Course Update

         The recent warm up has been a welcomed change for the Green Department.  We have continued to seed the damaged greens once a week and continue to see steady progress.  We are going to open up three more holes this Friday that will give us an18 hole rotation.  We will be opening #6, #7, and #12.  Terry will be sending out an email about the order in which the holes will be played.  There are still a few thin areas on these greens so please avoid these areas while you are walking on and off these greens.

         Most of the greens are making steady progress.  Greens on holes 9, 10, 14,18 and the putting green have continued to lag behind the others and will take some more time until they are ready to be opened.  We will continue to keep you updated with their status.  Due to the fact that #14 green was lagging behind we made a decision to sod the two severe areas on #14 and had some additional sod we used on #10.  This is very unique sod that is made of Poa Annua which is the same grass we have on our greens.  This sod was in very high demand this Spring due to the widespread damage and we were able to get 2000 square feet to use on our most damaged areas.  This was the last of the sod this farm had available.  This sod was laid last night and it will take time to smooth the sod and develop roots to allow foot traffic on the green.

        We continue to remove plugs from #4 Falls green and they are currently being used to repair damage on the putting green.  Once the putting green is completed we will be sodding the right side of #4 Falls with sod from #2 Falls fairway.  The driving range tee is finally beginning to grow and we will be opening up the grass part of the tee on Friday of this week.

       The Green Department and I would like to thank the membership for their patience during this difficult situation.  Things are moving in the right direction and more holes will be opening up soon.  One of my main goals was to have at least 18 holes open and we will accomplish this on Friday.  We continue to seed and nurse the remaining greens back to health and will only be a matter of time before we have all 27 holes open.

Thank you,

Gregory Boring