Source of information to keep members and guests updated on important golf course happenings
Friday, September 23, 2016
Drain Added to New Short Game Area
A wet area emerged this past week in the new short game area so we decided to install a drain to dry out the area. This should help dry it out.
Old 7 Coming Along
The cart path is in and the rock wall is completed in front of the green. The hole is coming along. We will finish sodding on Monday.
Tuesday, September 13, 2016
Gearing Up to Attack Old 7
Great Progress
Several weeks ago we decided to let the Annual Bluegrass Weevil eat the poa on our old tees and our fairways. While at first I was getting nervous by the amount of damage I was seeing, I figured it would be short lived. Here is the cleanup pass in front of the 16th fairway. This was really thinned out 2 weeks ago and while nobody will every play from here, look at how much bentgrass is taking over the absent poa. Between our growth regulator program and the ABW our fairways have made huge improvements over the past few years, almost to the point where we can allow this to happen more and more without effecting playability.
Monday, September 12, 2016
Club Championship Weekend #1 Finished
The top photo shows morning prep for the club championship this past weekend. High humidity on Friday and Saturday hampered green speeds a bit even though we were mowing 3 times each day and rolling.
Sunday the temperature broke in the late morning and the course started playing how we intended it with green speeds in the mid 13s and soil moisture levels at or below 10. Today the greens get a rest and get a nice hydroject application along with a nice nutrient and growth regulator spray.
By Wednesday we begin the preparation again for this coming weekend, with mowing heights going down further and mowing and rolling frequencies going up.
With this beautiful weather upon us, we wont have to push things to hard to achieve the tournament conditions we want.
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