The Night Shift
In the last few years, superintendents have been working harder to operate in the most efficient manner possible. Some, however, have been doing that for decades. I will share a few examples of people utilizing manpower and equipment at hours that are not just in the 6 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. range.
If you have ever been to Disneyland or DisneyWorld you might be aware that you will never see anyone watering, fertilizing, mowing, trimming or sweeping these magnificent landscapes. I guess we just take that for granted. However, scheduling help is very strategic and done in a manner so that it has the least amount of interface with park visitors and allows employees to operate at peak efficiency.
I have been on a few tours of theme parks to see their horticultural operations and I am aware that many of them do their maintenance between midnight and 9 a.m. Most parks stay open until close to midnight and then the work begins with the lights on. Typically, there are no issues with noise ordinances in a contained park.
Some of these same principles can surely be employed on golf courses so some or all of the maintenance can be done at a time with the least amount of interference to the players.
The number of days and hours in which one can golf are limited and can vary depending on the climate in which the golf course is located. People pay a lot of money to either play public golf or belong to private clubs. They have an expectation that they can go out and play without being interrupted by mowers, hand watering or bunker renovations. Being able to fit a four-hour round in can be difficult when maintenance and golf conflict.
When it comes down to it, time and money are huge concerns for players and businesses alike. When you live in a major city like Los Angeles you see highway construction all the time being done throughout the night. Equipment has lighting and lots of light banks are also used. The work begins at 8 p.m. and continues until 5 a.m. If this work was not scheduled at this time there would be logjams and gridlock. Lots of money is saved with this scheduling.
Now imagine if you could complete golf course projects – that might interfere with play – during non-play hours.
Bill Davidson, golf course superintendent at the Country Club of Naples, recently told me that he had completed a $500,000 bunker renovation project at night. The work was done in the summer, right after Hurricane Wilma, at Naples Grande Golf Club. The contractor used three light banks and also had lights on their tractors and shaping equipment.
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