by RMGC on 8/16/21 at 4:08 pm
It isn’t Ellendale’s budget either, trust me! Some of you people here think if you go to JC Penney and buy a suit it is comparable with Battistoni in Rome……Geniuses!
Cane Row is half way into their second growing season. If there has been more improvement in a course given the same budget, I want to see it! Take that and put in your pipe and smoke it.
re: Cane Row
Posted by RMGC on 7/1/21 at 4:46 pm
$40 special thru July 4th 1/2 cart and green fee....funny I got 216 of my closest friends there for a tournament on July 10 and they charging me $50 a head... greens better be perfect....
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26 inches of rain in the past 30 days ........everyone has perfect greens now Einstein
It is sometimes better to keep your mouth shut and be labeled a fool rather than open it and remove all doubt! :spank:
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26 inches of rain in the past 30 days ........everyone has perfect greens now Einstein
It is sometimes better to keep your mouth shut and be labeled a fool rather than open it and remove all doubt! :spank:
re: Cane Row
Posted by RMGC on 6/29/21 at 4:56 pm
The course drains very good.....with the exception of a few holes and we had some great drying conditions this afternoon. 50% chance of rain thru Monday is the last forecast I saw.....but hoping for the best. If we miss a few rains we may have carts off the paths on most holes by Friday. Thank you for the nice comments.
re: The Preserve - Vancleave, MS
Posted by RMGC on 5/28/21 at 2:23 am
That is how he injured his shoulder....patting himself on the back! Lol
re: Who's playing tomorrow?
Posted by RMGC on 4/5/21 at 4:39 am
Anyone played Les Vieux Chene in Lafayette recently? What are conditions?
re: Kamala Harris complains of Blair House accommodations; grows increasingly 'frustrated'
Posted by RMGC on 3/29/21 at 2:14 am
She should just go check into the Trump Hotl. :violin:
re: March 21 WYP/WYS?!
Posted by RMGC on 3/5/21 at 3:59 pm
Does anyone think courses in our area should have much grass on fairways after an ice storm? Come on man........lol.
re: What does this freeze mean for courses down here?
Posted by RMGC on 2/17/21 at 11:53 am
I have been a Super for 42 years and was in Florida in 1989 when we had the ground freeze for over 120 hours. This resulted in most every Bermuda green suffering from sever winter kill from Tallahassee to Houston. The vast majority of the courses replanted greens the upcoming summer. What made that event so devastating was the dry winds during the 5 day freeze.
This freeze was not a dry freeze so this reduces winter kill severity but some disease issues associated with colder temps comes into play.
We really don’t know what we will face but I am optimistic for the courses in the Southern part of the state.
This freeze was not a dry freeze so this reduces winter kill severity but some disease issues associated with colder temps comes into play.
We really don’t know what we will face but I am optimistic for the courses in the Southern part of the state.
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