Season is among us.

The course is coming along very well, getting greener, and the I am very pleased with how the greens have recovered from teh aerification. I wouldliek to let everyone know that I have erescheduled the DryJect from May 3rd to May 24th. This is due to the incoming rain that we are going to get during Derby weekend. I hope everyone can enjoy the weekend the best they can with 80% rain on Saturday and 90% rain on Sunday, my guess is there won't be a lot of people outside. But back to the golf course. I am very pleased with how the course is playing, we are doing our best to keep up with the rough, but most of the time, Mother Nature wins. I'm glad to see everyone out enjoying the weather and the course and hope I can maybe get a chance to play with the men and women one day. The season is among us and we'll see you on the course.

Aerfication finished/upcoming maintenance

Aerification is finally finished with success. I was very pleased with the results from it. I would like to remind everyone that on May 3rd, we will be DryJecting the greens. This process allows us to push sand deeper into the soil than what aerification does. Aerification gets us about 2-2.5" down while the DryJect system goes down as far as 6". With these two maintenance practices, we have greatly improved our soil in the top 5-6" in the past 3 years. This process will only take a day and you will be able to play on the greens that day. We will start off by closing the front side, just to give us a good start with no interuptions and by 12:00-1:00, it will open back up. At that time we will close the back nine until we are finished. If the process goes well the front could be opened sooner. But the season is upon us and things are starting to warm up, the grass is growing and greening up, and the golfers are coming out. I'm happy to see everyone back out enjoying the weather and the course. We look forward to seeing you out there.

Another aerification update

The front nine greens have been completed. Due to play and a scramble the following days, we weren't able to get to the back nine. This actually helped us concentrate on the front nine and get then healing and filled with sand better. The back nine greens will be aerified Monday, April 19th. The front nine will be open for play but the back nine will be closed. Thanks for you patience and understanding thru this necessary time.

Aerification Update

Well, things didn't go as planned with aerification this past Monday. Mechanical issues did not allow us to finish the front side greens. After working to get the issue solved, we will continue tomorrow, Thursday, April 15th, and finish the front 9 greens and the putting green. We have rescheduled the back 9 greens to Monday, April 19th. Thank you for your understanding thru this and we will have the greens back in great shape for the season. We look forward to seeing you at the course.

Aerification

Like so many things, the quality of a good putting green in more that skin deep. In fact, the condition of a green has a lot to do with what goes on below the surface. In order to keep grass growing at 3/16th-inch, you have to have deep, healthy roots. Good roots demand oxygen. In good soil, they get the oxygen from tiny pockets of air trapped between soil and sand particles. Over time, the traffic from golfers' feet (as well as heavy mowing equipment) tends to compact the soil which leads to the air pockets being crushed and the roots gasping for air. Aerification creates more air space in the soil and promotes deeper rooting, thus helping the grass plants stay healthy. Sand topdressing helps the soil retain air space and makes it easier for roots to grow downward. Aerification is merely a short-term disruption that has long-term benefits for the course and without those little holes, the greens would eventually die. The bottom line is that aerfication is a necessary practice. So on Monday, April 12th, the front nine will be closed and on Tuesday, April 13th, the back nine will be closed due to aerifying the greens. I appreciate everyone's understanding and patience thru these couple days.

If the weather warms up, they will come.

With the warm weather giving us a treat this week, golfers have come out in herds. We are trying our best to get everything mowed out and ready for the season. Please bear with us during the process of finishing up a few projects and teaching new employees the equipment and where to mow. I also want to remind everyone TO KEEP THEIR CARTS ON THE CART PATH WHEN AROUND GREENS AND TEES. We have made tremendous strides in improving the golf course and this is your way of helping maintain the areas around the greens and tees. If golfers see a carts parked or traveling within 10 feet of the green, then they will think they can do it, which leads to the group behind them thinking the same way and so on and so on. Next thing we have is worn grass laid over from cart damage, unsightly turf around the green, and golfers complaining about they don't have a good stand of grass around the greens to chip from. Hope everyone enjoys the warm weather and we'll see you on the course.