Last week the golf course was closed to perform extensive cultural maintenance practices including greens/tees aerifications and fairway verticutting. I am happy to say that all went well. It appears that the fairways will fully recover faster than normal. From what I have seen, they look great. The greens also look very healthy and should take the normal 10-14 days to fully heal. (As I write this, the rain is pouring down which always helps to speed recovery!) You may notice on a few of the greens where a small area of turf may have lifted and is in need of repair. This is a normal occurrence due to the aggressiveness of our aerification program. Over the next week we will repair any spots that are in need. We will also be aerifying and topdressing the collars and approaches on Tuesday.
The grounds department also took advantage of the closed days to perform some other tasks. One of which was the hanging of new driving range nets. Another task performed was the spraying of Round-Up in the area between 10 and 18 fairways. We will be removing the turf in this area and replacing with a waste area similar to the ones on 1, 3 and 5. At the same time we will remove the old, dying bottlebrush trees and replacing with palm tress. The addition of the waste bunker aids playability, improves aesthetics, reduces the need for chemical and fertilizer inputs, and requires less manpower to maintain. You will see this work completed over the next few weeks.
Just a few holes on 6 green
Jason and Jesus hanging new nets
Dark area between 10 and 18 will become a waste bunker
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