Course conditions

We got another 2" of rain yesterday. The course is really wet. We are unable to get equipment out on the course for leaf cleanup and bunker work. We fixed a lot of the washout today by hand and once it dries down a little more we will get the bunkers raked. It's going to be a little while before we can get tractors out there to blow leaves. 

This recent warmer weather has really got the greens growing. We verticut on monday and have been mowing everyday, but they are slower from the excess growth and wet conditions. I backed off the growth regulators for a week or so to thicken them up.  It worked, but letting the regulators wear off results is slower greens from the additional growth. We sprayed on Monday, so the growth should start slowing down by the end of the week. This combined with drier weather should start to speed them up. 

Brent Graham, CGCS

Two Rivers Country Club

1950 Two Rivers Rd 

Williamsburg, VA 23188

Office: 757-258-4606

Re: Pc drainage

That's great news! Let me know when I need to pack up and head back.

Nick Willis
Turf Dynamics Inc.
864.420.9868

> On Nov 6, 2015, at 7:34 AM, Brent Graham <Bgraham@tworiversclub.com> wrote:
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> To the right of the cart sign is an area that we installed pc drainage and the left side of the sign has nothing. You can see all the mud and worm castings in the area without drainage and the area with the drainage is pretty healthy bermudagrass.
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Pc drainage

To the right of the cart sign is an area that we installed pc drainage and the left side of the sign has nothing. You can see all the mud and worm castings in the area without drainage and the area with the drainage is pretty healthy bermudagrass. 

Brent Graham, CGCS

Two Rivers Country Club

1950 Two Rivers Rd 

Williamsburg, VA 23188

Office: 757-258-4606

Tree work

Working on some tree removal to try and get some more sunlight on 2 green. Bentgrass...especially 007 doesn't like shade.  

Brent Graham, CGCS

Two Rivers Country Club

1950 Two Rivers Rd 

Williamsburg, VA 23188

Office: 757-258-4606

Frost

Its a little early for frost, but today was our first frost. This will really shut down the bermuda. The rough will go first and the fairways will hold on for a while. We will be making the first paint application an a few weeks. 

Brent Graham, CGCS

Two Rivers Country Club

1950 Two Rivers Rd 

Williamsburg, VA 23188

Office: 757-258-4606

Back to business

We mowed greens, the verticut, and mowed a second time. This cleaned up the greens nicely. 

We were also working on bunkers. It was too wet to get the machines in them, so we did them by hand.  They look great...I wish we had the labor resourses to hand rake everyday. With the size of our bunkers....this would take a lot of resourses. 

Brent Graham, CGCS

Two Rivers Country Club

1950 Two Rivers Rd 

Williamsburg, VA 23188

Office: 757-258-4606

Rain

I think the rain should be gone for a while....thankfully. We got about 6" total on the last week or so. 

We are working on getting the place cleaned up and back to normal. 

Brent Graham, CGCS

Two Rivers Country Club

1950 Two Rivers Rd 

Williamsburg, VA 23188

Office: 757-258-4606