Much Needed Rain

Officially 2.05" of rain received at the Golf Course over the last few days.  It was a much needed rain, not sure when the last good rain was.  There are some rough areas that have really been beat up by the dry conditions.  As the fall goes on there may be a need to reseed some of these areas, time will tell and we will proceed as needed.


This past week we started our soil compaction relief efforts.  The driving range tee has been solid tined and top dressed with sand.  This should help smooth the tee surface.  Tomorrow we plan on  moving on to the driving range and tee surfaces, the tee surfaces will also get a top dressing of sand.  Next week we will move on to the fairways and any rough areas.  Finally the week of October 9-13 we will be solid tining the greens, collars and approaches.  Again all this to help relief soil compaction, giving the turf the best chance to heal from the long summer of compaction and dry conditions.  If you have any question about our compaction relief program feel free to contact me.

Below are a few pictures of solid tining and top dressing the driving range tee.

Come out for some great fall golf.

Ross

Fall is Here!

Well the middle of September is here.  The leaves are starting to change and the cool mornings the last few weeks have been a nice break from the heat.  We are still on the dry side, but it looks like later this week we have a good chance of some much needed moisture.

As you know we had the USGA Agronomist on site late August.  We have received his report last week.  I have placed several copies of the report bye the GHIN computer.  We will also be sending out an email link to the report.  If you have nay questions or comments on his report feel free to contact me.

The golf course is in great shape right now, with the fall is also the time we will start compaction relief.  The first areas we will hit will be the tees, this will be accomplished with a solid slicing tine to provide compaction relief with minimal disruption to the playability of the tee surface.  From there we will move to the fairways, collars and approaches.  If you have any questions on our compaction relief program please feel free to contact me.

On several occasions I have seen foot prints left in bunkers. I have also seen where a golfer has exited the bunker on a steep slope, this will cause damage to the bunker and create soft unplayable sand conditions.  We do not rake bunkers everyday, we will touch up areas if needed.  Please enter and exit the bunker on the low side where the slope is not so steep, rake the bunker as smooth as possible.   As shown below I think I would have raked if they were my tracks!!!  The final picture is deer having fun, didn't expect the deer to rake their foot prints.  Thank you

Come out and enjoy some Fall Golf!!


Ross