This Year/Summer Learning Gtoals

This year I have taken a position at Onwentsia Club which is located on the north shore of Chicago in Lake Forest, Illinois.  I'm very excited for the position and the opportunity to continue my learning from some of the best in the business.  This year I am looking forward to learning more about the management practices and more of the tasks that face an assistant superintendent on a regular basis.  The superintendent at Onwentstia Club is Scott Vincent.  The two assistant superintendents are Kyle Haines and Rod Bozic.  I know that I'm going to be challenged by them to continue my development and expand my horizons with everything dealing with golf course management.  I have put together a list of areas that I would like to improve on this summer.  The list may grow as the summer goes on but I plan on developing greatly in the following areas.

• Learning proper water management of greens, fairways, tees, roughs, surrounds.  Knowing exactly how we're trying to impact the plant to maximize playability. 
• Learning the proper way to set up a fertility, herbicide, fungicide, insecticide, and plant growth regulator program, so that we maximize playability. 
• Learning disease and pest identifications and knowing the controls for them.
• Balancing the budget and budget decisions.
• Learning proper crew management techniques. 
• Learning Site Pro.
• Becoming familiar with month by month, week by week, and day to day tasks. 
• Becoming familiar with administrative tasks.
• Becoming familiar with chemical room products, active ingredients of products, and rates of products.
• Learning practices that coincides with the weather that is presented.

There should be plenty of information to take in this summer and I'm excited to continue my development in golf course management.  Check back for updates.