Trying To Catch Up

After an extended amount of time since the last blog it's time to catch up.  This is the same theme on the golf course.  The start of the school year claimed almost half of our staff and it has been difficult finding help to finish out the season.  We're getting a little behind on the details but the golf course is still in great shape!  

So anyways... we have done a few things behind the scenes worth mentioning.  The mild August allowed for a vertical mowing of putting greens last week.  This helps thin out the canopy and encourage vertical growth.  

A couple weeks ago we made another Bermuda suppression application to our zoysia collars.  Areas with too much contamination will have to be sodded out this fall or next spring.  This will be an ungoing battle every year.

Finally, this week we started our fall management practices to our roughs.  High traffic and weak areas were aerated, similar to fairway Aeration.  This practice has been completed already.  The next process has been started and will be finished next Tuesday.  This practice is the over-seeding of our roughs.  Newer, stronger varieties of fescue and bluegrass are being used.  Continuing this process each year will result in a thicker, more uniform rough with minimal bare areas.