We have posted pictures of the Old Course Greens that were taken on Thursday April 16th on the Blog. The covers were put back on the greens Saturday evening and we anticipated removing them today but the extreme wind is going to prohibit that. We are continuing to plug the worst areas and have added more manpower to this operation. We were able to sod three of the worst areas last week on holes 10,11,14. We are continuing to get recover from most of these areas but the weather this week is not going to be helpful. This weeks high temperatures are in the 50's with lows in the 30's. That is not weather conducive for growth.
The covers will remain on most of this week to help raise soil temperatures. We do anticipate performing a small tine aerification process this week. This will take the place of the aerification that normally takes place the first Monday in June. We have decided to go ahead with this now rather than inconveniencing the membership once the greens have recovered.
The warmer temperatures last week allowed the greens to begin to grow. This was the first week this year we have had temperatures that will promote growth. We are hoping to see these temperatures return towards the end of the week. We will be reevaluating the greens later in the week to determine when we can open more holes for play.
The Falls is continuing to be cleaned up from the Winter. Maintenance on the Falls was extremely limited following Labor Day in an attempt to reduce expenses. We also delayed the call back on our maintenance staff until the 13th of April which is two weeks later than normal for budget reasons. The combination of these two factors have delayed the clean-up of the Falls. The rough on the Falls is being mowed today which will help cleanup the remaining leaves and debris on the property.
We are hoping to see some better weather next week and thank you for your patience during this time.
Thank you,
Gregory Boring,
Golf Course Superintendent
Blog Site: www.ccscrantongreen.blogspot.com
