As the weather begins to turn around, the grass begins to grow and the sun begins to shine we are able to assess the degree of winter injury to our greens. Due to a slushy, wet weekend in January we have sustained a certain degree of injury. While not all are effected there are considerable small areas on a number of greens. However, with the help of our team plugging, covering, fertilizing and watering we are seeing some recovery already. This leads us to believe that once consistent spring weather arrives for good, recovery will be accelerated. Please follow along with this blog as we prepare the golf course for another great season...here's to a warm and sunny spring!
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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