Plenty of rain since my last post.  Fortunately drier, warm weather is coming.  A recent article in the Washington Post discussed another rainfall record.  The last 365 days have totaled over 71 inches of rainfall breaking last years total.  So far we have received five inches the first two weeks of May.  Enough already!  The rain did help knock the sand down into the green profile after aerification and the greens are getting better every day.  Expect them to be rolling beautifully for our Club Championships.

 

The greens on Saturday and...

 

 

The greens on Tuesday.  Extensive rolling is helping true the surfaces up.

 

 

You think there has been a lot of rain?  Check out this bubble in eight fairway.

 

 

This is moments after it was lanced.

 

 

The driving range is about ready to move to grass.  This picture shows bermudagrass just beginning to form leaves in the middle of the divot from rhizomes (underground stems).  Warmer weather is necessary to enhance recovery.

 

Mondays continue to be our most productive day.  Here is clover curling from last weeks herbicide application.

 

 

Despite the rain on Monday we were able to cut up most of the downed trees near sixteen tee as well as removing tulips and mulching at the clubhouse.

 

 

Here's a nice success story.  We are using a growth regulator combined with additional fertility to suppress annual bluegrass on the practice green.  The sick looking turf is annual bluegrass with bentgrass beginning to spread into it.

 

 

All this rain is helping us find broken drain lines.

 

 

Crystal BlueLinks bent is really striping out nice!