Jason Bauder, Class A Superintendent at Mill Creek Golf Club in Mebane, N.C., says the threat of COVID-19 has brought sanitation issues to light for every part of his department.
The coronavirus pandemic has infiltrated every aspect of our daily lives, including our work habits, and golf course maintenance operations are no exception. Jason Bauder, Class A Superintendent at Mill Creek Golf Club in Mebane, N.C., says the threat of COVID-19 has brought sanitation issues to light for every part of his department.
“We constantly sanitize the steering wheels, controllers, and seats on all of the equipment,” says Bauder. “We sanitize the handles on the tools every time we use them.” In addition, all staff members ride by themselves in golf carts or pieces of equipment.
Golf course crew members at Meridian Hills Country Club in Indianapolis and at Manchester Country Club in Bedford, N.H., disinfect tools and equipment after each use as well.
However, tools and equipment are not the only aspects of maintenance operations to consider when it comes to creating sanitary conditions.
COVID-19 could even influence the materials used to build a new maintenance facility at Meridian Hills, where discussions are underway about building a new structure for the grounds crew. Nonporous cinderblock and concrete materials lend themselves to hygiene and cleanliness, notes Golf Course Superintendent Jared Weight, solidifying his feelings that these would be the best materials to use in the construction of a new facility.
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