Maria Tuohy, General Manager - Plantation Bay - Golf & Country Club

Golf News
Turf Talk…
Hello spring. Wow, what a great time of the year.
Now looking back on the 10’ – 11’ winter it fortunately
was not as cold as the previous year. Rest assured that all
of us here at golf maintenance are excited to have all of
the frost delays over with. In this edition of the
newsletter, I wanted to shift gears a bit. I would like to
focus on the community and common grounds rather
than the golf course this quarter.
Whether you are a golfer or not, I believe there is
one thing all members and residents here at Plantation
Bay can agree on. We would all love to have a litter free
and cleaner community. It is not in my genetic makeup
to ride by a piece of litter and not pick it up. Actually, I
often think to myself that the day I ride by a piece of
trash and not pick it up, is the day I should no longer be
a golf course superintendent. Daily, I fill the dash of my
cart with cups, snack wrappers, lids, etc. that have been
left behind by others. Please understand that I know that
it is not the job of members or residents to daily go on
litter patrol. But, there are several little things we can all
do that will go a long way. As you are riding thru the
community in your cart, please take care to secure the
items in the cart. A large amount of the litter that we
pick up daily comes from being blown out of carts. The
common grounds or golf maintenance departments see
the entire community everyday. All of us in these
departments would greatly appreciate your help.
On a golf course note, the course maintenance
departments have another busy summer ahead of us.
Aerification, topdressing, verticutting and mole cricket
control application are all on the schedule for this
summer. The course aerification schedules are as follows:
Prestwick May 17 th – 22 nd
August 8 th – 14 th
CDB June 6 th – 12 th
August 22 nd – 28 th
The courses will be closed for these very important
cultural practices. Hope everyone has a great summer.
See you on the course.
Sincerely,
Brad Tucker
Superintendent CDB
Golf Course
Recycling Project
Hip, Hip Hooray!
Congratulations to our members
who excelled on the courses this quarter!
SKIP LAWLOR
SHOT 3 STROKES BELOW
HIS AGE WITH A
74 ON 2/20/11
MIMI BEPPU
Hole-In-One, #7 South
12/22/10
DICK PRESTON
Hole-In-One, PW
12/22/10
ATSUO BEPPU
Eagle, #8 South
1/2/11
DANNAE KARINS
Eagle, #5 North
1/2/11
DANNAE KARINS
Eagle, #6 North
1/16/11
NICK SERGI
Hole-In-One, PW #7
1/19/11
DICK GREENWOOD
Hole-In-One, #7 South
2/4/11
BARBARA GOLBACH
Eagle, #8 South
2/15/11
DR. LINO MARIANO
Eagle, #3 North
3/6/11