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Superintendent and pro report: Kingman course maintenance, tournaments and operations improvements
Summary
Superintendent Alex and the golf pro reported on aerification, herbicide work, sprinkler and drainage repairs, improved merchandise sales and a plan to standardize tournament contracts; staff also described a recent fix to a GPS-related cart glitch and plans for volunteer starters.
City of Kingman golf staff reported a range of operational improvements and ongoing maintenance projects that staff say will support improved playability and revenue.
Golf Course Superintendent Alex reviewed fall cultural practices: half-inch solid-tine aerification on tees and fairways, needle tines and double rolling on greens, overseeding trouble spots with L-93 bent seed, and regular herbicide applications to combat a persistent spotted-spurge (the southern brass-button weed). Alex described ongoing irrigation and drainage work (roughly 65 feet of new PVC and 19 new sprinklers installed since the previous meeting) and said the course is coordinating cart-path grinding with Kingman Public Works during winter projects.
"Liquid herbicide applications continue in two-week intervals," Alex said during the superintendent report and noted the team will taper some practices for winter.
The golf pro presented business numbers showing stronger November rounds and sales compared with prior years: staff reported about 502 more rounds than the previous November and cited roughly $114,000 in business for the month, compared with figures cited for previous years. Pro shop merchandise mix and rental-club offerings improved, and staff are standardizing tournament contracts for 2026 to clarify dollar values for organizers.
Staff also discussed a GPS-related cart glitch tied to a kill-switch that allowed users to defeat geofencing. Clubcard adjusted the GPS configuration to eliminate the glitch; staff are reviewing options to reinstate geofencing without causing the prior faults. The commission discussed volunteer starters and rangers to help set pace-of-play expectations; staff said a volunteer starter program may begin late February with volunteers compensated by golf hours.
Next steps: Continue maintenance projects into winter, finalize tournament contract language for 2026, address cart GPS/geofencing technical solution, and recruit volunteer starters in late winter.
