Golf Course Report

May 2015

The start of May signifies the beginning of a long summer of important maintenance practices that will prepare the course for another great “season”.  My team is excited to have the course closed on Tuesdays to complete their tasks and groom the course for our members and guests.  With an abundant of area courses closed for renovation, we anticipate a busier than normal reciprocal season.  With this in mind, our goal is to provide superb conditions throughout the summer. 

Our Tuesdays will be used for verti-cutting, topdressing and fertilizing greens.  We also have many projects planned throughout the summer to improve drainage, reduce traffic damage, enhance landscape and improve the overall turf quality.  We will focus a lot of our attention on continuing to improve the soil conditions on our putting surface to provide consistency and playability.     A detailed program is being employed to address a few of our more compacted, weaker fairways (#1, #2, #4 & #18).

The first closure begins on May 26^th with an opening date of June 6^th.  During this time the greens will be core aerified and also receive a Dry Ject application.  These two cultural practices will help remove and dilute the organic matter in our upper soil profile.  The fairways and tees are scheduled to be verti-cut and aerified.  The roughs and driving range will also be aerified during this time.   All of this will be followed by a complete fertilization to assist in recovery. 

We are looking forward to a very productive summer.  We will be introducing a few new cultural practices aimed at upgrading the entire golf course.  The successes and shortcomings of the recently completed season have provided a road map to constant improvement.