Winter Injury Update

2" of Rain fell on the golf course during the day on
Tuesday.  All the areas where water pooling is
occurring are the same ares that sustained winter damage.

Tuesday's rain ended as ice and snow for Wednesday morning.

There is no question how tough of a week this was for not only the Grounds Department but also the membership of The Country Club of Scranton.  This week saw a little of everything.  We started out Monday with 30 mph sustained winds.  Then Tuesday we awoke to torrential downpours which brought over 2" of rain to the property.  Wednesday morning we had to shovel an inch of snow and ice off the greens to allow our USGA Agronomist to look at our greens.  Thursday allowed us to get to work on the recovery and seeding process.  Fifteen of the nineteen Old Course Greens were aerified, slit-seeded, topdressed, lightly brushed, fertilized, watered, and the covers we put back on.  We have been applying light but frequent amounts of water to the greens since they were seeded on Thursday.  The freezing nighttime temperatures are not helping our seed germination efforts however.  We have continued to cover the greens each night as well as during the day based on air temperatures.

We borrowed this machine from another club to aide us
in the seeding process. 

The plan for tomorrow is to remove the covers and apply some liquid fertilizer, and fungicide to the greens.  This will also allow us to evaluate any progress we have made.  We will also be taking pictures of all the greens so we can effectively be able to compare the greens from week to week.  As soon as we feel it is safe to open more greens we will certainly do so.  We thank you for your patience and hope to give your golf course back to you quickly as we can.

The seed and topdressing was then lightly brushed in and
fertilized.  We then watered the green and applied the
covers back onto the putting surfaces because of our
low nighttime temperatures.  

Millions of Bentgrass seeds were cut into these
grooves and aerification holes.