Greens Covering Refresher (November 2015)

 Our guideline on pulling covers over the greens, I will monitor the forecast and communicate with the membership when the time arises. So, please follow the Blog and Twitter!

25 degrees or cooler for two consecutive nights

Soil temps less than 40 degrees

Highs less than 40 degrees. 

As always when dealing with Mother Nature there will need to be some flexibility.

September's Data

AVERAGE HIGH	AVERAGE LOW	TOTAL PRECIPITATION		AVERAGE AM SOIL TEMP	AVERAGE PM SOIL TEMP	AVERAGE GREEN SPEED
83	66	5.925		66	90	12.4

October 2014 Update

It has been a busy summer, which is a good thing, unfortunately I fell behind on keeping the Blog up to date with Course Happenings! The temperatures are beginning to fall and the grass is to slowing down, so I can use some of my time updating the Blog and keeping membership informed on any Golf Course news.

Kevin Dunn, Assistant Superintendent, was promoted to Golf Course Superintendent in Boca Raton. This was a great advancement and well deserved. His replacement is Tyler Trzaska from Rivermont Golf and Country Club. Tyler has been on property for two months and is exceeding expectations. We are working on a Blog entry introducing Tyler to the St Ives and ValleyCrest Family (coming soon).

Eddie Melendez, Landscape Superintendent, was promoted to Branch Operations Manager for Brickman Landscape. Eddie had been on property 5 years and did tremendous work for St Ives and ValleyCrest. We are excited for his big promotion and wish him the best of luck. We are currently looking for someone to step in and fill the void he left.

You might have noticed that the annual flower installation is under way. It is that time of year to plant your Pansies, Violas, Cabbage and Kale. Once the temperatures fall a little more, we will install the tulip bulbs for the March Flower show!  The trick now is to deter the deer and rabbits from eating the flowers for dinner.

Next Blog... 

Why do we topdress greens every week?! 

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. 

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 

June's Records

Date		High	Low	Precipitation (in)	Irrigation Depth	AM Soil Temp	PM Soil Temp	Speed
6/1/2014		80	67			58	83	11.25
6/2/2014		80	58		0.1	58	89	11.25
6/3/2014		86	62		0.1	61	94	11.8
6/4/2014		89	66		0.25	66	98	12.75
6/5/2014		89	68	0.25		70	96	13.25
6/6/2014		86	64			65	93	13.5
6/7/2014		90	65	0.25		66	102	13.9
6/8/2014		87	64			66	96	11.25
6/9/2014		91	65	0.05	0.25	66	97
6/10/2014		92	64	0.6		65	97	10.5
6/11/2014		82	65	0.025	0.1	66	89	11.3
6/12/2014		83	63			64	91	11.25
6/13/2014		84	64			64	93	11.25
6/14/2014		88	61		0.1	62	99	11
6/15/2014		89	65	0.17		65	100	11
6/16/2014		93	68		0.15	70	102	11.75
6/17/2014		92	67		0.1	69	101	11.75
6/18/2014		92	68		0.25	69	102	12.25
6/19/2014		95	68			68	105	11.3
6/20/2014		94	67			67	103	12.3
6/21/2014		92	70		0.1	71	102	11.5
6/22/2014		93	66		0.4	66	102	12.2
6/23/2014		88	67		0.3	68	93	12.25
6/24/2014		87	67			67	94	topdress/vcut .05
6/25/2014		90	67			67	101	12.2
6/26/2014		89	67			68	97	11.5
6/27/2014		89	68			68	97	11.83
6/28/2014		86	69			70	95	12.25
6/29/2014		89	68	0.05	0.25	68	100	11.75
6/30/2014		85	68	0.05		68	92	topdress/vcut .1
		AVERAGE HIGH	AVERAGE LOW	TOTAL PRECIPITATION	TOTAL H20 MINS	AVERAGE AM SOIL TEMP	AVERAGE PM SOIL TEMP	AVERAGE SPEED
		88	66	1.445	2.45	66	97	11.9

May 2014 Stats

	Average High	AVERAGE LOW	TOTAL PRECIPITATION		AVERAGE AM SOIL TEMP	AVERAGE PM SOIL TEMP	AVERAGE SPEED
	81	57	3.5		56	86	11.7