Thursday, September 08, 2011
We finally received some leniency from Mother Nature and avoided any major flooding. After 3.7" of rain this week, the golf course is very wet but draining well. After a quick rise, the river crested at 10.91 feet and is already going down. The rain has leached all fertility through the greens profile so we will be fertilizing greens tomorrow. Today we are spraying both contact and systemic fungicides as well as a preventative insecticide. We are starting to see some competition on the greens from the new seedlings. This is normal and while it looks a little rough, the stronger turf is out competing other seedlings and taking over. We are also dealing with dropping the height of cut so the greens will have to get used to the new, lower mowing heights. We will begin topdressing greens next week in order to smooth the surface, prevent against scalping, and to protect the crown of the plant as we continue to drop the height of cut.
We have sampled the greens and are pleased to report that there is no disease activity. We are all a little gun shy of any imperfections right now but we need to be patient in the grow in process. Overall the greens look great and are progressing nicely. Some dry weather will help with quality of cut and reduction of disease pressure. The 10 day forecast looks very conducive to growing bentgrass.
The staff is busy today fixing bunker washouts and cleaning up from the rain. Not surprisingly, there is one bunker that needs very little attention.
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| Back Left Greenside Bunker #2 with two year old fabric liner |
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| Right Fairway Bunker #8 with new Porous Asphalt Liner |
