Since I last posted a couple weeks back we have received little if any rainfall. The past couple of weeks we have had to replace our well pump that fills our pond. Unfortunately we had complications with the new pump. We have had to ration the water focusing on greens first, tees second and then fairways last. You may have also noticed a number of grounds employees hand watering fairways and tees to focus on areas that really needed the water. Fairways have become very hard and a little off color, but still very healthy. The good news is that the well pump finally got fixed last night and we where able to irrigate fairways for the first time this year. Because fairways are very dry we plan to irrigate the next couple of nights to catch up. Mother Nature looks like it might help us out as well, with good chances of rain in the next few days. That being said our fairway, green and tee turf is very healthy with very deep roots which is always a good sign.
This spring has been a good one to get a lot of work done on the course. A few items will be addressed in the next couple of weeks.
- Many of you may have noticed the new plants around Prindle's Pub, next week mulch and curbing is going to finish off this area.
- Our seeded areas are coming up nicely and this morning we are removing most of the netting and mulch. Remember that these areas are still ground under repair.
- Many of our hole signs are out on the course however a few are absent because we need to relocate them to a better location.
- This past week we have been working on repairing many of the sprinkler heads on the course we hope to rap that up soon and apply yardages to sprinklers that are currently missing yardage numbers.
- A vast majority of the tree removal areas have been filled, seeded or sodded. #13 still has some work to do and is a priority for us. Also we will sod out the area in front of #5 fairway.
So far it has been a really good year! A lot has been accomplished and we hope to rap up these few small items so the membership can enjoy the rest of the golf season without interference. Enjoy the nice weather we have been having and have a great Memorial Day weekend!
