Golf Course News - 8/1/2010
I have always wanted to play an island green, and thanks to the abundant rain, we had three on the golf course. They were five green, nine green and one on the driving range. The immense amount of water has caused some problems on the golf course. The immediate problems are evident in the areas that the water was running and where it stood. The areas where the water was running provided a prime habitat for disease, which has killed some of the grass. The standing water either suffocated the grass or disease killed it. Although large areas are brown, I believe that the damage is not as severe as it looks. In some areas the patches of dead turf will be large enough that they will need to reseeded. No seeding will be done until the cooler weather of fall arrives. In the smaller areas that have lost turf, nothing will be done. The surrounding grass will be allowed to fill in. In either case, it will take time and cooler temperatures for the golf course to heal.
It seems like every month I am telling you that we will be redoing number 10 bunker. At some point Mother Nature will cooperate with us and we will get it started. Hopefully this is the last month that I have to write about it.
August is also the month that we will be aerifying greens and fairways. We will be doing the same process as last year using small tines on the greens. Once again the small hole will heal quickly. On fairways we will be using a 3/4 inch solid tine going in about 7 inches. Although the process is disruptive, we will do our best to minimize the disruption to play. Thanks for your patience.
As always, I hope to see you on the golf course.
-Mark Siems
