Rain

We got another 0.25" last night. The greens have been staying pretty soft. Next week we will punch them with a hollow tine to get some air down to the rootzone. This will have little or no impact in ball roll once we roll behind the aerator.

Creek #12

The creek on #12 is done with the new rip-rap and sod. I am very pleased with the final product.

Greens

The greens are in great condition right now. Normally this time of year I would start to back off on pushing the greens for increased speeds to prepare our old bentgrass and poa greens for a difficult summer. This is not needed this year due to the greens construction project. I plan on pushing them hard up until the end. This has been something that I've waited a long time to do. We have never had the opportunity to see how far we can push them without the fear of losing greens in July and August. This spring will be fun to see what the limits actually are with our current greens - should be a great learning experience. We plan on having great rolling greens all the way up to the July 9th construction date.

Creek #12

Here is a finished pic of the creek on #12 after the new rip-rap. We still have to install some new sod to finish it off.

Morning Course Prep

Getting the course ready for play is an extensive process. Fridays are a little more chaotic getting everything ready for the weekend.

On a normal Friday throughout the summer here's what it takes to get the course and club grounds in condition for the day - these numbers are just the morning jobs before lunch:
88 man hours, 20 gallons of Diesel, 18 gallons of gas, 400,000 gal of irrigation water (if it has not rained in a few days), and 2 pots of coffee.

Rough

The rough is still a little dinged up from all the cool nights we have been having. All the rain last week has helped everything, and the warm weather that is forecasted this week should help green everything up. We are cutting the rough much shorter that we have in years prior. We will see how it works out.

Temp greens

We have started cutting the temp greens on a regular basis. They actually putt a little better than what I thought they would. We will begin some more maintenance on them this week which will include verticutting and topdressing.