Rough

The rough is looking a little "rough" right now. It is dry and this is the time of year when the Bermuda gets long and leggy, it tends to scalp every time you mow it. I have not been watering rough in order to save our good water for the greens. I don't want to have to turn the well on and contaminate all the good water we have in Horne's lake with sodium. Even though the 007 is more tolerant of the salt when compared to our old grass, it is still very young. It wouldn't have a good effect on the seedlings. This is like how infants are more susceptible to harmed by things than adults. Once the grass grows out of its infancy stage it will be able to handle stresses.

Drainage PT1

The drainage is going in on the range tee as we speak. We will finish the drainage, install all the irrigation and then prep for sod. The range tee is the most labor intensive part of the range project and the rest of the range will be done quickly after the tee is done.

Irrigation at the club

The lightning strike at the tree near the putting green at the club did a number on the pipe in the ground. This is a picture of a 2" pipe that just got blown apart. We are working at making all the needed repairs.

Topdressing greens

We topdressed all the new greens yesterday. This will help the grass fill in and begin to smooth out any minor imperfections.

Range

The range is coming along good. We are working on the tee top first so we can get the new cart path in and the tee sodded ASAP.

Greens

The greens are coming in good and have had 3 mowings on them already. The only questionable area is on the front of 14. This area has washed out a few times and is slow to develop for that reason. This might be the one area that we will have to plug from the nursery - not a big deal.

Greens

Greens are coming in great.