I'm sure like most of you, I am ready for the temps to warm and grass to green up. It has been a very challenging Fall/winter! 2016 has started off just like 2015 ended, WET. This has caused us many headaches like bunker repair, cleanup after storms and many days of Cart Path Only. Speaking of CPO, it does not give me pleasure in making it that, it is for the best interest of the course. So please respect the sign, you spend good money to be a member here.
We are set to begin work on the pipe replacement project on #6 this week. This should be complete by the end of the week if weather cooperates. The old pipe will be removed and new pipe installed correctly this time. Plan on a large area to be Ground Under Repair for quite some time. It is anticipated that 200 feet by 50 feet wide will be used as the work site. We might move the tees up so that everyone flies their golf ball over this area.
All pre/post emerge weed control is complete. We anticipate a very clean golf course this season. The board graciously approved an increase in my budget for addition weed control and I feel we have a great plan in place.
We also have a plan in place to correct the problems on the greens, which actually started off the green. During the growing season we sand top-dress greens weekly, over years of doing this the collars build up and create a situation that does not allow water to runoff. We will contract a machine to come out right after Member-Member(May 2nd) to grade around the greens to correct this. In many cases depending on how much material is removed we will just push the grass back with fertilizer, but some areas might need sod. It is a great solution to a problem that has been building for years. I am looking at ways to change my top-dressing program to possibly avoid this in the future. I will then sod cut out weak areas on the greens and replace with new champion sod. I am hopeful to have this complete in early May.
See you on the course
Andy
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