The time of year I dread all season is now upon us. The thunderstorms and cloudy afternoons were a welcome blessing when they started to occur earlier in the month. They provided nice moisture and great cloud cover to protect us from the sun. The course recieved rainfall so many days in July that running the automated irrigation was only neccessary a few times. The soil moisture became unmanagable and the last 3 days we have had 90+ degrees afternoon temperatures. This weather has severely impacted a few of our fairways, most notably are 16, 14, and 13. We have aerified these fairways and that will help them get more oxygen.
The bentgrass plant cannot tolerate these conditions and are in decline all over the golf course. The root systems are dying back and will become more difficult to manage as the season continues. It is very difficult to watch this happen to the grass. I appreciate everyone staying on the cart paths until these high temperature days go away.
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