Fertilizer + Rain =

Hole #9:

It is amazing what fertilizer and rain do to a golf course. The maintenance staff has done a tremendous job over the last couple of weeks keeping the golf course in great shape, I hope the membership is enjoying the conditions.

Bailing Hay.

This is what happens when you apply 1 lb nitrogen/1000ft2 a week before 7+ inches of rain. This is our 1st time mowing fairways since last Tuesday. There will be a lot of clippings and the cut will look bad until we can mow them a few times. Don't worry, this is normal, by the end of the week they will look perfect. 

18 Consecutive Days Above 90!!

18 Consecutive Days Above 90!  Including 3 days above 104.


The greens are holding up okay to this point. We are seeing some general thinning on high traffic areas, which is expected. We will plug these areas out with grass from our bentgrass nursery green. Hopefully, we will see the day time temps fall below 90 degrees this week. The greens will need the break.

HEAT WAVE!!

I apologize for not having more posts over the last few months.  It coincides with what is happening on the golf course. We seemed to have made it through the latest heat wave (104,105,104) fairly well, now we need some rainfall and cooler temps to help the greens recover from the beating they took from the heat. We applied a fertilizer package this morning to the greens to give them a little food to help with recovery.

It looks like we will continue to have temperatures in the mid to low 90's for at least the next 10 days.