Burn

The greens are a little speckled from the fert that we put down early in the week. This is just a tip burn that they will grow out of in the next 2 days. It's from the salts in the fertilizer....draws water out of the plant, much like it does in humans.

They look a lot better. That fert is kicking in and they are really filling in. Still a little slow from the extra growth and a little higher cutting height...when I say higher I mean 0.005" higher. That's how fine tuned the mowers need to be. I will bring them back down and speed them up middle of next week once they have recovered a little but from a tough week last week.

Greens

We are fertilizing greens with a bunch of different products today. We are also putting down a light dusting of topdressing. The greens have been a little thin and have really been beat up from all the mowing, rolling, and foot traffic the last week.

I intentionally kept them lean (low amounts of nitrogen) so they weren't flushing with growth, making it difficult to achieve the desired greens speeds for the Member Guest. It doesn't make them look exceptionally good, but they were rolling good.

I am really going to push them for the next two weeks to get them to fill in with the great weather we have coming with really cool nights. I want to get them filled in so they have the opportunity to mature going into next year.

This might slow them down a little for the next couple of weeks, but shouldn't be enough to make it that noticeable.

We are in good shape going into this fall. The greens will have the opportunity to continue to develop that much needed thatch layer that helps cushion the plant from mechanical damage. This was the first full year with the new greens and we faired much better than I expected.

Greens are like children....the older they get, the more tolerant they are to outside stresses.

Tournament prep

Just finished up for the evening. I brought the guys came back in this evening to mow all the greens, fairways, tees and approaches. The course is in really good shape for member guest.

Greens

The greens look a lot better this morning compared to the last few days. It's amazing what a few cool
Nights can do for them. It was 57 degrees this morning.

They are rolling around 11.5' for member-guest. I'll take that, especially with the weather we have had after aeration. Hot, humid and dry to deluge, wet, now back to dry. With the undulations in these greens...it should be fun.

Tifgrand

There is a different variety of Bermuda around 10 & 11. It is a new variety called Tifgrand. I love this grass. The color is awesome. I didn't put it around all the greens after the renovation because I didn't want the sod lines to be odious for years. It is a great looking grass that tends to handle the traffic better than the Tifway 419 that we have everywhere else.

Stuck head

I watered a few holes yesterday to water in some pre-emerg. Just watered each head for 4 min. This head stuck on all night. Going to have to replace it this morning. The approach and that right side rough is pretty wet.

Dialed in

Working on getting her dialed in for member guest. This is our busiest time of year. Not only are we getting everything prepped for tournament season, but we are also putting out all our winter pre-emerg for poa and fungicides for spring dead spot.

It's amazing how much more you can get done when working the whole crew until 5 or 6 everyday instead of 2:30-3:30 for a week plus.

The course is in really good shape , but the greens are still struggling a little. I didn't think they would be this far behind this time of year, but it's just the edges. The centers are in pretty good shape with the exception of #11. They are still rolling good - about 10.75'. These cool nighttime temps are going to help and we will give them a shot of fertilizer on Monday. I don't want to fertilize them before the tournament too heavy. You don't want them flushing with growth when you are trying to increase green speeds.