Upcoming Holiday Week

Labor Day ... it is almost already Labor Day and still there is tons left to do to get fully ready.  Next week we will be reduced staff due to the holiday and keeping the budget in line, so this week we are trying to get almost everything tightened up to give excellent conditions.

Early in the Morning on 10's Green

Also next week our seed is coming in for the season along with numerous tons of fertilizer.  We will be prepping the golf course and getting all of the pre-seed applications out over the next few upcoming weeks so when we shut down for overseeding we will be able to hit the ground running.

Newly Sodded Areas Contain More Thatch Thus Scalp Easier

I have also heard something about the green speed and will it always be this way for the remaining part of the summer ... the answer is NO (see below article).  Less than two weeks ago we finished up the aerification of the greens and last week was to removal of excess sand from that process.  During that time the units that mowed the greens have to be sharpened daily (both of them each day) and the process wears out the reels and bedknives.  After that process we start to get the units ready to give a quality cut and yesterday we tested that unit that is going to handle this issue.



Desert Sun Article From a Couple of Years Ago
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With the excess heat and humidity we have been faced with challenges that we normally don't have at this time of year.  It seems like our monsoon season is lasting three times as long as it normally does and giving both the team and our equipment added challenges this summer.  The good news is that we are for the most part keeping up while others in the Valley have been falling behind.  We will continue to address each and every issue that confronts us on our way to having the golf course ready but the simple truth is that keeping summer conditions consistent compared to the season is pretty darn difficult in the best of years ... even much more so in years like this one.

Another Beautiful Sunrise at Avondale