July 5th

Another weekend is on the horizon as it was a short week after Canada Day on Monday.  The course is being prepared for another busy weekend.

WEATHER CONDITIONS
Yesterday remained mostly cloudy for the first half of the day with 3mm of rainfall in the early afternoon to moisten the seed placed in the greens.  The skies cleared and the sun came back out for the remainder of the day with high temps reaching 27 degrees.  Another slight burst of 1.5mm of rain around 8pm then again around 3pm to lessen the irrigation requirements.  Today is expected to be mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. Fog patches dissipating this morning with a high 26. UV index 7 or high.  Tonight will be mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers early this evening and a low of 17.

COURSE PLAYABILITY


No. 14 and 17 were slit-seed 3x yesterday to promote bentgrass after Velocity application

 

Greens - Greens will mowed and rolled this morning.  Holes locations will be changed.  Green speeds are running at 9-9.5 feet with recent humidity.  All lingering isolated thin areas on greens have been overseeded this week as specified in yesterday's blog.  With current weather conditions, greens should see bentgrass germination within 5 days and thin areas should fill in quickly over the next 10-14 days.  No. 14 and 17 greens were slit-seeded in triple direction to encourage the establishment of bentgrass on areas where poa annua was set-back using the Velocity poa control herbicide.  With yesterday's rainfall, some topdressing will need to be reapplied over slit-seeded areas and matted in to ensure coverage of holes and slits.

Slit-seeding on greens in 3 directions

Tees - Tees are being mowed today.  We hope to schedule in a verticut and topdress of tees soon to remove thatch and firm up surface.
Driving Range -  Due to recent wet conditions, the Driving Range is now open for PARTIAL USE ONLY. We ask that you hit only from the stations that are set up, and only at the flagsticks set up (yardages are indicated on the permanent marker).
The range will be closed during certain times to hand pick as needed, and for Junior Clinics. Thank you for your understanding.
Bunkers - All bunkers were raked today.
Ground Under Repair - Treat all new sodded areas IN ROUGH as 'ground under repair'.  No. 18 fairway has been overseeded to recover ice damage.  Treat any bare areas on No. 18 as 'ground under repair'.
Course Etiquette - Please remember to repair ball marks and replace divots.  If carrying your golf bag and using the sand tubes, please use on FAIRWAYS ONLY.  Maintenance staff repairs all tee divots and uses a different seed then what is used on fairways.


Have a great round!