New Bentgrass Nursery

Thank you to UCR Turf Department for the generous donation of about 5,000 square feet of creeping bentgrass sod that we are creating new nursery greens with. Here are some photos of the work we did to transplant it over to Canyon Crest.

   The bentgrass nursery at UCR testing facility

   Canyon Crest crew starting to sod cut and roll the turf

    Sod was loaded up upon 3 of our trucks to transport to the areas on the course

    Almost done transporting 

    Sod being rolled out in designated areas 

  #5 finished up

  #8 finished 

Finally!

The netting has finally been completed on #17 tee! You will also notice that two Italian Cypress were planted alongside the netting to aid in no balls going left. The trees will make some difference right now but it will take a few years to make a significant impact. The back tee has been leveled on the left and we will be taking about 1/3 of the right side of that tee. This will now aim you down the right center of the fairway versus before when the tee shot was directed to the green. A bit different look, but a necessary one. We have been very aggressive with our cultural practices with the greens. I have adjusted the verticut mower lower to move more plant material as well as limit the amount of seed heads. We also had to apply a growth regulator to eliminate any more seed head growth. The warmer weather has helped with early fairway recovery from winter but at the same time has slowed down the greens a bit. The greens were stimped this morning rolling 10.9 feet. Last week they were almost at a 12.

good weather = growing grass

This week the highs have been in the mid 80's. With that we have had a nice response from the warmer weather, water, and fertilizer. The course is in good condition and mother nature has helped tremendously with that. The greens have also had a slight spike in growth and we have been noticing some seed heads from the poa annua. We sprayed early this week and with the aid of some aggressive verticutting we have been able to maintain speeds and consistency throughout the day. The greens were stimped yesterday at 1:00 p.m. rolling 12 feet!

#2/3 Planter Finished

Here is a finished look at the planters behind #2 tee box and leaving #3. We removed all previous plants and planted more native, drought tolerant species.