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| #16 fairway striping nicely! |
It's great to be out of the early cold spell we had at the end of last week. Unfortunately, even though perennial ryegrass is a cool-season turf it still needs some warmer nights to get it going. Night time temps last weekend were in the lower 30s and we ideally wanted to be in the upper 40s and 50s for good germination and emergence. The low temperatures simply slowed the growth a bit and we are now seeing good emergence on the majority of the seed. There are a few dry areas where the seed may be slow, but I am confident that it will come up nicely as we get back into the night time temperatures in the 50s and a little supplemental irrigation.
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| #5 Fairway |
We've been working on re-establishing the championship tee on #14 and it is very exciting to see the work that has been done with the white rock pathway and tree removal. We're going to be running an irrigation line to the tee and installing small irrigation heads to only water the tee and minimize wasting water in that area. Our plan is to seed the tee for some late winter usage and sod with a shade-tolerant variety of bermudagrass called 'Celebration'. We will also be adding this sod to some of the tees on the course that have declined due to excess shade and traffic.
A late week greens spray app included the second pre-emergent application to minimize Poa annua on the putting surfaces this year. Also in the mix was a fungicide, some fertilizers and a wetting agent to get the spray mixture into the soil where it will be most effective.
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| #15 fairway |
I'm attaching a few pictures of the fairways as Luke Survis and I went around the golf course this afternoon for an enjoyable round of golf. We're looking forward to the rest of winter and this weekend's Retiree Chammpionship!
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