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Golf Course Update


On Saturday and Sunday we dealt with snow, sleet, rain and high winds, but none the less our weekend staff managed to groom our bunkers very nicely (weed, smooth and rake). On Monday we applied a soluble fertilizer to our greens to help the bentgrass compete with the poa annua. We were also able to apply some slow release fertilizer to our tees to help the bluegrass and bentgrass compete with poa annua. Poa thrives in this wet, spring weather, so we try to help the other more desirable grasses along to the best of our ability.
We have had frost delays for the past two days, so during these delays we have taken advantage of the time and hauled fill down to the banks of the new cart path on #2 and we have also continued to back fill the pond.
Today we began to mow the intermediate rough around the fairways, this will take time to even out and obtain the density that we had last year.
Currently, the contractor is completing the ground work around the new eco-flo septic system that we installed at the Halfway House. Once they are done, we will be able to grade and seed the disturbed area.
As usual the Grounds Staff has been toiling with a few other areas on the golf course. We removed the mulch bed adjacent to #7 green and have added top soil and seeded the area with a shade mix. We installed a section of an old greens cover to help speed germination and growth of the seed (as you will see in the picture). We do still have some tree pruning to complete in the area of the seed bed, but it is on it's way. Later this week we will be doing some sod work on the stump holes and the remainder of the mulch beds that we removed from the playable areas of the golf course. The weather forecast for next week is not looking very good, so we will continue to take advantage of the great weather this week.

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