Plenty has happened since my last blog.  COVID-19 is here and we are doing are best to deal with it. This is a very busy time of year for our crew so we are especially careful when interacting with each other.  The early start to spring has been beneficial.  Rough aeration is nearly complete and we begin deep tine aeration of greens and tees on Tuesday.  Bentgrass seeding in fairways begins tomorrow. 

 

A cloudy start but the bentgrass is starting to take off.

 

 

Rough aeration is wrapping up.  We have experienced excellent conditions to perform this work,

 

 

Rony on the JD5210 with Aercore 1500 aerating large areas around fairways.

 

 

Francisco on the JD955 with Aercore 1000 doing tight areas around greens and tees.

 

 

Jose Nunes on the JD5055 pulling the Ryan Renovaire in the deep rough.

 

 

Bill Rechin taking over for Richard in the stick department.  We begin mowing rough this week!

 

 

Growth regulators have been applied for annual bluegrass seed head inhibition.  Here Josh sprays the 9th green.

 

 

A west wind has pushed our algae bloom near the 16th green.  This will be treated once the water warms up.  Heavy silt accumulation with some nutrient leaching is the cause.

 

 

This is our enlarged garden.  This will be amended with leaf compost and tilled in before too long.

 

 

Red tail hawks are pairing up!