The Heat is On!!

This past week has shown it's summer head. Temperatures reaching the upper 90's with heat indexes in the low 100's. The course is holding on during these warms times thanks to our irrigation system and staff. I ask you to be understanding during these warm days while we try and irrigate the fairways. I know many of you don't like to see the water running while you're playing but we are doing our job to keep the turf cooled down and healthy. The poa annua in the fairways does not like the heat so it is struggling to stay alive. This is good and bad. Good in a way that we want the poa annua out of the fairways, bad in a way that it looks unpleasant and may cause unruly playing conditions. I like to again remind everyone, ESPECIALLY during these warmer days, to please keep your cart on the cart path around all greens. I understand that a lot of you have been playing here for years upon years and you use to just go where ever you please. That's a hard habit to break, but it needs to be broken. So please stay on the cart path around greens and if you have a handicap flag, keep 5 feet away from all greens. On another note, we will be beginning our next phase of bunker renovation next week along with building a new #3 green complex. #17, and #18 will have the flags out in front of the greens in order not to disrupt work so that they may finish sooner than later. If you have any questions regarding this, please feel free to stop me on the course. Thank you and we'll see you on the course.