Course Update

The unofficial end of the summer is here already with the start of the Labor Day weekend. I can say its been a very tough summer for the golf course, myself, and the maintenance staff but the fall always brings a rejuvenation with changing colors on the trees, healthy turf, and crisp morning air. We have been busy this week on the golf course and were very lucky to miss the heavy rain on Wednesday. We have added bunker sand to the left and right greenside bunkers on the first hole. The sand will take a couple of weeks to firm up but should be in great shape for the club championship. We have also been demoing a new mower for the greens that will allow us the ability to vertical mow the greens in the future, provide us a back-up greens mower in case of an emergency, and give us the ability to double-cut the greens. Vertical mowing lifts the turf from a laying down position to an upright position allowing for a denser, healthier turf system. Vertical mowing also provides small channels for our sand topdressing to work into the turf canopy better. The end result of vertical mowing is more turf plants per square inch which increases density thus creating much better ball roll. We will be demoing two other manufactures equipment before making a decision with the Board of Governors on a suitable purchase. I would like to remind everyone that we will be aerating the greens with our aggressive fall aeration process similar to 2012 on Monday September 16th followed with approaches and tees the rest of that week. The contracted fairway aeration will be Monday September 30th. Two other reminders of importance are that the golf course is closed to all members on Mondays for golf course maintenance with the exception of holidays and please do not use the provided divot mix in the rough. Divot mix is for fairway and tee use only. Thanks and enjoy the weekend.

Seed Growing on struggling areas of Greens