Thursday, July 24, 2014

Divot Recovery....


 Above is the proper way to use the driving range tee while warming up or practicing.
 
Assistant Pro Todd Runkel taking some divots on #16 fairway. 
Each of the smaller stripes (right side of picture) were 6 shots and the bigger area (left side of picture)was a total of 12 shots. Let's have an experiment and see which area heals faster. My money is on the 2 line of 6 shots. 

Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Cold snap in July??

We should have know, as soon as, we aerified the greens this summer the temperatures would dive into a cold snap. Over the past four days, we have seen two not break 80 degrees (Sunday and Monday). That is unheard of for July in Atlanta. The greens are 15 days removed from aerification and despite the weather are recovering nicely. They look about 80% recovered and should be getting back into shape within the next week. Did you know that from Feb through June of 2014 the average daily green speed has been 11.88?

15 Days after Aerification 

Tuesday, July 1, 2014

June's Records

DateHighLowPrecipitation (in)Irrigation DepthAM Soil TempPM Soil TempSpeed
6/1/20148067588311.25
6/2/201480580.1588911.25
6/3/201486620.1619411.8
6/4/201489660.25669812.75
6/5/201489680.25709613.25
6/6/20148664659313.5
6/7/201490650.256610213.9
6/8/20148764669611.25
6/9/201491650.050.256697
6/10/201492640.6659710.5
6/11/201482650.0250.1668911.3
6/12/20148363649111.25
6/13/20148464649311.25
6/14/201488610.1629911
6/15/201489650.176510011
6/16/201493680.157010211.75
6/17/201492670.16910111.75
6/18/201492680.256910212.25
6/19/201495686810511.3
6/20/201494676710312.3
6/21/201492700.17110211.5
6/22/201493660.46610212.2
6/23/201488670.3689312.25
6/24/201487676794topdress/vcut .05
6/25/201490676710112.2
6/26/20148967689711.5
6/27/20148968689711.83
6/28/20148669709512.25
6/29/201489680.050.256810011.75
6/30/201485680.056892topdress/vcut .1
AVERAGE HIGHAVERAGE LOWTOTAL PRECIPITATIONTOTAL H20 MINSAVERAGE AM SOIL TEMPAVERAGE PM SOIL TEMPAVERAGE SPEED
88661.4452.45669711.9