Last leg of preparations before Club Champs

Fairways were brushed and dry-cut yesterday afternoon to tighten-up playing surface

Being Thursday, it's the final day before the weekend to take care of miscellaneous items before Friday's routine mow day.  Conditions are coming together nicely in anticipation of this weekend's Club Championship Event.  The weather this weekend is supposed to get warm again in the mid-twenties and sunny to help provide some firm and fast conditions for the competition!

The greens will be brushed this morning again to stand-up the laying over grass, and then double-cut and rolled to help true-up and speed-up the playing surface.  The fairways will be cut three times this week instead of the usual two to help stand up the grass that is laying over from repeat cutting in the similar direction.  The fairways were brushed yesterday before being dry-cut to help with this condition.  The fairways should start to become faster too if the weather stays on the drier side!

Today the bunkers will get their weekly routine of checking the sand depths and line trimming the grass around the edges.

Underbrush left of No. 15 green removed to aid in playability

Primo Maxx growth regulator and Triton fungicide are being sprayed on the tees this morning.  The Primo helps to encourage lateral turf growth while minimizing clipping yield and aid the plants health in shady conditions, which many of our tees exhibit.  The dollar spot will be kept in check with the Triton application.  Roundup will be sprayed around some of the remaining tree beds later this morning to knock down any weeds before applying mulch or pine straw.

Some other projects today include:

• Isolated bentgrass sod plugging on No. 3 and 12
• Sodding on No. 18 fairway/approach
• Completing irrigation repairs on No. 13 and 14
• Mulching around trees
• Trimming around the surface drains
• Marking hazard lines
• Repairing fairway divots.
• Mower sharpening

Hope you have decided to participate in this weekend's Club Champs.  If you haven't signed up, keep in mind there are four flights to allow you to compete against members in your handicap range.  If you are not going to play, come by Sunday afternoon to watch the final groups playing up the 18th!

Have a great round!