Friday, September 30, 2011
Well this was not the best week but it was a good week to recharge the system about 2.5 inches of rain. I was not able to complete the approach aerating since we spent 2 days getting all the bunkers back in shape and lost 1.5 days to the rain this week.. But I did managed to complete 1,2,8,7. With the cooler weather, I did raise the greens height. That being said the greens are still very good for the most part we are really not mowing any grass right now on the greens the l-93 that we have basically slows down with this cool weather. We have been rolling the greens, even after the rains the greens are still firm and pretty fast. I was able to find a break in the windy week and fertilize the back nine. I will finish the front nine next week. This should help the plant encourage rooting and build some reserves up for the winter. We will keep moving forward while maintaining a great golf course. It looks like the weather is going to be really decent this weekend and next week and I hope that you can get out and enjoy the golf course.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Course update 9/26/11
Another great week behind us and very good course conditions. We managed to get everything very firm over the last 2 weeks and have been happy with the greens speed. I hope that you have had an opportunity to get out and play some golf.
This is the time of the year that I like to make a slow transition to working on projects and encouraging rooting of the turf. Starting tomorrow we will slightly raise the heights of cut on all greens and fairways. we will not mow the greens every day but favor rolling a little more to maintain good firmness and speed. The height of the greens right now is .095 of an inch and that is way too short for winter. I will slowly raise the greens height to .115 and that is were we will be for winter. You may have noticed that we started to work on removing the rough grass around the oak on 2 and have replaced about half to fairway. I already like the change. There are no 'big' projects planned for this fall, but I would like to work on leveling sprinkler heads around the greens, adding a few sprinklers to the front of a few greens to allow for better coverage. I would also like to work on leveling the drains in the fairways. especsially around the greens. Over the years with our topdressing program we are actually raising the surface but the irrigation heads and drains remain in the same spot the only way to fix this problem is physically digging and raising.
The rain we are getting today is really good timing. We are dry and this good soaking should be enough to charge the system back up.
This is the time of the year that I like to make a slow transition to working on projects and encouraging rooting of the turf. Starting tomorrow we will slightly raise the heights of cut on all greens and fairways. we will not mow the greens every day but favor rolling a little more to maintain good firmness and speed. The height of the greens right now is .095 of an inch and that is way too short for winter. I will slowly raise the greens height to .115 and that is were we will be for winter. You may have noticed that we started to work on removing the rough grass around the oak on 2 and have replaced about half to fairway. I already like the change. There are no 'big' projects planned for this fall, but I would like to work on leveling sprinkler heads around the greens, adding a few sprinklers to the front of a few greens to allow for better coverage. I would also like to work on leveling the drains in the fairways. especsially around the greens. Over the years with our topdressing program we are actually raising the surface but the irrigation heads and drains remain in the same spot the only way to fix this problem is physically digging and raising.
The rain we are getting today is really good timing. We are dry and this good soaking should be enough to charge the system back up.
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