Last year, our ponds were dry. As it turns out, you need rain to fill creek beds that keep ponds filled with water. Go figure. Rather than sit around and fill the ponds with our tears, we decided to take advantage of the dried out ponds. Last summer, we began work on building a new […]
Smell-a-Site. If Only Computers Had Five Senses.
If you haven’t ever played golf in the spring, you need to make it a point to stop out sometime in the next week or so. The smells and beautiful trees only last a short while, but boy, do they ever smell amazing. As soon as you walk up from the parking lot, you are […]
Tarpin’. Seedin’. Celebratin’.
If you recall, about a month ago, we reseeded number nine tee box. It was a hot mess from the drought we had last year. Number nine is a bent grass tee and in a low spot, so it doesn’t really like droughts. Who does, right? Par threes are always difficult to keep looking good […]
Range Balls the Credit Card Way
When I was a teenager, I worked behind the snack bar at the golf course. We used to have the range balls in garbage cans and we’d scoop up the buckets to fill them. It was everyone’s least favorite job and I always tried to look busy doing something else to avoid it. Teenagers. It’s […]
A Tribute to Fred, My Mom
My mom, Freddi the Kitchen Guru, is one of the most hardworking people I know. Most weekends she cooks food that ultimately serves several hundred people. She keeps this golf course running with her energy and wit. There are many days that she spends countless hours washing dishes. I have never heard her complain. She […]
Sunny Days. Sweeping the Clouds Away.
My maiden name is Brady. Our family of Bradys have owned the farmland that makes up the golf course since the fifties. Originally, my grandpa’s sister, Dessie Sorensen and her husband, John, lived in the farmhouse at the top of the hill. When she and her husband built a house nearby, Grandpa leased the land to the […]
Weeds. What Are They Good For? Absolutely Nothing.
Spring. I have a love/hate relationship with it. I love to watch the golf course come alive from the depths of winter. Green grass, trees budding with leaves, water running in the creek bed from the winter melt, my brother’s eyes that swell shut from his allergy to Oak trees. It’s all the best part […]
MaMas Are Gonna Likey
Yep. It’s the day we get to celebrate all things mom. It’s coming up in a few days. In preparation, we have done a little redo of our women’s area in the golf course’s Golf Shop. It all started with a old chest of drawer’s from my husband’s grandma. Theresa did a number and transformed […]
Pump It Up
Our miniature golf course features six ponds, two fountains and a 15 foot boulder waterfall. The Iowa weather dictates for us to store the pumps inside in the winter to keep them safe from freezing. In the spring, the ponds are cleaned and prepped for the installation of the pumps. It is always amazing to see […]
Jason Gets Dirty
It’s kind of hard to believe when you look outside today at the beautiful green grass and bright blue sky, but we were covered in snow on Saturday. When I was getting ready for the minigolf outing that we had that day, I noticed water pouring out of the side of our driving range hill. […]