Week of July 20th

 

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, the team decided to fix the issue by catching the water and connecting it into some existing drainage.  This will help the wet area on hole 6 until the state can fix the issue. 


A repair was needed on the 8th tee box this week.  As a reminder please do not use tee boxes on the course as a driving range. 


The team completed all weekly details and a full bunker sand depth check this week.  


Our new soil moisture monitoring system showed up this week.  We are currently testing the TurfRad and dialing in our moisture numbers.  The team is super excited for this addition and we will have more information coming soon.  


Lastly, for the remainder of the week the team we be finishing all details, catching up on mowing and enjoying the below average temperatures.   

Thanks for reading.