The Green Department has been diligently working to expedite the recovery process of the greens. We continue to see progress with the greens even with the recent colder nighttime temperatures. The greens have been covered the last three nights due to these colder temperatures.
We have completed plugging the putting green and are allowing those plugs to root properly before opening up the putting green. We anticipate having the putting green open for the weekend. The sod on #10 and #14 has begun to root and we have started the mowing and toprdressing procedure on these greens to help smooth the sod and prepare it for putting quality. Friday we will be changing the rotation to the Old Course but will keep four greens closed. The rotation will consist of playing holes 1-8, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17 then 1, 2, 8, and 9 on the Falls. We will keep you posted on when the final four greens will open. Greens on holes 9, 10, 14, and 18 continue to lag behind the others.
Even with opening more greens we will continue to treat several greens a little different. Several of the greens that have opened still have a few thin areas that need to be grown-in. We are treating these greens a little different than the Falls Greens. They are fertilized more and are mowed with a different mower at a different height of cut. This results in the green being considerably slower than the Falls. We have kept the heights up on the Falls greens to try and match the speed but the heavy amounts of fertilizer given to Old Course greens are causing them to grow at a much faster rate. Mowing the Old Course greens lower and reducing the amount of fertilizer that is being applied to them will only slow down the recovery process. Our goal is to get them healthy and 100% covered with grass. We will continue to need warmer air temperatures to help increase our soil temperatures for this to happen.
I will be addressing the Membership tomorrow at the May Membership Meeting. I hope to answer many of the question that you may have.
Thank you,
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