Saturday, August 20, 2011
It has been a painful process but seeing the new seedlings grow has really re-energized our crew. We applied another application of fungicide to the greens to prevent disease and spiked and re-seeded a few areas that washed during last weekend's rain. The seedlings on the greens are growing nicely and will be fertilized again this week.
Our team worked hard to wrap up a few projects and get ready for next week. We completed four separate drainage projects on 12, 14, and 3. These projects will aid in turf health and reduce cart restrictions. We also worked on the right greenside bunker on 1 as well as prepping for sod next week. A new assistant, Kevin Mark, starts this week just in time for a truckload of sod. This sod will wrap up the fescue conversion to Tifsport on #9, the bunker face on #14, the green tee on #12 and the tee surround on #1. Different bermuda grass types will be utilized depending on the area.
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| More Drainage work on #3. This hole has a lot of soil moisture issues and in turn the most cart path restrictions. We are draining these areas while we are closed. Two more drainage projects are scheduled for #3 this week. |
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| #2 Green is recovering nicely. 95% of the recovery on this green will be from the original turf. |
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| The seed on #15 is growing very well. 95% of the recovery on this green will be from seed. |
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| #7 Green will see about 70% recovery from the original turf and 30% from seed. |
