Week of May 5th

 

First full week of May and spring is here.  This week the weather has been beautiful. With some much needed rain last weekend, the course is starting to shine.  The team had an unbelievable week - everything from irrigation leaks, flowers, tree work and normal weekly maintenance.  They crushed it.  

The team started off the week receiving our flower order for the year and wasted no time installing over 100 flats and over 1500 individual flowers in 2 days.  

Also at the beginning of the week we completed some emergency tree work between holes 6 and 7.  This Elm was in bad shape and was causing issues on the 7th fairway.  The root system of the Elm was compromised due to old age and was actually leaking water into the fairway.

We did have some irrigation issues to resolve this week but this year has started off better than prior years as far as irrigation repairs.  Fingers crossed.  

We have also started our grooming and brushing program on greens this week.  We will continue to groom and brush every week until summer heat sets in.  This process helps with the texture of the greens, increasing turf density for smoother and more consistent putting.  We will use the beginning of week to complete this process as green speeds will be affected - so that the second half of the week will see increased speeds.  

 

The team was in full swing in the middle of this week getting the course ready for our One Day Member Guest.

Lastly, we will be spending the rest of the week spraying and fertilizing in anticipation of some rain on Friday and getting ready for what looks like a beautiful weekend.  And Happy Mother's Day!!

Thanks for reading.