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.
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