A look at the forecast for the next 14 days
Our regular staff was brought back into work early in April and we have been very busy getting things done. We managed to rescue the tarp out of the pond behind 12 green early in the month which was a huge relief as I was worried this was going to be a much more difficult job. We removed tarps off of the greens on April 8 and were very pleased with what we saw. The greens had wintered perfectly allowing us to never miss a beat to start the season.
The tarp after it was pulled out of the pond
A view of 16 green after the tarp was removed
The golf course opened up on April 12 and the irrigation system was fired up April 18. Between the 12th and 18th a lot of manual tank watering was performed to keep the greens from drying out until we could get the irrigation rolling. We have had 8 irrigation breaks so far this season which is pretty good compared to normal but one was a mainline break so that may count for a couple extra. But as of today the system is fully up and running and doing a good job.
7 green being tank watered
Our mainline break in the middle of 1 fairway
We are about a week ahead of schedule program wise as we have already applied our first take-all patch prevention and fertility applications of the year on greens. We will be really getting into our programs fully this first week of May as we will begin to feed all areas of the golf course and really wake the turf up growth wise and colour everything up.
Our first fertility app of the spring being applied on greens
We have a few irrigation improvement projects that we will be working on soon and then will continue on to a few construction projects. As mentioned earlier the long range forecast is looking pretty good so this should allow us to really get a lot done in the near future. Aesthetically, you can expect the golf course to look much different over the next week or two, that is for sure.
11 green looking excellent for only April 16
