Quick post today, mostly a few pretty pictures of the golf course since it is really starting bounce back fully from the mid summer maintenance closure a few weeks back.
We did get 0.3” of rain on Monday which helped with color and growth. Look at all the clippings when we mowed 16 rough…
Worked in some backtrack verticutting on the greens this week. Backtrack is when we make a pass then instead of moving over a pass when we get to the other end, we come straight back down the first pass. This is done to work against any grain that may be laying in the direction of just a single pass.
We are still way behind on rain for this time of the year. We should be getting 3 inches instead of 3 tenths but for now we are ok, let’s just hope the lakes fill up before “rainy” season is over.
Tee Update
Most tees are 70% or better in coverage. On number 4 we did have one tee that after sprigging had an irrigation head issue washing out the soil, which created a very low spot in the middle of the tee. We tried to topdress it heavy to remove the low spot but that didn’t work so this week we started over. It was rototilled, releveled and resprigged. We will push the tee to catch up with the others and I have no doubt that it will be fine before season starts.
You can see in these pictures of 16 & 17 (planted approx. 5 days after hole number 1) that they are filling in very well.
More topdressing and fertilizer and all of the tees will be ready to go for season.
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!
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