What a difference a day can make!!! We received some rain overnight that totaled .4 inches which helped drop the temperature down significantly. It was 62 degrees this morning which is the lowest morning temp we have had in a week and a half. The course took the rain pretty well but is still a little soft in some areas, we were able to turn the irrigation off last night before the rain hit so there was no added water on the course from that. This morning we are mowing and rolling greens, cutting cups, and resetting tees. We will also be mowing fairways and tri-plexing approaches to clean them up for weekend play.
You may have been seeing some of these green/copperish colored bugs flying around the course and walking on the greens. They are Japanese Beetles and they are what we call a golf course pest. They are known to defoliate certain kinds of trees and chew on turf grass a little. We will be spraying for them this up coming week to try and keep the population in check. Overall we do not expect to see any significant impact from them other than getting in the way of your ball when you are putting. Feel free to squish them with your putter!
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