The weather looks to be great for the next few days & the golf course is in great shape so come and enjoy your course!!
Friday, June 28, 2013
Monday, June 24, 2013
Looking better!!
Here is a picture of #6 green. This is one of the greens that was hit the hardest by anthracnose. As you can see it is recovering pretty well. The areas that are still a lighter is the poa annua that the anthracnose attacked. If an area is real bad we have reseeded trying to establish some more bent grass.
Tomorrow we plan on applying liquid fertilizer. We are applying liquid fertilizer on a weekly basis to aid in the recovery. The liquid is absorbed through the leaf and made available to the plant almost immediately.
Also this week we will be applying a light top dressing to the greens. Once the sand dries we will roll in into the turf canopy. Top dressing smooths the putting surface and helps control thatch.
If you have any questions pleas feel free to contact me.
We will see you on the course!!
Ross Santjer
Thursday, June 20, 2013
Top Dressing Greens
Today we are incorporating a light sand top dressing on the greens. This will help smooth the surface and keep the thatch under control.
After the sand is dry we will then roll the sand into the turf canopy.
Sunday, June 16, 2013
Bunker maintenance
Look at the foot prints in the bunker on #3 this morning.
It is the golfer's responsibility to rake the bunker after hitting their shot!!!
Please be courteous to the golfer's behind you.
Thank You
Greens
As you can see in the picture the greens are still struggling with anthracnose.
We treated them Thursday June 6. This treatment would normally last 21 days, under these wet weather conditions it only lasted only about 7. We treated them again on Friday June 14.
This morning they are looking better than yesterday morning. We are planning on another treatment this week, the weather also looks like it is changing. This will give us a chance to dry the plant out a little during the day.
Like I stated in a previous post this will have very minimal effect on course playability. If you have any questions please feel free to call or email me.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Lightning
Take a look at the tree between 1 & 9. Just struck by lightning!! Little to close for comfort.
Merion
How about the crew at the US Open this week. 45 regulars on staff and 125 volunteer Superintendents.
Good luck and hopefully the rain stays away.
Bunkers
The crew is busy adding sand to bunkers today. We try our best to have at least 3-4" of sand in the bunkers.
If you see an area that is thin on sand please let me know.
Sunday, June 2, 2013
Greens
The Anthracnose set in for a variety of reasons. First the wet conditions over the past few weeks has not allow the plants or the green surface to dry out. We have had misty wet weather for two weeks straight, and are well over two weeks without turning the irrigation system on. Also we have push up style greens that have no drainage or no way to move the water away from the surface or the plants. Wthout the ability to dry out the fungus has had a chance to move in. And finally we mow our greens at a lower height than what we should at times.
So what are we doing to help alleviate this problem? We have started by apllying a Fungicide application Friday, another application will happen this week. We will be looking at our cutting height, and other practices involved in the maintenance of our greens. The most imoportant concern is we need to get the greens to dry out, sunny and dry today is good start to helping cure the conditions that allowed a fungi to set in. We hope this weather will straighten out, allowing the greens color and health to get back to normal.
The anthracnose should not effect the playability of the greens. So come out and enjoy some great golf.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me.
Ross Santjer
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