As we enter the second week of the golf season we are still anxiously waiting for Mother Nature to deliver consistent heat. We have begun to see some minor yield on the playing surfaces. The growth and recovery is still minimal and because of this the day to day experience will still be variable. We are not consistently mowing surfaces to protect turf health. This will come in time as we await the arrival of warm grass growing weather. As far as greens are concerned we have lowered the height of cut once this spring. We will continue to move towards the summer heights as we see the weather improve with the goal of being in our stride as it relates to greens in earlier June.
With most of the opening details looked after we are beginning to address stump holes from tree removals. We will prep all the areas in need and once we are ready for sod we will button these up in the coming weeks.
We continue to train the new staff that have joined our Turfgrass team this summer. As we move closer to earlier start times we are hopeful to have the team comfortable and skilled in the tasks required. Please continue to be patient as we work to acclimatize these new staff members to the property and details required.
The range target green continues to be closed. Please refrain from hitting balls into this green to assist us in getting it established. We are hopeful this process won’t take too long but much like everything we are waiting for good weather to aid in the establishment. We will continue to be on range mats for the remainder of this week and we will look to make the move to the grass deck by the weekend if the forecast holds.
Vole damage is beginning to recover. We will continue to be patient with this damage as we are seeing positive indications that it will recover.
Aeration was scheduled for this past Sunday evening and Monday May 11th. With the lack of growth, irrigation and weather challenges this process had to be pushed to the backup dates of Sunday May 31st in the evening and Monday June 1.