Memorial Day weekend provided us with some excellent weather that served some major benefits with the recovery of greens. The new bentgrass seedlings really started to grow and spread laterally helping to fill in the ice damaged areas. Tuesday following Memorial Day was very productive as we were able to get a lot of work done but unfortunately that evening 2.2 inches of rain flooded the course. Another case of 1 step forward and 2-3 steps back which has been the norm this Spring.
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| Bentgrass germinated and starting to spread laterally filling in the voids |
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| Productive day with needle tining greens prior to the 3rd round of seeding |
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| 2.2 inches of rain fell and set the plan off track |
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| 6 green with a river running thru it |
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| 15 fairway was "boat only" |
Wednesday was pretty much spent pumping water and trying to get the course cleaned up and ready for the next day.
Thursday the crew did an excellent job and got all the ice damaged areas on greens seeded and topdressed. With the weather now on the warmer end of the spectrum as compared to the 2 previous months, the recovery process should move at light speed in comparison. Most greens are about 85% recovered with a few of the greens significantly further behind but still much improved.
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| Dimple tining damaged areas to incorporate the seed for good soil/seed contact |
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| Completed area with seeding and topdressing |
The new front Range Tee height of cut has been lowered to the Intermediate height and should be ready for use in a couple weeks. Next week I hope to get aerification and topdressing completed.
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| Mowing the Range Tee to Intermediate height |
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| Range tee with an early morning irrigation cycle |
I will update things next week with hopefully the opening of the tees at 2,10, & 16.
