Rolling Road GC Golf Course Management

  Good Bye July and Hello August.  This week started summer aerification.  It was a tough week with heavy rain last Sunday slowing the process down and a monsoon in the middle of the week stopping us in our tracks. Even with the weather not helping, the team did an amazing job getting greens and tees completed. The team had to switch gears on Monday due to the rain.  We usually top-dress and deep tine before we pull cores but the greens were too soft for heavy tractors and top-dressers.  Instead we pulled cores and had to back blow the cores in lines and shovel the cores into carts.    On Tuesday the greens were a little firmer so we where able to get all the greens top-dressed, brushed and rolled.   Also on Tuesday the team was able to complete all aerification processes on tees.   We were hoping to be able to punch approaches and practice fairways on Wednesday but Mother Nature had a different plan.  We received 2 inches of r...

  What an interesting week.  Multiple rounds of strong storms, summer heat, smoke and even a touch of early fall.  It was a very busy week for the team.   The team started off the week cleaning up from the strong storms we had over the weekend.  The storms not only brought some much needed rain but also very strong winds covering the course in debris and even bringing down a couple trees.   It was a busy week for the sprayers.  Normal scheduled sprays were completed on greens, tees and fairways.  Rough was sprayed this week and an emergency Dollar Spot spray was needed after all the rain.   The team also found time do compete another round of spot spraying in the Native Areas around the course.   Before another round of storms the greens were spiked, top-dressed and the sand was brushed in.   We continue to have an issue with water coming onto the property from Rolling Road.  With no help from the state...

  Another busy week at the Club.  The team hit it hard this week completing all weekly tasks and dialed in some details.   The team started off the week grooming and topdressing greens, followed by a wetting agent application and soil spray.  The wetting agent helps with water infiltration and getting the soil spray where it is needed for the roots.     Main focus this week was details around the course.  The team completed a full bunker sand check, removing any grass runners on the edges and blowing sand splash on the faces.  Also this week the team was back trimming fence lines around the property.     With the lack of rain since Memorial Day weekend, the crew spent a lot of time this week with moisture management.  Tees and fairways were hand watered to help get the moisture consistent.  Headed into the longest days of summer it is extremely important not to have too much water in the soils as well as not to l...

  Rough start to the week but a beautiful ending.  It was a tough work week with all the rain last weekend, but our team made the best of it and had a very productive week.   Last weekend was not great timing but brought much needed rain to help with the drought.  From last Thursday through this Wednesday the course received 5.2" of rain.  Even with all the rain over the last week we are still in a drought and currently 4" behind for the year.     The team started off the week spiking greens to help introduce oxygen into the saturated soils from the rain.  Also, we worked on texture double cutting green with the groomers engaged.  Groomers help stand up the grass for a better cut and playability.  We will continue grooming greens every week throughout the rest of the spring and early summer.     This week was a busy spray week to help get ahead of Member Guest next week.  All short grass was sprayed with our week...