We are coming out of a wet, humid weekend and might have a few more days of rain this week but today allowed us to get some work done. We mowed greens, tees, fairways, the driving range, some rough, and the bunker faces. We also edged bunkers, edged greens, spiked greens and topdressed greens at a rate of 180 pounds of sand per thousand square feet. The continual topdressing will help the greens grow in and smooth the surface. The growth of the greens has really picked up in the last few weeks and they are growing in nicely. We have been weighing the amount of clippings we pick up off of the greens to indicate that day's growth. This tells us how much to fertilize and when.
The seed has popped in the fescue areas as well as the overseeded range tees and target greens. We will be mowing these areas soon. Greens were sprayed with a fungicide yesterday due to wet, humid conditions over the past 5 days. Disease samples have been sent to Virginia Tech today to insure disease free conditions. So far we have been very clean since July.
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| We hit our seeding window perfectly for the ryegrass over seeding of the driving range tees and target greens. |
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| #18 Green |
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| Mowing the Driving Range practice green at .225". Greens are usually maintained between .125" and .150". |
