Excuse Our Mess

Over this week we are trying to soften the bunkers that have become compacted due to the recent rains and play over the past couple of months. In addition, we are weed eating the bunker faces, edging, removing runners and smoothing all of the bunkers. These processes require a lot of time and our goal is to finish this week before the season goes into full swing. With vacations and holidays the manpower is limited thus we ask that you please be patient until we finish.

The tree trimming was finished today and the final clean up of the pesky smaller branches that fall out days after will continue until this weekend. With the weather once again cooling down the remaining leaves of the deciduous trees are falling and we are cleaning them up as fast as we can. The good news is that all of these processes should be finished by this weekend.

Speaking of the upcoming weekend ... please be prepared for potential frost delays. It is projected that the temperature will drop to the mid to upper thirties.

Divot Boxes

We have been having issues with seed germinating in the divot bottles. This in part is due to the divot bottle containers on 5, 7 & 14 are not being closed completely by the members exchanging their divot bottles and thus during the nighttime irrigation the containers holding sand & seed are getting wet. Please close the lids tightly on the containers.

In addition, if you get a container from the cart staff that has germinated seed please notify Shaun or Brian immediately so we can bring good sand to the cart barn.

Fertilizer is Paying Off

We have been fertilizing the fairways heavy lately including one foliar and one granular application per week. These fertilization's have aided in the thickening of the ryegrass and has reduced the "yellowing" effect of the frosts that have happened in the last week.

We will continue to add seed in the wear areas and fertilizing heavy during the month of December to reduce the effects of the traffic wear and get us ready for January and the events upcoming.

Traffic Wear

Attached to the blog is a picture on 9's fairway which illustrates the problem of traffic wear and the carts driving the same path. This damage was caused within less than a week of traffic and will take two to three weeks to recover. Please scatter and do not drive where others have.