Thursday, October 9, 2014

Fertility and Sod

We just completed our last round of our fertility program for the rough.  This gives us the added bump in growth to continue to fill in thin areas for a more uniform rough. While the grass is slowing down a little bit in top growth the other benefit is continued root growth, preparing us for next year.

Our new divot filling program has been on going and diligent on a daily basis. We are seeing the seed already germinate in areas and very excited to start this process at the beginning of next year. One benefit using the darker material this time of year is that because it is dark it attracts heat and keeps the surrounding grass warmer at night for continued growth. This is an extreme benefit on our new bermuda practice tee.

Another rough sod truck was delivered this morning and ready to go out in the previous prepped areas. In the coming weeks we have been notified that one of the gas lines going through the golf course will need to have a little maintenance performed on a section of pipe. This section is located to the right of #3 fwy and will partially impact that hole. We are hoping to have them start the work at the beginning of November. Once I have a confirmed a date we will pass on this information to you.

A few reminders:
            1. Please replace your divot if possible, this time of year there is a high probability that it will survive. If its blown into pieces then that would constitute a using the sand divot bottle. Speaking of the cart divot mix, we plan on mixing seed for you to use also in the fight for our divot fairway recovery program.
            2. Continue to rake your bunkers
            3. Fix a ball mark plus another
            4. Be mindful where we park around Tee and Greens, keep all tires on the cart path.






Sprouting Seeds