Update for March 26th

Last week we finished aerating the tees and this week we are aerating the green surrounds.  This process will last into next week.  If you noticed the rings on the greens, it is caused by a fungi called brown ring patch.  It has been sprayed for and will take 7-10 days to show signs of recovery. 

New practice green update

The contractor that built our new practice green, driving range, and short game area are standing behind their work and have decided to return and repair all the areas that were not aceptable or did not grow in correctly.  The new practice putting green settled during the grow in.  Therefore, they stripped the poa sod, leveled and compacted the greens mix to insure of no settling in the future.  We will then apply the plugs from aeration that is scheduled on April 9th and grow them in like we did in November last year.  The duration of this process will be shorter this time due to the weather.  It should be open in approximately ninety days from the laying of the plugs.  They also have fixed the drainage in the practice bunker and the cartpath from hole ten to the short game area. 

March 15th update

If you noticed the sand on the approaches, its from the aeration and topdressing this week.  During the summer the greens need leached to flush the salts through the soil profile.  This aeration of the approaches helps keep them from getting wet during that time. We will aerate them one more time in June just before leaching begins.  Next week we will be aerating the tees, followed by the green surrounds the following week.