July was a hot month; we are glad to see it behind us. As
August gets under way, we have a busy stretch ahead of us so there are just
have a few notes from the Grounds department for this week’s blog.
The first week of August is course aeration. We will be
aerating greens, tees, and fairways. We strive to always have at least 9 holes
open each day Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday and Thursday are reserve days in
case we have any equipment or weather related issues. You can read more about
our fall aeration practices here.
We appreciate your patience while we perform this necessary cultural practice. Please check in with the Proshop for additional updates regarding aeration.
The reserve days, Wednesday and Thursday, also allow us time
to work on other projects while we are in maintenance mode. We will be doing
some seeding, major work on the upper soccer field, and spreading compost. The link is to a post about the Orgro compost that
we did two years ago and provides some basic ideas to why we are using compost
on the fairways. We are not using Orgro this year. Instead, we are using our
third different material in three years and we expect this to be the best
material yet.
We are also well into this year’s Master Plan construction
work. #2 has been opened for regular play. The new sod around the green and
bunkers is growing in great and is ready for regular traffic. We will start
rotating back and forth between the two separate tee boxes also, so watch for
the signs.
#18 tee has just a small amount of sod to finish around the
tee boxes and it will be complete. The Bermuda grass is already growing on the
tee surfaces, so we expect to open them soon. We have already top-dressed them,
and once they dry out from the recent rain, we will roll them and mow them.Then, going forward, we will perform modified maintenance on the new tees. They will be mowed at a much higher height of cut for the remainder of the season in order to protect them before winter. Barring
any setbacks, we expect to open the new tees for the weekend of 8/6.
Construction continues to progress up 18 fairway. The new
fairway bunker has been built and sod has been laid around the perimeter. The
recent rain has plagued us on this portion of the work. Two separate storms,
one that dumped 2.5” and another that hit us with 1.15”, have really slowed us
down. However, progress is still being made, and this upcoming week the crews
will continue placing drainage in the fairway, as they work towards the green.
Next, the approach bunkers will be taken out on the left and 1 new bunker built
on the right. From there, work will continue to the green where each bunker
will be demolished and rebuilt.
Etiquette Reminder of the Month
See you on the course!
Joe
jvillegas@bwrc.org
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