Signal Light

The new signal light on the 9th hole is now operational. The light is located in the same location on the tee with new buttons mounted on wooden posts near the old locations. We still have to remove the metal posts from the old light system but we are back up and running. The new system has a few upgraded features including turning itself off at night to save electricity and resetting back to green after 12 minutes which eliminates the issue of waiting in the event players forget to push the button in the fairway. I want to thank the membership for their patience while we dealt with the light system.

I was able to borrow an aerator for the rough from Forest Hill Field Club allowing us to renovate some of the struggling rough areas. I will be out aerating rough over the next week and seeding with turf-type tall fescue matching the varieties from the sod on the moundings from this spring. New seedlings have emerged on the greens especially on 5 and 6 greens which is very comforting to me as we have put a lot of effort into renovating these areas. It will be a slow process but these areas will fill in with new varieties of bentgrass. Next weeks schedule includes venting and topdressing the greens on Monday followed by more hand-spiking and seeding. We will also be venting and seeding the struggling areas of the fairways again taking advantage of the good weather.

Late next week the weather looks to return back to summer conditions so we will be changing from renovation mode back to maintenance mode. The hoses will be coming back out and irrigation syringe cycles will be running during the day keeping all the new seed healthy. Thank you and enjoy the weekend.