This week we hope to make up for some lost ground from (the rain) last week. The Grounds Dept. will be out in full force on Monday atttempting to mow all playable areas of the golf course. The rough has grown significantly as well as the fairways. Typically at this time of year we are mowing fairways three times a week. The wet weather of last week has kept us off of the fairways since Monday. Needless to say the fairway mowers will be "bailing hay" tomorrow. We are constantly working on getting the bunkers into shape and they are coming along. We will begin our Greens Topdressing program on Tuesday (weather permitting) and we will also continue to work on our greens nursery up by the Superintendent residence. We are in need of some dry weather to be able to backfill the sides of the new cart path on #2, if all goes as planned this will happen this week.
Last fall we utilized a “new to us” method of revitilization for our practice tee. Our contractor TDS, fraize mowed the surface of the tee to remove organic matter as well at to aid in leveling. The tee was then aerified and seeded to a new variety of creeping rye grass. We chose this type of turf grass as research shows rapid recovery and a low growth habit. We were able to get some great growth in the fall, but the tee is still not ready for traffic and full use. The plan is to utilize the mats until growth has filled in some of the voids etc. We will then begin to slowly set up hitting areas on the grass tee. For a while we will alternate between grass and the mats with a 50/50 ratio of use. Once the grass tee is established and is in adequate recovery mode, the practice areas will be back to normal. As always our membership’s patience is appreciated as we try to improve these areas for use.
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