Greens Update

The backnine greens are all in play now but 4, 6, 7 and 9 are still recovering. We are still seeing recovery but the rain events we had over the last week seem to have sealed up the surface and washed the nutrients down into the soil. This is good for the established plants with strong healthy roots but the new seedlings need the nutrients up closer to the surface where it will be more available.We will be spraying nutrients on the greens and the aeration on the greens next week will open  them up and let them breath again.





We have begun sprigging on the 9th green. The green was aerated and the cores from the healthier side of the green are being placed in the aerator holes on the recovering side. This will help these areas fill in but it does take time and patience.

At the beginning of next week we will be aerating the greens with small tines. The poa annua grass is weak at this time of the season due to the seed head production, so we will take advantage of this and overseed with bentgrass. The aeration will provide holes for the seed to establish and in time out compete the poa. By using the smaller tines we will have less disruption to the putting surface but still get the benefits of the aeration.