90 Degrees, Ball Marks and Green Speeds

Monday, October 31, 2011

It is finally here.  Barring any frost tomorrow morning, the golf course will re-open at 8:00 a.m. to normal tee times.  Frost looks unlikely with a chance of showers and overnight lows in the low 40's.  We will open with normal cart rulings and will only restrict carts to the path if weather dictates.  Once temperatures and the weather decline, we will go to permanent cart restrictions just like every winter.  This week looks to be good for 90 degree cart traffic unless we get rain tonight. The greens have come full circle...

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Prepping for November 1

Thursday, October 27, 2011

The golf course will reopen next Tuesday, November 1 and we could not be happier.  We are ready to put this behind us and get back to normal.  We are busy prepping for next week and wrapping up some new additions to the golf course.  The staff has mowed out fairways with our lightweight Triplexes that are normally reserved for tees and approaches.  These machines provide a better quality of cut than the fairway units because these new mowers are designed to mow at a higher height...

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Leaf Removal and USGA Article

Friday, October 21, 2011

Mid Atlantic Update Keith Happ, Senior Agronomist Its That Time of Year; Recovery and Rejuvenation is a priority! This article from the USGA is very relevant to what we are doing right now.  We are neck deep in leaf removal and are wrapping up any seeding of fescue areas.  Today, we are spraying for winter weeds, removing leaves and continuing work on the irrigation system before we shut it down for the winter.  Greens are receiving applications of lime and topdressing behind the...

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Quick Greens Update and a lot of Pictures

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

#1 Green Greens are progressing beautifully.  We are at our winter height of cut and finalizing any topdressing, fungicide, and fertility applications.  Every green has full coverage outside of a few blemishes on the on deck putter and the clubhouse putting green.  We will continue to improve those areas but the 18 greens on the golf course are our main priority.  Stan Zontek, our USGA agronomist visited yesterday to follow up on our progress.  Stan agrees that the greens...

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Productive Week

Friday, October 07, 2011

We are trying to pull together a good week of grassing, winter preparation and renovation.  The golf course is in great shape going into dormancy and the greens are progressing wonderfully.  Our staff has taken advantage of the perfect weather this week and really completed some good work.  Poor conditions along the cartpath on holes 2, 3, and 9 are being graded and seeded this week and the left fairway bunker is being renovated.  The second pound of potash was applied to holes...

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Greens Topdressing and Fertilization

Tuesday, October 04, 2011

This morning we mowed greens at .180" and followed that with sand (topdressing), gypsum and fertilizer applications.  Our staff is also renovating the left fairway bunker on #9, aerating and seeding fescue areas, and converting poor areas and unused mulch beds to turf.  They will also be edging cart paths, sprinkler heads, and tee yardage plates.  Greens and bunkers were edged last week to prevent bermuda grass infiltration.  As temperatures continue to drop and bermuda grass...

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