12th hole

Tyson is one of the new turf employees this season and he managed to snap this great picture of the 12th hole one evening.

2012 Staff

 

Once again I had an awesome maintenance crew that worked very hard to keep the course conditions at a consistently high level.  In the front row there are the Lees brothers, Mike and Brent (Assistant Superintendent) and in the second row (L to R) there is myself, Dale, John (Turf Technician), Terry, Jayme and Tyson.  In the back row we have Dustyn, Colin, Clayton and Don.  Thanks to all you guys for your hard work and dedication and congratulations to Dale Deyo who was 2012 Turf Employee of the Year.

Falcons

 

One of the benefits of having crows on the golf course is that they build very good nests and only use them for one season.  The following year, birds such as these Merlins, take over these nests and this family nested in a spruce tree on the 18th hole.

Republic of Alberta

 

I'm not sure who this Rolls Royce belongs to but I just had to throw this onto the blog.

10th hole

 

A nice morning picture of the 10th fairway on July 5, 2012.

Great Blue Heron

 

One of the most regular visitors to the golf course each day is the Great Blue Heron, one of the three largest herons in the world.  We think that more than one heron visits the course in search of food, primarily fish, and the large one stands 1.3m (4.5 ft) high.  Although they feed at the golf course, they nest elsewhere, usually in colonies in trees over water.

Waxwings

A look down the first fairway on Saturday morning.

Sometimes you have to be in the right place at the right time, or you miss a lot and I just happened to be close by with my camera when a flock of Cedar Waxwings came by. 

It was three years, almost to the day, that I got pictures of this photogenic Waxwing just outside the maintenance compound.