Course Update

We were able to mow the greens twice this week and roll them as well. The greens were also fertilized in preparation for next weeks aeration. Our plan is to aerate on Monday but weather might alter those plans forcing us to aerate during play. If your playing next week and encounter the crew aerating a green please pick-up and move to the next hole.

All of the other short turf was mowed this week as well and the course is slowly greening up. Due to the forecasted weather next week we switched gears and aerated the tees on Thursday. The crew has also worked on the landscaping this week adding pansies to the clubhouse, replacing some plant material that didn't make it through the winter, and adding some Viburnum behind 6 green keeping that area natural looking.

We had an issue on Thursday when we began to charge the irrigation system with a large leak under the renovated bunkers on the 9th hole. Unfortunately a large irrigation line runs under the left-side bunker and was compromised during the winter. A section of the liner will have to be removed allowing for the repair then the bunker can be put back together. As you can imagine I was not in a great mood yesterday but the positive is that the bunker isn't full of sand and completely sodded so the repair will be much easier to complete. Topsoil and sod should be finished next week if the weather cooperates and our goal of men's opening day, April 26th, is still a reality for opening the 9th green complex for play.

Tee Aeration 5/8 inch tine 1.5 x 1.5 inch spacing