Greens

I flushed greens with 120 min of water last night. The greens didn't look as good as I expected them to look this morning after a flush but they are holding ground.

The bad spots are looking bad but the rest of the green is filling in. I'm going to start seeding the rest of the greens this week. #15 was seeded on Tuesday.

Rough

The rough the last few weeks has been extremely thick. This is the perfect summer for Bermuda grass - hot and humid. We are having to mow some spots 2 and 3 times to get a clean cut. It's making a mess with the clippings so we are having to drag and blow behind the mowers. The rough height is at the same height its just been difficult to keep up with. With the amount of rough we have on the golf course we can only mow rough once a week. I've been working the guys longer ot hours this week and will continue for the next few to try and get around a little faster.

Tomorrow we are going to put down a growth regulator in the rough on a few holes to see if it will help. This is the same growth regulator that we use on tees and fairways throughout the growing season. It's expensive and time consuming to put it down in the rough, but we should be able to see if it is worth it in a few weeks. Going to spray 12, 16, 17, 18 - those are usually the worst ones.

Collars

Sodding out the collar on #13.

Seed germination

Starting to see some seed germination in the spots on greens and collars that have been seeded. These spots have been seeded to A-4 bent grass that was coated with an enhanced seed coating.

Rough

The rough is very thick. The last couple weeks we've had a difficult time keeping up with the mowing. This is usually the case for a normal August, but this year it has been even worse because of the awesome bermudagrass growing weather we have had this past month.

Irrigation

Ryan fixing an irrigation head on #13.

Collars

Some of the worst collars have been changed out to bermuda. Most of the collars are about half Bermuda half bent now anyway. This should give the collars a better, more consistent look. Playability should be a little better because the Bermuda requires less water - they will be a little more firm.

Pulling the sod for the collars off the small target greens at the range. These areas are already cut the same height as the grass around the greens. I am just replacing the stuff we cut off the range with purchased sod. This will help to minimize scalping around greens when growing it in.