I wanted to take a few minutes to update the membership on
the last couple of weeks here in Golf Maintenance. The week of the 19th it seemed
like it rained every day. We ended up
with close to 6.5 inches of rain.
Compared to a lot of other courses in Hampton Roads it was barely a
sprinkle. Some golf courses in the Virginia
Beach and Chesapeake area took 12-15 inches!!
Those courses were closed multiple days and one still has not completely
opened back up. The rain here filled the
lakes back up and brought our month long drought to an end. On the down side we went 7 days without
mowing anything except greens. When we
finally got back out on Monday we bailed hay everywhere. The pictures show what it looked like before
the turbine blowers came through to clean up.
This week we have dodged the rain and are back on a regular mowing
program. The course looks great after being
cut a couple of times. We skipped edging
bunkers last week but they now have a razor sharp edge on them.
We did miss two days on greens mowing last week which
allowed the plants to get tall and fat when added to all of the rain. We double cut them on Thursday and Friday of
last week and have mowed them every day since.
This week we lowered the height on the mowers and changed out the front
roller to a more aggressive style so we can get rid of all of the fat
plants. Consequently greens are rolling
great again and getting back to our normal speeds. Hopefully fall will arrive soon with some
cooler nighttime temperatures and pleasant afternoons!
