My how the weather has changed.  It is a welcome sight seeing the lake full again but don't we miss all that roll!  Now that we have some ground moisture we are tackling some work we held off on during the drought.  Fairway bayonet aeration and seeding bermudagrass areas in the fairways is foremost followed by fertilization of fairways and rough.  We are finally seeing germination is areas we seeded weeks ago!  It just goes to show how important rain and cooler temperatures are.

 

Bayonet tine aeration at sunrise on the first hole.

 

 

Slicing bent seed into bermudagrass. 

 

 

Seeding the driving range fairway with perennial rye on Monday.

 

 

Ryegrass seed in the groove.  This was seeded in two directions.

 

 

Our guys seeding ryegrass near the clubhouse.

 

 

Bentgrass germinating in fairways that was seeded weeks ago.  Under optimum conditions bent will germinate in three days!

 

 

The previous week the crew began raising part of the Audubon garden bed that had poor drainage.

 

 

This bed was not built up enough and held too much water.  Look at the water in the hole after several shrubs were removed.  Plants should thrive when this is completed.

 

 

Adding more plants to the entrance bed.

 

 

We continue to add new chips throughout the course.

 

 

Red Sprite deciduous holly (winterberry) near the sixth green.

 

 

A hickory shining on the tenth hole.

 

 

Once again the early bird catches the sunrise!