Can you guess what is wrong with this picture? Besides the ball marks that you can see that were sand filled, there is nothing glaring to find. What is wrong is that the green is still open in late August after a major tournament. We have not had a year since this green was built that we did not have to use the alternate par 3 green to give it a rest. After the US Am last year, we had to close it for a few weeks to allow it to be somewhat ready for the club championship. The year before we had little to no grass on it for the Preview event for the US Am. This year we have endured some tough weather patterns and we have had our share of big events where this green was treated like all the others. Is it our spray program, is it the poa we have incorporated into it or is it because of us lowering the pond level? Probably a combination of all, but the green is heading in the right direction. With the abuse imposed on the greens for the Met Open during a wet humid spell shows that this green may finally be acting like the rest of ours.
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