Favorite team:Houston Astros 
Location:Lake Charles
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Occupation:Golf Course Superintendent
Number of Posts:175
Registered on:8/7/2019
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What about the catfish strips at Spahr's? that's my favorite. I'm not a fan of whole filet fried catfish...

re: Future of Le Triomphe

Posted by leblanc272 on 4/3/24 at 7:31 am
[quote]Their current super has been there coming up on 2 years[/quote] Negative. there was another change in August of 2023. The Present Superintendent is a Louisiana guy and very good at his job. He will do great at LT! He has been in the business 26+ years that I know of and comes from a gr...

re: Cookbook for 70 y.o. Dad

Posted by leblanc272 on 2/5/24 at 7:10 am
"Cajun Men Cook" put out by the Beaver Club in Lafayette. Great recipes and not over complicated. Talk about Good and Talk about Good II are also easy and good recipes...
last year i used styrofaom insulation board cut in half lengthwise. 1in x 4ft x 8ft. i used the wood stakes for concrete forms they sell in bundles to hold it tight against the house. it stayed up for 3 months no problem and didn't have any issues with frozen pipes...

re: Golden Nugget Circus

Posted by leblanc272 on 1/2/24 at 7:28 am
I agree that Mully Grass is a crappy way to define a course and the torpedo grass has taken over a lot of the mully and the waste bunkers. Yes staffing has been an issue and the waste bunkers got out of hand. We are working on that presently. as far as the bathrooms go, I know the ones on the cou...
look AT Scion from FMC. I have had luck with it, using it at the casino property around the villa's and pool. ...

re: Houma Meat Markets

Posted by leblanc272 on 10/31/23 at 9:25 am
I second Bourgeois. they opened a second location real close to Hwy90 heading North across from Tractor Supply. ...
you can mix the simazine and the prodiamine. thats what a lot of us do on Bermuda grass golf courses. I use spectilce in the fall with simazine because specticle doesn't stop Annual Blue Eyed grass and simizine does. I do split apps add the simizine in the second app usually in November or early ...

re: Ultimate Grand Isle Boat

Posted by leblanc272 on 9/18/23 at 8:44 am
SeaCat 262 Hybrid. built in Gulfport, Ms....

re: Buffalo Trace

Posted by leblanc272 on 8/25/23 at 12:22 pm
zuppardo's...

re: Santa Maria Tee Times

Posted by leblanc272 on 8/11/23 at 7:04 am
we punch when its hot and actively growing. if we wait too long into September then we take a chance of a slow recovery ...

re: Baton Rouge Golf

Posted by leblanc272 on 7/27/23 at 9:30 am
[quote]Uh oh, Leblanc will be here soon to berate you on how this is wrong or what excuse the management at Webb has for doing this. And then he’ll throw in how long he’s been a superintendent and how everyone needs to shut up[/quote] I'm not going to tell you to shut up. if you want, I'll expla...

re: Baton Rouge Golf

Posted by leblanc272 on 7/26/23 at 12:44 pm
[quote]Also they obviously don’t have competent greenskeepers/supers to provide the maintenance and upkeep year round.[/quote] SO another competent golfer that thinks he knows everything. as a Superintendent for 24 years, I love you guys. BREC has Qualified Superintendents, but there is only so ...

re: City Park South - NOLA

Posted by leblanc272 on 7/12/23 at 8:54 am
[quote]WTF is wrong with NOLA? Who does shite like this?[/quote] Not just Nola! this happens everywhere. I've dealt with this a lot over the last 23 years. Its frustrating to come into work in the morning to get a call from the cup changer or greens mower to tell you to come see. The worst on...
Or wait 2 years for a Toro if you ever get it. ...
[quote]I would guess 1 million to get it to where it was and another million for updates and improvements to the course and facilities. That’s not including payroll, utilities, inventory, etc.[/quote] Not even close. I did a bunker renovation on 3 acres of bunkers in 2020 and it was 635K. the b...

re: Lake Charles Golf

Posted by leblanc272 on 6/14/23 at 8:16 am
I appreciate the kind words on my course. We worked hard to make sure the course is playable ...
Guys, my golf greens are built on 12" sand and tees and fairways are sand capped with 6" sand. If I was in native soil, I would water deep and infrequent. watch your turf. if you water too much the roots won't drive deep, they will stay shallow. Soil is everything. but deep watering is your fri...
Golf greens that are built to USGA spec are 10-12" sand with a peat or profile product mix either 90/10 or 80/20 mix. California style greens are straight sand. this provides a firm base that drains well. I water greens every other night as well as every other part of my golf course. I rotate gr...