Eventful

After hosting the three day, Missouri Women’s Amateur Championship  we were expecting to get caught up on mowing today.  Instead we had to get creative and change plans after a surprise storm blew in Wednesday evening.  This is one of the many challenges of golf course maintenance.  We have to always be ready to change gears and come up with back up plans based on events including golf and weather.

The most important move made was to do an emergency venting of greens.   A wet soil from storms and extreme temperatures could bake our greens.  The venting will help dry the surfaces and exchange gases aiding in less stress through the next few days!

Picture below is a plug from a putting green that shows increased rooting from previous venting holes!

Storm damage from the high winds left the course littered.  We spent most of the day cleaning up downed debris.