Putting Green update

 We pulled the cover from the putting green this morning after almost 3 weeks of cover. While the green itself still is showing significant winter damage I'm encouraged by the seed beginning to germinate in the channels. The green was mowed this morning and will be fertilized tomorrow. For now the green will remain roped off and closed to give the new seed a chance to establish. We're also doing this to limit the amount of foot traffic on the surface, I will evaluate it again in 7-10 days and I'm hopeful it will be open in 2-3 weeks but we're going to continue to play it safe. Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Winter Damage

 The golf course came through Winter in relatively good condition except for a few areas, most notably the putting green. The putting green suffered extensive winter injury to the annual bluegrass. The strange thing was once the snow melted the surface looked good and then started to go downhill in the following weeks. I reached out to our regional agronomist, Adam Moeller, and he provided me with guidance in speeding up recovery. I sprayed a combination of liquid fert on Tuesday, we then seeded the putting green with a more desirable species of bentgrass in two directions using our TriWave 45 seeder this morning, and finally covered the area. The cover will help promote germination, raise soil temps while keeping moisture in the soil. The green will remain covered for a few weeks. While this isn't an ideal situation we are fortunate that it's only the putting green. Below are some pics of the process as well as a link to the USGA letter on winter damage.

USGA Letter