Glen Eagle Maintenance (12/27/24)

I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas

This time last week I was on vacation in environment wise, the opposite of Southwest Florida. 7,500 to 10,000 feet of elevation, temperatures in the single digits and 18” of snow made it feel like I was on a different planet.

We had a great time but are glad to be back in the land of green grass, colorful flowers, shorts and short sleeves!

The warmer weather recently has the grass rebounding from the early cold weather in November. There are still areas of old growth that are showing the effects of that colder time but overall the course is in good shape as we move into the New Year.

Many of you will be retuning to Glen Eagle very soon, so until then I hope everyone has a Safe and Happy New Year! 

As always, if you have any questions, flag me down or shoot me an email. I always enjoy talking turf!

Glen Eagle Golf Maintenance (12/13/24)

 It has been a wild weather week here at Glen Eagle. We had a couple of “warm” days. Then some rain, Yay!! Then cold again.

The 0.65” of rain and recent warm weather provided a nice green up compared to the cold which had the grass off color for a while.

Here is a quick video of what we had going on this week (pencil tine greens aerificaiton/rolling post aerificaiton/landscaping/planting Canna Lillies behind resturant/freshening up rocks around tee signs/tree trimming/dead tree removal/dealing with hydraulic leak on the rough unit).

Just a quick note. I will be on vacation next week so there won’t be a post next week.

I look forward to seeing everyone on the course, and as always, if you have any questions, flag me down or shoot me an email. I always enjoy talking turf!

Glen Eagle Maintenance (12/6/24)

It has been cold this week and the course is not happy about it! We had two days in the mid to lower 40’s and I pulled a 50 degree soil temp from the greens on Wednesday. When the air and soil temps get that low our warm season grass growth substantially slows down. When that happens, the plant slows down, it produces less chlorophyll and goes “off color”. The hybrid Bermuda TifEagle greens tend to exhibit the most dramatic color change and can look purple and brown during cold weather. These conditions are usually temporary and once the temperatures rebound into the 80’s, the turf will start to green up again.

Here are a few examples of greens that look dry but in reality are really just cold 🥶

During this time of year when growth is slow it is especially important to take care of the course. That means practicing proper course etiquette:

90 degree rule

(see this video on how to properly execute the 90 degree rule https://youtu.be/xqND6Xzc-X8?si=lSxO_aMmk7jP8bJN)

Keep all 4 tires on the cart path around tees and greens

Fill divots in the fairways

Repair ball marks on the greens (see below)

Pick up your feet up so that you aren’t scuffing up the green surface

Pulling the pin or using the ball lifter to remove your ball instead of reaching into the hole to get the ball out of the cup 

Here is a picture of scuffing on the greens. The scuffing below is just one area but can often be the entire length or width of the green.

As you can see in this picture, part of the cup edge gets displaced from reaching into the cup with your hand or putter. Often times the back of the had brushes the edge and knocks it off, damaging the edge.

I look forward to seeing everyone on the course, and as always, if you have any questions, flag me down or shoot me an email. I always enjoy talking turf!