Course Update

The course has been wet for a few days now as we received 2 inches of rain Friday and there were showers yesterday with more predicted today. The main focus of the crew has been on cleaning up leaves and pine needles as well as cutting down the ornamental grasses and fescue areas. Normal years the ornamental grasses are not removed until November but with budget reductions I will be losing half of the crew next week so these jobs had to be performed earlier then in years past.  The ornamental grasses behind 8 green will remain until the spring to help provide some privacy during the fall months from Garfield Ave. The cutting down of the fesuce areas gives me an opportunity to spray for weeds in these areas as well as prepare them for the winter months. We have been mowing on a much reduced basis but the greens are being rolled on a daily basis. I will be aerating and seeding the collars and select approaches with small tines next week unless the Tropical Storm Sandy throws us a curve ball. It will be a year to the day almost of last years snowstorm that destroyed many trees on the golf course. I really hope Sandy blows out to sea.