I'll begin with the greens. We are off schedule when it comes to our bi-weekly topdressing program on the greens. 3 weeks ago we topdressed fairly heavy and then we were dealing with Take-all Patch so we went easy on any aggressive cultural practices on the greens as part of the recovery program.
We couldn't start on the greens yesterday because of the Women's Open/CN Media golf event. By all accounts it went well but now we need to keep woking on the surface and are also venting the greens, something we typically do once a month beginning in June. This involves small pencil thin solid aeration tines that just open the surface to aid in air movement into the soil profile. We are NOT removing a core. It is NOT the conventional aeration that strikes fear in the hearts of golfers around the world. Which, by the way, should be embraced as it is a critical maintenance practice on most greens let alone almost all turf surfaces.
My apologies for the short notice but we will spread the work over 2 days to minimize the interference. The surface is rolled in the final step so you really have to look hard to see the work, aside from a little sand.
On The Course This Week:
- Tee House landscaping
- Rebuild the drinking fountain between the 11th green and the 12th tee
- Step installation and landscaping at the 11th tee
- Completion of remaining sod work beside the 1st tee, bunker to the right of #1 green and a couple of old 150 yard marker areas, etc.
- We missed a bunker trim due to the weather last week so we are on it today instead of Thursday
- Once the above work is finished we will begin installing the paving stone "side-outs" for the ballwasher stand and benches (starting next week in all likelihood)
I will post the yardages that will be used for the LPGA event if anyone is interested in my next blog. These are not set in stone but it gives me a general idea as to what area of the tees we need to protect beginning around the 15th of July. More on that in my next post as well.
All for now,
Wade
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