Travis Olson has been employed at the Kamloops Golf and Country Club since 2002 when he began working in at the Pro-shop, cleaning clubs and carts. In 2005 Travis joined the Maintenance crew and worked while attending University at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. In 2009 he began the Turfgrass Management program at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Langley. He Graduated the program in 2011 and was the recipient of the 2011 Toro/CGSA Canadian Future Superintendent of the Year Award. As a part of this award Travis spent 6 weeks in the United Kingdom as part of a work experience program, working at over a dozen different courses in Scotland and Ireland. Travis became the Assistant Superintendent at KGCC in 2012 and was named the Interim Superintendent at the course in January of 2013. In August 2013 Travis was named the Links Superintendent at KGCC.
Hi Travis,
ReplyDeleteWow! You are doing good
Hope you are happy being at KGCC.
As a point of interest...the course was in such great shape this year (all year) kudos to you and the team. What would be the perfect weather conditions heading into winter that would be the best for the health of the course? Snow then cold?
ReplyDeleteThank you for your compliments on the course. To answer your question on weather conditions heading into winter: If the weather gets cold, snow cover can provide a blanket of insulation and protection for the turf. A few inches of continuous snow cover through the winter would be ideal, as long as we have sprayed a preventative snow mold product. You can learn about weather conditions and how they may affect the golf course in the blog post titled "Winter's Wrath" which I published last January, and "Ice Ice Maybe" which was in March.
DeleteThanks again, and have a great winter!
-Travis