Laying Eggs on #14

Turtle making itself at home in the left hand side bunker #14 Green.

Natural Area #4 Green

It is taking along time for the bare spots to fill in on hole #4.

Looking closely you can see the Fine Fescue seedlings emerging ever so slowly.

Although it is taking longer than desired we do not want to over plant the area, so that when it does fill in it is not too thick and unplayable.

THE ROUGH IS TOO HIGH!!!

If I pull out any of my daily journals from the past eighteen years of being a Golf Course Superintendent this time of year there is always complaints about the rough.

During the spring flush of growth, we start cutting the rough on Monday, finish on Wednesday, then we start all over and cut the rough again.

The spring flush of growth should slow down in the next couple of weeks.

New Tees

You will notice the newly constructed Tees being off color.

• They have been treated for a disease called Leaf Spot, which causes brown lesions on the leaves
• They are also acclimating to the new cutting hieghts as we lower the height of cut.

Cool Weather Diseases

While making all of those 30 foot putts, you may have noticed the yellow rings on the putting surface.
This time of year Cool Season Diseases become an aesthetic nuisance.  Cool weather brown patch (shown in picture), Fusarium, and Brown ring patch are a few that are present now.
The good news is that as undesirable as they appear, they will not affect the playability of the putting surface.

Why are they digging on Hole #9?

The power wire that feeds the irrigation for Holes 7 - 9 had a short.
The picture shows the burnt wire which was under Whippoorwill road.
A new piece of wire was spliced in, and we are back up and running.

Bunkers,Bunkers,Bunkers!

It took the staff two weeks and ~75 tons of sand to get the Bunkers back into playable condition.

The Bunkers were edged, weeded, rocks removed, depth of sand checked, and raked.
Where the sand was too deep it was removed, and where it was too shallow, new sand was added.

XGD Greens Drainage on #5 and #10

XGD™ System (Existing Greens Drainage) is a procedure developed by TDI Golf in which a subsurface drainage system is installed to remove surface water more rapidly and lower the water table in the green, thereby improving turf growth. The procedure has gained a lot of recognition and popularity in the turf industry. The XGD™ system is an excellent method of improving the subsurface drainage of an existing green - without rebuilding the green.
The XGD™ system is a permanent solution to poorly drained and compacted greens, leading to increased aeration and the removal of excess moisture. The result is a revived green without the need for expensive and disruptive reconstruction. No other system minimizes the disruption to the green as XGD™ does, which ensures the surface is back in play as soon as possible.
For more in formation on the process or a list of Golf Courses in our area that have also completed internal drainage, please go to the XGD website www.greensdrainage.com

New Tees Sodded 4/19/10

All of the newly constructed tees have been sodded as of April 20th.
As soon as the rooting is adequate to safely support traffic, the tees will be open for play.

Aerification

It is that time of year again!On April 5 the Greens were aerified, deep verticut, and topdressed heavy.

Elm Tree Stump

 

 The Elm Tree stump on number nine was removed using a large excavator with a rock hammer.  After the stump was removed the Rock Outcropping was highlighted by cleaning up the surrounding soil.

 

Wet #2 Fairway

The above normal rainfall during the end of March left several Fairways extremely wet.  Number two Fairway was probably the most extreme, causing the entire hole to be roped off.  The first cut had to be done with a Triplex Mower.

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