It looks like the heat is going to break for us this week (after today). Last week was a challenge trying to get regular May tasks done with the pressure of 35 degree days upon us. The Grounds Dept. spent a great deal of time watering sod that we installed the previous week and also adding sand to our green side bunkers. This week we are going to get back to some cultural practices. We will be topdressing greens on Tuesday and following up with a brush and some light water. We will also be putting the finishing touches on the green side bunkers. The rough has been a popular (or unpopular) topic lately....it is growing very quickly and the seed heads have been very persistent. This is a deadly combination when trying to manage up to 50 acres of rough. We have been mowing and adjusting mowers regularly, it is definitely a challenge to keep up to though. We will be continuing some seeding and sodding in some areas of the rough this week. If the forecast hold true, we will see some seasonal temperatures by mid-week.
A week has passed since our annual spring greens aeration. We have had a mixed bag of weather, hot, dry, cold, wet and even frost! These conditions make it challenging to aid in healing, but with the more recent consistent warm temperatures we are seeing solid recovery. We were fortunate to have decent weather to complete the process on time, allowing us to fill all the holes created by the 1/2” hollow tines. As there are some minor depressions within some of the holes we will be beginning our bi-weekly topdressing program early next week. Our team is mowing and rolling our greens daily, while slowly lowering our height of cut to our summer norm. We all know that spring cultural practices are not popular among golfers, but these all important tasks are the building blocks for high performance greens conditions throughout the heart of the golf season. Check out this video produced by the USGA on Aerations effect on putting...
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