White lines and blue dots

I've had quite a few members come up to me and ask what's up with the white lines in the fairways and the blue dots on the greens.  We are using the blue dots as marker for our greens mowers in order to achieve uniformity for the widths of the collars.  The greens will be dotted as needed throughout the golf season.  We're also transitioning away from the cart signs in the fairways and replacing them with a painted white line.  We think this looks cleaner and it also prevents shots from ricocheting off the signs.  The white lines show where the golf carts are supposed to exit the fairway and return to the cart path when possible.  The lines will be rotated up and down the fairway to limit wear from the carts.  I will have a printed sheet posted in the pro shop as a reminder for this new method.

Course Update

Following a cold start to Spring, temperatures have finally begun to normalize and with that soil temperatures are consistently over 55 degrees allowing the turf to finally begin to grow with some regularity.  Due to the inconsistency of the weather the bentgrass on the greens, tees, and fairways was slow to come around and had taken on a purplish hue.  This is no longer case and it has greened up nicely.  Last week we applied a granular fertilizer (Polyon) with an insecticide (Acelepryn) and a pre-emergent herbicide (Dimension) all rolled into one in the rough and greens and bunker surrounds.  This product saved us time and money by allowing us to make a singular application instead of the usual two applications, one for the granular fertilizer and one for the insecticide and herbicide.  Just a reminder, the golf course will be closed on Tuesday, May 9th for fairway aerification.  This was originally scheduled for April 4th but due to the weather had to be pushed back.  Finally, please remember to fix ball marks, replace divots, and only use the divot mix on the tees, fairways, and approaches.  Enjoy your weekend and I hope to see you out there.