Water Water and More Water

Anyone who has played this week may have noticed the amount of water being applied to the golf course. I have been asked many times this week. Why don't you just water at night? With the temperatures and humidity as high as they are applying a large amount of water to the golf course at night would cause a tremendous amount of disease throughout the golf course. Disease will kill a lot more grass that what a lack of water will. Our goal on days like this is to keep the turf cool. We are just trying to lower the temperature of the surface of the turf. The Poa Annua that is on our greens, tees, and fairways does not tolerate the heat. High temperatures over a long period of time would cause a significant decline in the quality of our turf. This is why when temperatures approach 90 degrees will are constantly trying to cool the grass blades down. There may be some disruption in play from time to time to allow us time to syringe but it is essential to the health of the golf course.