The Club recently announced our partnership with Big Fish Golf Instruction, run by Bill Levy. Bill will be working with our members, as well as establishing a PGA juniors program here at Boca Pointe. Bill comes to us with many years of experience as a golf teaching professional.
Bill is passionate about utilizing technology to improve one’s game.
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After all of the hard work, we are happy to have the greens ready to open on November 1. The maintenance staff has put in a lot of effort to make this project successful. We appreciate everyone’s patience while the work has been going on, and we feel that results are something we all can be proud of. You can expect that the greens will be firm to begin with, and the playing surface will continue to improve as they mature.
The maintenance staff has also completed several small projects over the last month. These include installing drainage in wet areas along cart paths, sodding a few bare areas, and making new coquina areas on #2 and #13. We have a few projects to wrap up over the next few weeks. These include adding coquina on #7 and installing drainage in a wet area by #8 tee. As we move into the golfing season, the maintenance team will shift away from doing projects to concentrate on the daily setup on maintenance on the course.
We hope that everyone returning for the season will be pleased with the new greens and the course conditions. We look forward to seeing everyone on the course and hearing what they think about the results of our work over the summer.
Buck Deibel – Director of Golf
Brad Orndorff – Golf Course Superintendent
September has been a busy month for the golf course maintenance staff. We have continued our hard work on getting the new grass on the greens to fill in. We are currently in the grooming phase of the greens renovation project. Over the next month we are scheduled to aerate, verticut, topdress, and roll the greens. These cultural practices are necessary to smooth out the putting surface. We are currently on track to have the greens ready for November 1.
The maintenance staff has shifted into high gear to make sure that the course is ready for the golfing season. We have several small projects that we will be doing over the next month. These projects include laying sod in bare areas around cart paths, installing drainage in a few wet areas around tees, freshening up some of the coquina areas, and tree trimming. Along with that, we will continue herbicide applications to control any weeds.
As we take care of the final details for having the course ready for November, we are excited about opening the new greens for play. We look forward to seeing the golfers return to the course, and are confident that everyone will be pleased with the results of this summer’s project.
Buck Deibel – Director of Golf
Brad Orndorff – Golf Course Superintendent
The golf course maintenance department has had a productive August. The greens continue to grow and fill in nicely, keeping us on schedule for the November 1 opening. As the greens get closer to being 100% covered with turf, we have begun implementing the maintenance practices necessary to groom the greens to smooth them out and get them down to the proper greens height.
Our herbicide program has made good progress on controlling weeds throughout the course over the past 2 months. We still have some larger applications left to do over the next couple of weeks, along with some spot treatments. As these applications wind down, we are applying supplemental applications of fertilizer to any areas of turf that were left thin from weed eradication.
As we move towards fall, the maintenance staff will begin our final preparations to have the course ready for the upcoming golf season.
We are excited about the new greens, and we look forward to seeing everyone out playing once they are finished.
Buck Deibel – Director of Golf
Brad Orndorff – Golf Course Superintendent
Ok, your summer golf season at your country club in the Northeast or Mid-West, or Canada is coming to a close. Maybe you’ve seen the closure notices already for when your club will be closing for the winter and possibly fall!
Or just perhaps, you are already contemplating how to duplicate that country club experience when you are in South Florida for the winter…whether it is golf, tennis, fitness, dining or just a robust social life.
Yes, there are plenty of public courses around, but there’s nothing like golf in a private, membership only country club. Your bags are stored; your bags are already on the golf cart ready for your tee time; you can reserve your tee time seven days in advance; you can play in club tournaments.
Not on a public course…only a private, membership only country club…a country club with a unique twist that no other private club in South Florida can offer.
By this time you’re saying one of two things:
That’s where the Club at Boca Pointe, located in Boca Raton, Florida, comes into play. It is the only full-service country club with a manicured 18-hole championship golf course that will fit both of the challenges you make.
And you do not have to live at Boca Pointe to take advantage of two very unique membership programs. You can live anywhere and play at the Club at Boca Pointe, just like you drive to your club at home.
The two programs are:
“The Premier Membership offering has been a huge success for the club,” says Helen Karpel, general manager of the only club in South Florida where membership is a privilege and not mandated.
“We designed the Premier Membership program and the Annual Golf Program to match the needs of those deciding to winter in South Florida. We’ve found over the past few seasons, members come for a limited number of months. They find a seasonal rental in the Boca Pointe community or nearby.
“Then they need a place to play. And the Club at Boca Pointe meets that need. What’ve seen is the snowbird starts with a three or four month membership, loves the experience. Then they decide to extend their stay especially if the weather is still inclement in the north or they’ve begun to look for a permanent winter home.
“Once the new member becomes ‘socialized’ in the Club, it’s tough for them to break away whether they are golfers, tennis players or card room buffs. Our equity members embrace the Premiers and Annual golfers. It’s like inviting someone to your home for a couple of months.”
Become a member of the Club at Boca Pointe and become part of a something unique. The club is an extension of your home and family. It is a way to make lifelong friends and memories. We look forward to sharing this with you!
The excitement continues for the golf course maintenance department. The greens renovation project has been completed, and the greens were sprigged with new grass on July 19 and 20. All that is left now is to grow them in and then groom them to the proper height. Barring any major setbacks from mother nature, we are on schedule to have the greens ready for the 1 of November as originally planned.
The renovation of the bunker by the green on 17 has been completed, and has turned out well. The bunker has been raised to prevent it from being flooded during heavy rains.
We continue to aggressively spray weeds on the course and are getting good results. We would like to remind everyone that some of the herbicides will temporarily discolor the bermudagrass. If you see an area of turf that has turned a yellow, don’t be alarmed. This was caused by a herbicide, and the turf will return to normal within a few days.
We hope that everyone is enjoying their summer and we look forward to seeing you on the course soon.
Buck Deibel – Director of Golf
Brad Orndorff – Golf Course Superintendent
It has been an exciting month for the golf course maintenance department. The greens renovation project has been started and is well underway. All of the greens have had the old grass stripped off and 6″ of organic matter removed. New greens mix is currently being added to the greens to build them back up to their original profile. This should be complete in the next couple of weeks. If the weather continues to be favorable and there are no other delays, we will continue to be on schedule and anticipate planting grass on the greens around the end of the third week of July.
Along with the greens renovation, we are rebuilding the bunker on the left side of 17 green. It will be elevated about 2 feet so it will not be flooded by water from the adjoining lake during periods of heavy rainfall.
The turf density continues to improve on the tees. We are still doing everything we can to promote growth on them through the summer. There are a few thin spots left that we will be sodding over the next few weeks.
We hope that everyone has an enjoyable Fourth of July and look forward to seeing you on the course.
Buck Deibel – Director of Golf
Brad Orndorff – Golf Course Superintendent
Maintenance work on the golf course is ramping up as we come to the close of the golfing season. Starting in May, the golf course will be closed on Mondays to allow us time for extra maintenance activities. This will help ensure the course continues to be in good condition through the summer.
The transition from the winter ryegrass on the tees to bermudagrass is going well. We still have a few weeks before we will be 100% bermudagrass, but the turf density is good and should only get better going forward. Some of the tees may be slightly off color due to the ryegrass dying, but this is to be expected and will be short-lived as the bermudagrass takes over.
The front nine will be closed May 8th through May 11th, and the back nine will be closed May 15th through May 18th. During this time, we will aerate and verticut greens, tees and fairways.
We are also beginning to spray weeds more aggressively to help clean up the turf on the course. You may see some areas of turf go off color, in spots that we have sprayed weeds, but this will only be temporary and the turf will recover quickly.
We look forward to a productive summer and hope to see you on the course.
Buck Deibel – Director of Golf
Brad Orndorff – Golf Course Superintendent
The greens have remained in good shape through the tournament season. They continue to be healthy, and I don’t foresee any issues in keeping them in good shape as we move into summer.
As you may remember, we over-seeded the tees with rye grass to make sure that we had optimal playing conditions through the winter season. As we move into spring, it is time to transition from the winter ryegrass on the tees to the base bermudagrass as the growing conditions become more favorable for the bermudagrass. This is a planned event, and as such, we will be altering our maintenance practices to make the transition successful. We anticipate the transition to take 4 – 6 weeks. During this time you will notice the rye grass going off-color and declining. The turf canopy on the tees will thin out some during this decline. We have a maintenance plan in place to promote growth of the bermudagrass during this time so the tees can recover as quickly as possible.
The lack of rainfall has been an issue for us over the last month. We have been working diligently to make sure we are keeping the turf properly irrigated while managing our water resources. We may experience some small dry areas on the course due to the draught, but we are working to minimize these so they will not affect playing conditions.
2018 has started off challenging for the maintenance team. We have endured quite the winter weather for south Florida. The good news is the golf course has held up great and continues to be in good shape. We would like to take the opportunity to update you on some things going on around the golf course.
The greens are healthy and continue to roll smoothly. Over the next few weeks the golf maintenance team will be working on increasing speed on the greens. The greens are slower due to managing mutations, also known as off-types, in the greens. Some practices we will be using include, grooming and topdressing more on the greens. The weather forecast over the next few weeks is calling for warmers temperatures allowing us to, with caution, be a little more aggressive in managing the greens.
Ryegrass tees have held up nicely allowing better hitting space around the course. We will continue innerseeding areas where heavier traffic has occurred. In March we will slowly begin transitioning the ryegrass out of the tees in preparation for the bermudagrass to begin growing without competition.
We are quite pleased with response from our foliar fairway program that is currently being implemented, starting back in November.
Weeds have emerged in certain areas around the course in which the maintenance team has already begun addressing.
You may have noticed sodding in the recent weeks. We have been diligently working to improve some identified areas with replacing of turf. These areas will stay marked ground under repair until they are ready to be played off of. Please avoid hitting from them.
As we continue forward this season please continue to avoid driving carts in areas that are roped off. The ropes are there for a reason to help reduce traffic in these areas. We look forward to seeing you on the course soon!
Buck Deibel – Director of Golf
Kevin Dunn – Golf Course Superintendent