The month of July brought some challenges to the golf
course. The heat and humidity at the beginning of the month added extra stress
to the greens. Some select areas on the greens and tees took a step back from the healthy conditions we had. We eased up on our mowing and cultural practices on the greens, we increased our fertilization, monitored moisture levels and hand watered when necessary. The month ended with
some nice growing weather. The greens are recovering and we are slowly working
on getting the speeds back to June conditions.
Moving into August we are preparing for the Club
Championship and the Golf Canada events. We have been raising the heights of
the rough and will be lowering the heights on the greens. To help provide
quality playing surfaces insure you repair your ball marks and
fill your divots on tees/fairways. This time of the season you are better off
to fill divots with the mix provided than with the divot you have made.
