I have been asked a few times lately "Why are the fairways not as green and lush as the approaches?" This is a good question and the reason is because we sprayed them on May 3rd with a chemical designed to remove the ryegrass without harming the bermudagrass.
You may ask did we do that? Well due to our large trees we have difficultly completely removing the ryegrass which competes with the bermuda for inputs such as sun, fertilizer and space itself. For bermudagrass to become healthy during the transition it requires at least 100 days of growth in the growing season. By removing the ryegrass (it completion) we allow the bermuda to fill in and completly recover thus providing a better base for the overseed.
To the right you will also see a overfilled divot ... which we see many of on the fairways everyday. Years ago someone told the members around here to overfill the divots for complete recovery and that the irrigation would level it over the evening ... well that is not true. The picture you see is in the morning after irrigation and level it is not! When we mow the fairways in the morning these divot piles act like sand paper to our reels and bedknives thus dulling them quickly and costing the Club monies in replacement and labor to sharpen. Please level with your foot these divot sand piles and save the Club thousands in the process.
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