Busy Week Ahead

         This is going to be a very busy week for the Green Department.  We are still continuing to get the course prepped for the season.  We still have a few bare spots out there that need out attention.  This is the height of the Spring weed infestation.  We will be out spot spraying dandelions and clover for much of the week.  The entire rough on the Old Course was mowed and fertilized yesterday in preparation for the US Open Qualifier next week.  The opportunity to be a qualifying site for our National Championship is an honor.  It is our goal to challenge the best players in the area on our beautifully renovated championship golf course.  The rough this week will be allowed to grow more than our normal heights of cut because of this.  We will begin cutting the rough immediately following the completion of the qualifier.
       The condition of our fairway have never been better.  The fairway topdressing program that was started a few years ago has had a tremendous impact on the quality of the turf.  For this reason we are encouraging everyone to keep the carts in the fairways at all times while playing the golf course.  You should enter the fairways soon after leaving the tee area and return to the cartpath when you reach the cart signs instructing you to do so.  Our rough is still a work in progress.  We have continued to seed it to better varieties of grasses but this will take time.  At this point the fairways could handle the cart traffic much better than the rough.  I know this goes against the 90 degree rule that we all of been taught.  However, it is our goal to improve the quality of our rough and one of the best ways of doing this is by reducing cart traffic.