On The Course June 5th

We are adding sand to a few bunkers

 Monday was a very busy day for us as we were able complete a lot of different cultural practices on the golf course. Brandon was able to get all of the Tees sprayed and started to work on bunker banks. The bunker banks are being spray with a stabilized form of urea and this will help with growth. We are starting to see some signs of grub activity on a few of the bunker faces and we will be spraying some insecticide on a few spots tomorrow. Troy sprayed most of the green surrounds to control some Ant problems we are starting to see. Jason was able to get all of the fairways fertilized and ready for the summer. We still have some areas of rough and approaches to fertilize. The fertilizer we use is a slow release product that requires some moisture to work it into the turf canopy. We watered the product in yesterday as we finished each fairway. We ran a pretty heavy cycle of water last night but the humidity and evapotranspiration rate have been high enough to help dry them out again. As we finish fertilizing some more of these areas we will be running more irrigation.

Troy was able to address a few more problem bunkers that are lacking sand depth. We will continue that project today and tomorrow. Today, we are mowing and rolling greens. We set the groomers down on the greens today to help true up the surface. The groomers are a light verticut with vertical knives that help cut any turfgrass plants that are laying down on the canopy. This process does add a little stress to the putting surfaces and we will be watching them closely this afternoon.

Brandon was able to spray all of the tees and start on bunker banks yesterday

Jason fertilized all of the fairways yesterday

Troy spot sprayed for Ants around Green Complexes