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Being a second-generation superintendent can be hard when your dad is a tough act to follow. That didn’t stop Brandon Nolan from excelling in his career and becoming the superintendent of Wisconsin’s marvelous Beloit Club. We talked with him about his roots in the business and how he’s overcoming the challenges of seasonal drought and everyday expectations. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Second-generation superintendents seem to be plentiful in the Great Lakes region, with turf family trees scattered all around Wisconsin, Michigan, and Illinois.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brandon Nolan is just one of many. His dad, Pat Nolan, led the golf course maintenance team for a local parks system in Northern Illinois. Though the park\u2019s policy prohibited Brandon from working in his dad\u2019s department that didn\u2019t stop him from learning about the turf industry. Brandon worked alongside the forest preserve\u2019s landscape team and eventually started his golf career at Macktown Golf Course in Rockton, Ill., under Dennis Hamilton. \u201cI kind of fell in love with it,\u201d Brandon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He went on to join southern Wisconsin\u2019s highly regarded Beloit Club in 2018 as an assistant to Brian Digise and was promoted to course superintendent in 2020. Brandon explained their relationship and his role:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBrian let me take the reins of a lot of things like budgets, our chemical program, and running the crew day to day. I learned a lot, thanks to him.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the time he arrived at Beloit, the agronomic priorities were pretty clear: \u201cWe had a lot of trees. We needed to get roughs re-established because we had bare areas due to lack of sunlight and we did a big renovation in 2015 and most of the tees were rebuilt with local soils. We\u2019re right off the river so we have a lot of clay soils here. Once the tee boxes are dry, they\u2019re dry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nolan turned to Zipline\u00ae<\/sup> on putting surfaces last year to help with these issues: \u201cWe\u2019d tried other quality products but Zipline was ultimately the best fit for our soil structure,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A severe drought last summer tested that decision and proved it was the right one not just for greens but also for tees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cLast June, we were suffering pretty severe drought. We were 15\u201d under 2021 precipitation and 21\u201d under 2019 totals. June came and the greens were great. But we were hand-watering tees more than greens. We liked what Zipline was doing on greens, so we put it on those tees as well. They recovered very nicely.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brandon explained how it made a big difference under challenging circumstances: \u201cMembers said they couldn\u2019t remember drought like that. We\u2019d always done our fair share of hand-watering, but it was a struggle on tees boxes. The switch to Zipline pulled us through.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His Zipline program on greens is monthly at the 6 oz rate to start and then 3 oz every two weeks during the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cI was extremely happy. From April 15 on, they were the best they\u2019ve ever been from a member standpoint,\u201d Brandon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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He particularly noticed firmer conditions: \u201cI was very pleased with the firmness in the top two inches of the soil. You could really tell the moisture distribution was even throughout the sub-profile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nolan explained that he chose the split rate every two weeks to complement his efforts to fight fungi: \u201cWe fight a lot of patch disease so I\u2019m using Zipline in conjunction with my tebuconazole, azoxystrobin, and Thiophanate-methyl applications. I use it to get those fungicides where I want them in the root zone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite the historic drought, Brandon said he was not on a hose all summer: \u201cLast summer was by far the least amount of time we\u2019ve spent hand-watering greens and our total water usage was down. That\u2019s a good sign.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nolan sums up his experience: \u201cIt\u2019s huge. It\u2019s always either myself or my assistant on that hose. Given the cost of \u2018us\u2019 we could be doing better things than standing on the end of a hose.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zipline isn\u2019t the only successful addition to his program. He\u2019s also using TurfRx Ca to try to compensate for collar stress and other side effects of a stringent rolling program. He explained why it\u2019s been so helpful: \u201cWe\u2019re on the roller here 4-5 days a week. It\u2019s stressful in that area. We try to time it with aerification to get it down in the soil. We go out a day before with it, irrigate and then hit them with \u00bc-inch solid tines. We were definitely healthier last year and we\u2019re expecting to see even more benefits after using it for a few more.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nolan is having a ball taking the course to new heights and he\u2019s finally getting a chance to work with his dad a little. \u201cHe stepped back from the profession a few years ago but still takes care of a little course in Rockton. We send each other pictures of turf problems! We also try to play golf as much as we can together. It\u2019s so much fun,\u201d said Brandon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being a second-generation superintendent can be hard when your dad is a tough act to follow. That didn’t stop Brandon Nolan from excelling in his career and becoming the superintendent of Wisconsin’s marvelous Beloit Club. We talked with him about his roots in the business and how he’s overcoming the challenges of seasonal drought and everyday […]<\/p>\n

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