Greens

The greens are in really good shape for the end of July. There are a few thin areas in the typical locations (front of 5, back of 2, front of 13) but a fraction of the problems that we normally see this time of year. I think you can attribute this to the greens finally having some maturity to them and the ability to wistand traffic stress. 

It's amazing the difference between the new greens versus the old. We have only had about a week and a half of the entire year where they have been rolling less than a 10. Our old greens were routinely a 8-9 throughout the summer. With proper construction and a new grass they have the ability to recover from stress with some food and some favorable weather. If the old greens got dinged up from stress or weather they wouldn't recover until night time temps were consistently in the 60's every night (usually September).

Brent Graham, CGCS

Director of Golf Maintenance

Two Rivers Country Club

1950 Two Rivers Rd

Williamsburg, VA 23185

Office: 757-258-4606

bgraham@tworiversclub.com

Bunkers

Working in tweaking some sand depths. Very labor intensive. We have to go out and probe, then mark areas to work on. The bunkers are pretty close.  There are just a few small areas on each bunker. 

Brent Graham, CGCS

Director of Golf Maintenance

Two Rivers Country Club

1950 Two Rivers Rd

Williamsburg, VA 23185

Office: 757-258-4606

bgraham@tworiversclub.com

Rough

The rough has been really brutal lately. It usually gets like this every August when it starts to get leggy, but it came a little earlier this year due to all the rain. 

We are trying something new this year. We scalped all the rough down on 5 today to see if that will help. The grass will grow right back but hopefully not as thick. I think it will work really good but it takes a ton of time. It took all afternoon to do this to 5.  You have to mow really slow and then blow and vac up all the clippings. Not sure we have the labor budget to do this to all the holes but might try. I think it will make a really big difference when it comes to the playability. One thing is for sure...it would take a while. 

It's ugly for about a week but I suspect will come back better than ever. 

Brent Graham, CGCS

Director of Golf Maintenance

Two Rivers Country Club

1950 Two Rivers Rd

Williamsburg, VA 23185

Office: 757-258-4606

bgraham@tworiversclub.com

Pc drainage.

Brent Graham, CGCS

Director of Golf Maintenance

Two Rivers Country Club

1950 Two Rivers Rd

Williamsburg, VA 23185

Office: 757-258-4606

bgraham@tworiversclub.com

PC Drainage

We finished all the PC Drainage on 14 fairway this morning. Should work real good. We topdressing this area real heavy since we were already topdressing fairways. This should help even those plow slots out. Just working on getting everything cleaned up now. 

Brent Graham, CGCS

Director of Golf Maintenance

Two Rivers Country Club

1950 Two Rivers Rd

Williamsburg, VA 23185

Office: 757-258-4606

bgraham@tworiversclub.com

Drainage 14

We are installing the trunk lines for the contractor to run his drainage into on Monday. 

We had to re-do the drop inlet on 14. It looks good now, but the original construction of these drain basins around the course is some of the most backwards thinking instill ation methods I have ever seen. There are no out falls into the woods. They were designed to overflow and slowly weep down and out. When we work on them now (14, 18) we do it the right way so it drains properly in a timely fashion. 

Brent Graham, CGCS

Director of Golf Maintenance

Two Rivers Country Club

1950 Two Rivers Rd

Williamsburg, VA 23185

Office: 757-258-4606

bgraham@tworiversclub.com

More irrigation pics

Brent Graham, CGCS

Director of Golf Maintenance

Two Rivers Country Club

1950 Two Rivers Rd

Williamsburg, VA 23185

Office: 757-258-4606

bgraham@tworiversclub.com