Entries by Scott Zakany
The Key To Winning Online
When your followers mention or share your brand online, engaging with them poses an excellent opportunity to encourage them to refer their friends to you. Your interaction can appear on their friends’ feeds and build your reach! Many of your followers on social media are already fans of your brand! They are the Cheerleaders you […]
When Harmful Chemicals Attack!
Cypress Golf Course Service (CGCS) is very aware of being sensitive to the environment. With the attention that fertilizers and pesticides golf courses use to maintain them under constant scrutiny, having a committed environmental plan by the maintenance department is essential. While there are several ways to approach the maintenance of a golf course, taking […]
A Guide To Managing Labor Costs
Surveys conducted* by the Golf Course Superintendents Association of America (GCSAA) reveal that labor accounts for 52 percent to 65 percent of a course operation’s total budget. The surveys only generalize the relative size of this budget line item but do not reveal the challenges of the tasks themselves: the course design requirements and the […]
Sugar Creek to Reopen Under Cypress Golf Management with 5 Year Deal
Cypress Golf Management’s course maintenance subsidiary Cypress Golf Course Services (CGCS) signs another deal in the wonderful state of Georgia. Dekalb County GA and CGCS have signed a 5 year deal to oversee the renovation and ongoing maintenance of the Sugar Creek Golf Course located in Panthersville, Georgia. The facility consists of an 18 hole golf […]
Augusta Municipal golf course’s rich history still survives
AUGUSTA, GA (WFXG) – Another 300-yard drive into the back of the range, Andre Lacy is a chip off the old block. “He was a long hitter, he was a long hitter, and lots of times people would just watch him hit the ball and he could hit it, he could hit it,” said Lacy. Lacy […]
The Cost of Maintaining a Golf Course
Over the past 5 years I cannot tell you how many times I have been asked by a club official, “how can I lower my expenses at my club without sacrificing quality”? More often times than not, my response to that question is “are you efficient in all aspects of your operation and is that […]
Over Watering
In most areas that we are working in, we have been experiencing a dryer than average year and increased needs for irrigation. Whether your course is getting natural occurring irrigation (rain water) or having to supplement the rainfall with irrigation, applying the correct amount of irrigation is one of the toughest jobs that a superintendent […]
Improving Patch Faces Removal Of Trees
(AUGUSTA,GA) Member Tim Martin has played at the Patch for years, he says the course is now on a roll. “This course is in the best shape that it’s ever been in the greens keeper and his staff have just done a tremendous job,” said Martin. Golf Course Maintenance Martin isn’t alone in praising The […]
Conditions continue to improve at Augusta Municipal Golf Course
Flipping through a red photo album, John Fogel’s chuckle grew louder each time he turned a page. Inside the book were before-and-after photos of the greens at Augusta Municipal Golf Course, starting in early-2014 and going through the present. MICHAEL HOLAHAN/STAFF Golfers make putts on the practice green at the Augusta Municipal Golf Course. The […]