eMagazine 2013 Mar/Apr issue - Jurong Country Club
eMagazine 2013 Mar/Apr issue - Jurong Country Club
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from the course superintendent<br />
Each <strong>issue</strong>, we bring you notes and articles contributed by the Course Superintendent on caring for the golf course.<br />
We hope you will support our aim to keep our greens immaculate, so you can enjoy a perfect game of golf, always. If you have<br />
ideas or stories to inspire or educate other golfers, share them with the Course Superintendent at publications@jcc.org.sg.<br />
Raise The Red Flag<br />
One good initiative started by the Course Maintenance team is<br />
the distribution of little red flags on every Sunday afternoon play<br />
to golfers. This effort was implemented on 25th December 2012<br />
and was intended to provide for and facilitate ease of feedback by<br />
members, especially regarding their observation of <strong>issue</strong>s on the<br />
ground that need attention.<br />
The central idea around the little red flag is that golfers on Sunday<br />
afternoon play would be given these flags for them to mark spots<br />
or areas with foreign grass/weeds, unhealthy or worn out turf as<br />
well as any other matters that they think should be highlighted<br />
to the course maintenance crew. These will be picked up by the<br />
Course Maintenance Team and their men will get to work on it<br />
the very next day when the course is closed for maintenance. Yes,<br />
the Course Superintendent and his grounds crew may be charged<br />
with the upkeep of the golf course but with a gazillion little tasks<br />
keeping them busy like bees on the course each day, it is not<br />
surprising if our course crew miss a thing or two that golfers may<br />
detect instead. As such, when the grounds crew spy these little<br />
red flags, they can zoom in immediately to rectify these problem<br />
areas, instead of spending their mornings sighting ailing little<br />
green ‘uns.<br />
Since the implementation…<br />
We are glad that members have taken well to these little red flags<br />
and gamely helped us identify problem areas which we may have<br />
missed. Since then, our grounds crew had managed to zone in to<br />
immediately rectify the following:<br />
1. Weeds on the verdant fairways, as alternate-day mowing<br />
makes them obscure and can only be observed at close<br />
proximity, for example when a member’s ball lie close to it.<br />
2. Pick out little pockets or spots where the grass looks weak so<br />
that maintenance crew could look into the causes and take<br />
steps to rectify them.<br />
Good work is rewarded with more work!<br />
Yes! And so we hope for your continued support for our little red<br />
flag. Do keep up flagging problem areas to us, so we can all work<br />
hand in hand to upkeep an immaculate emerald green course that<br />
is indeed Best in Class!<br />
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