ON THE GREEN WITH BRUCE
We are seeing some warmer weather and are looking forward to a full green up by the first part of April. The period from January through February had some very cold temperatures again this year and allowed areas of Bermuda grass that were not overseeded to go into complete dormancy. You probably noticed the fairways play firm and fast when dormant! This year all greens and tees were overseeded. The seed came in nicely and has provided great surfaces to play on. As it warms up, we’ll begin to transition out the cool season grass on the greens and tees. We accomplish that by lightly vertical mowing the greens to thin out the grass and allow the underlying Tif Dwarf Bermuda to get more sunlight and heat to out compete the cool season grass. Additionally, we’ll do light applications of fertilizer to stimulate growth. This is usually a seamless transition that players don’t even notice.
Over the winter when we are not mowing fairways, tees, approaches, and roughs as frequently, we monitor sand depths in bunkers and add sand as necessary to maintain a depth of 4” on the floor and 2” on the face. It’s been almost six years since we did a bunker renovation and installed a gravel and polymer liner to facilitate excellent drainage after a heavy rain event and to maintain clean sand to play from. The liners are still performing well.
The golf course maintenance staff begins work extremely early in the morning. We want all areas of play prepared and ready for the first tee time or an 8:00 am shotgun start. As always, we appreciate your support by playing The Quarry and we want you to have a fantastic experience. Thank you from the maintenance team.
Bruce J. Burger, CGCS
Certified Golf Course Superintendent
DRIVING RANGE
Small Bag $12
Medium Bag $15
Large Bag $22
The range is open for you to practice and fine tune your golf swing. Bags of practice range balls are offered in various sizes and sold in the Pro Shop. Bags are available for purchase until one hour before sundown.
To give our grass a break, we rotate between mats and grass during the week. Call the Pro Shop to check the schedule.
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH
December 2021
Chris Lopez
January 2022
Regan White
February 2022
Mario Vega
Quarry MGA
We would like to announce that as of 1 March 2022 the Quarry Men’s Group Association (QMGA) is established. We are recruiting new members and wish to invite current and potential Club Quarry Members to join. The QMGA group is being established to promote educational, competitive and social opportunities and to promote Men’s amateur golf throughout the San Antonio area. The QMGA will be a fun, recreational and competitive group. Any skill level golfer can come out and enjoy the golf.
To sign up for our scheduled play days at the Quarry Golf Club and or to join the association you may contact Mark Stephens at Mark.Stephens@gobiggolf.com or 210.846.8589 mobile.
