Glen Eagle Maintenance (9/5/25)

A lot of activity going on this week during our final maintenance closure of the 2026. Hard to beleive the summer is almost gone. Something else that has been gone is our normal rainfall.

This year we have recorded only 33” of rain YTD, some 20” behind our normal amount thru this time of year. At least the start of September has brought us some slightly cooler temperatures, so far only the lower 90’s not upper 90’s like we had in August.

Less rain has allowed us to make good progress on many of our planned maintenance tasks this week. 

Before we talk about that I wanted to mention a trial chemical application that we put out a couple weeks ago. It is a herbicide called Plateau that also acts as a plant growth regulator. The reason for trying Plateau is to determine if it can be used to slow down the progression of Common Bermuda from taking over the Celebration Bermuda that was planted in 2017. Common Bermuda is more susceptible to the herbicide so its growth is “regulated” two, three, maybe ten times as much as the Celebration, slowing its takeover of the Celebration.

As you will see in the pictures below, all the grass is stunted by the Plateau but the Common Bermuda much more so. The experiment worked, now we will have to monitor whether or not we think the short term pain, the stunting, is worth the amount of Common Bermuda retardation we get.

Keep in mind if there is enough “gain” this could be a cost effective way to slow down weeds, growth and Common Bermuda in one shot. We won’t apply any more applications of Plateau this year but will consider it again next summer when the grass growing rapidly and has time to recover from the herbicide app.

Plateau at 1.5oz/Acre on the right

Difference in Celebration uptake and Common Bermuda

RR Fence next week

Temporary Thinning of Common Bermuda

Fun fact, I took the pictures of the Plateau application while playing golf on Sunday. Just after we played 6 (in the picture) as we were waiting on 7 tee a Coyote ran out of the palmettos between 6 and 7 tee, down the lake bank in Chatham and into the UROs behind 7 Tee. Can’t help but wonder if he had been watching us on #6 the whole time. Probably in the palmettos laughing at our golf swings 😂

Capital projects: bunker sand replacement, concrete cart path additions and concrete removal on #12 are under way. The contractor will have the cart paths ready for play on Tuesday and have a good jump on the bunkers which should be finished next week.

Here is a video of the cart path work this week



Here is a video of the bunker sand replacement



Our cultural practices are going well too…here is a video of some of the task this 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!