Transition around the golf course is progressing quite nicely. As of date we have over 90% recovery of the fairways and if you discount the tree root areas along with the heavily shaded areas the recover exceeds 95%. The areas where we did not chemically treat the ryegrass such as the approaches and roughs have just started transition and will take longer to recover since the bermudagrass has to compete with the ryegrass for growing real estate.
The second round of aerifications has started in the roughs this week and starting tomorrow we will be aerifying some select tees and the DR floor & tee. Since we do the second aerification while the golf course is open it will take us longer than normal but we should finish on time. These aerifications aid in the percolation of the water and relieves compaction while promoting deeper roots thus healthier turf.
Speaking of aerification, we will be deep drilling the greens next week on Monday & Tuesday (maybe Wednesday too). We are not going to be progressing in order and will be closing the holes that we will be working on or cleaning up. We ask that you please jump around us while the process is occurring and play those holes that you may have missed later. This will aid in the speeding up of the process and have us out of your way sooner.
You may see some pink dots on the edges of the greens. These are to mark the areas that we are plugging out and repairing. You will notice that these areas are all on the edges of the greens and may ask why ... the reason is because during the season we have collars that are maintained at a higher height of cut and once we recover them for the summer the ryegrass and Poa Triv have out competed the bermudagrass thus making them weaker during transition.
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