July 26, 2010

With over 5 inches of rain in the past 2 weeks the drought is officially over!  We are venting greens today with solid needle tines (about 1/4″ diameter and about 3-4″ deep) to allow for some air exchange in our soils which have been saturated for a good part of the past 2 weeks.  This is the same process that we did after the Men’s 3-day Member Guest in the end of June.  The greens might be a little bumpy for a couple of days but very playable.  We are also aerating the collars with 1/4′” hollow core tines to reduce the compaction, improve water and air exchange as well as reduce thatch accumulation.  Both of these practices should be relatively non-disruptive to play today with the exception of some of the very early groups teeing of between 11 AM-12 PM.  The golf course is holding up very well despite the less than favorable growing conditions.  It looks like we are in for a stretch of less humid, less rainy weather so come enjoy the golf course!