Greens Aerification recap

Our final greens aerification of the year is complete.  Everything went smooth and the greens are on their way to recovery.  We will do extra rolling for the next couple weeks to regain smoothness as fast as possible.

Rain Totals YTD

I had the question posed to me about year-to-date rain totals.
Year-to-date we have recieved 43inches of rain here at Bay Oaks Country Club.  We had a brief shower today but it was not enough to register in our rain gauge.

Final Greens Aerification

Our last greens aerification of 2012 will take place this coming Monday and Tuesday August 13 and 14th.  We are using 5/8" tines which pull a 1/2" core every 1.5 inches.  We will follow that up with rolling and topdressing to fill the holes and smooth the putting surface.  This is the same procedure we used in June which was successful.  The driving range will open on Tuesday as normal, though the golf course will remain closed.

We really are mowing

I promise you all, we really are mowing our tall grass.  Some of the out-of-play areas grew up to 12-18 inches before we got them mowed causing an over abundance of clippings.  The clippings will eventually go away, either by us picking them up or by natural ways.

It has been nice having a stretch of dry weather.  We need it to get caught up on all of our normal maintenance practices.

More Rain

We have received 6.5 inches over the last 5 days at the golf course.

Weekend Rain

Over the weekend, Friday through Sunday, we received 2.35 inches bringing our YTD to 34 inches.  We are playing catch up on the rough mowing.  All the rain over the past couple weeks has really helped the rough grow.  Please bear with us as we mow and disperse the clumps.

Short Game Area - Here We Go - Stripping the Chipping Green

Today we stripped all the grass off the chipping green.  We used some of it to replenish our nursery, Hearthstone Country Club took some as well.  We also removed all the sprinkler heads from the area.

Maca's Trail is now CLOSED until the construction on the short game area is complete.  Once work starts there will be heavy equipment operating and tree clearing going on and it is not safe for people to drive through the area.

Cutting sod

Cutting sod

Clearing off the sod

Chipping Green stripped

Replenishing our nursery green