After a successful Met Open on Thursday, heavy rains hit us on Friday morning, leaving saturated turf throughout. We did not mow any fine turf areas and by Saturday, worm casts were everywhere. The weather never really dried out this July and August and we never got really hot either, so worms could stay near the surface all summer. Normally mid September is when they wreak havoc on playability and mowers, but that has not been the case. In the picture above, you can see what a unmown fairway looks like the morning after the night crawlers do their thing. Mowers get damaged and you almost have to play winter rules. On this particular day, we had to bring the staff in to mow that afternoon so the fairways were playable on Sunday morning.
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