Still speedy

It has been a few weeks now since we aerified our greens. Not to mention this week we leached on Sunday night, it rained Monday evening, and needle tine the greens the past few days. Even with all this disruption we have been able to keep the greens firm and fast. The reason why the greens are still firm is the sand that is still in the upper profile. This is another reason why we put so much sand on the greens and not pick up the excess. The greens have a great percolation rate and this will be consistent because next week we will be adding more sand with are verticut/top-dress program. The greens are rolling at 11.4.

Striped!!!!

The fairways are starting to show some definition and shaping up for the weekend. Always nice to see striping!

Ropes, chains, and stakes bye bye

Important Notice: The Ropes and chains that are used to control golf cart traffic have been removed from the course. Please read the following to understand how we will be directing cart traffic from this point forward. We will be putting a white line in front of the greens that is going to be used to keep carts from driving to close to the greens. As a reminder in the Canyon Crest bylaws it states "no cart should be within 30 feet of any green, tee or bunker, and all par 3's are to be cart path only". When entering/exiting the fairways, we ask that carts enter/exit near the green poles with the white tops.They are located on every hole that allow cart traffic on the fairway and are moved by golf course maintenance in order to keep the same parts of the golf course from wearing out.

Getting ready for the member member

We have been very aggressive since aerifacation last week and the results are proving. The holes are almost completely grown in and the greens should be great for this weekend. We triple mowed and double rolled the greens today and we were able to get them to 11.2 on the stimp. Pretty impressive just 9 days after aerifacation.

A new look

Please take a look as you walk down the steps to the front of the clubhouse. We have taken out the grass that has always struggled with shade and planted various succulents and palms. One of the succulents will flower twice yearly with a very pretty pink bulb.

Positive strides

The golf course is definitely coming around. Turf growth, aesthetics, and striping. Not only to mention we had a very successful aerifacation. I hope that some of you are playing in the member member this weekend because the golf course will be in fine shape. The greens should be back to normal by this Friday with firm and fast conditions for the weekend. We anticipate the greens to reach speeds of above a 10 which is tremendous just aerifying the greens less than two weeks ago.

Post Aerifacation

The springs aerifacation was a success. We started on Sunday afternoon and with our efforts we were able to finish before lunch on Tuesday. The device that pulled cores from the greens was just under a 1/2" diameter and 1.5" in spacing. We applied 60 tons of sand to fill in the holes and top dress the remaining grass on the greens. We also applied a granular fertilizer and bent grass seed at 3/4 lb per 1000 sq. feet. The only thing we wish for is warm weather. The first three days this week great, however the weather that is here for the next few days has some issues. Rain will help the sand push down into the soil, but the cooler weather does not help with the grass growing quickly back into the holes. We have done are part, now lets hope for some better weather for a quicker recovery.

A beautiful morning

What a great view! #2 fairway looking back from the green. Finally are fairways are showing some definition again.