Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Maintenance Updates - Early March

Today we pumped up the Irrigation system for the first time in 2012.

Last Thursday the greens were fertilized.  We used a different type of fertilizer than we normally use.  This fertilizer is highly visible but is a very high quality fertilizer.

Monday all the fairways were fertilized.

Wednesday we will be spraying all the Greens and Tees.  This will be the first fungicide application of the year.

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Rough mowed today!

Its the first day of March and the temperature is 61 degrees at 9:47 am.  The forecasted high today is about 70 degrees.  It looks like spring is not going to wait any longer.  Today we are cutting the rough for the first time this year.  The smell of fresh cut grass is a welcome scent the signals the start of another growing season.  We are looking forward to a great year in golf maintenance.

Aerification Notice:

We will be closing holes for fairway aerification during the next two weeks.  Please skip this hole and move on to the next.  We may have more than one hole closed.  We will be done as soon as possible and we appreciate your cooperation during this process.

I am sure some of you have noticed that #10 and #13 are once again open to cart traffic.  #16 will stay closed until after it has been seeded and grown back in.  #16 fairway will be returned to acceptable standards no later than the 1st of May.