PGR's and Daily Conditions

Sorry for the delay in an update.  Things have been busy but with the newsletter being sent out a week ago I figured that would suffice for an update.  Hopefully you have had time to read through the newsletter.  There is always great information from all departments.  I chose to focus on the newly seeded native areas and explained the process and where we are at.

Kaylor admiring the conditions of the 7th green on this
gorgeous day.

A lot has been going on throughout the club.  We've started to get busy with annual events as well as hosting events from outside the club.  All have finished with rave reviews on the conditions of the golf course.  We take great pride in what we do, it makes us feel great when you are enjoying and proud of your golf course.  Each year we set the goal of achieve and exceeding your expectations.  I feel if you are only trying to achieve then you're not trying enough, always look to exceed.  I'm basically my own worst enemy.  We are to a point where we're basically focusing on course maintenance.  Smaller projects are being tossed in from time to time but we are happy where maintaining the course is all we're focused on right now.

The golf course is in phenomenal condition right now.  All playing surface are where we want for

Photo is of fairway turf, hopefully you can see the collage of
colors.  Our fairways are made up of different turfgrasses, all
with different reactions to weather, growth regulators, and
fertilizers.  Here you see; dark green which is Ryegrass, light
green which is Poa Annua, and the silver green is Bentgrass

later spring and will get better as we progress into summer.  The roller coast of weather still has plants wondering what to do, especially older bentgrasses.  Each season growth regulators are applied to playing surfaces to help with conditions.  These regulators obviously help with growth but, affect different types of turf in different ways.  Primarily Poa is the target turf to affect in a negative way.  We do this to help increase our bentgrass populations as bentgrass is a more suitable and stronger turf.  As you play you may notice some discoloration.  The discoloration is a result of the use of these growth regulators but adverse, or cooler weather coupled with the regulators can exaggerate it.  Bottom line on
the PGR's (plant growth regulator's) are that they make playing surfaces better play-ability wise along with maintenance.

Daily Conditions Sheet posted daily

Lastly, we often field questions each day on maintenance.  Common questions are if the greens were mowed, rolled, what the greens are rolling?  All that information is provided  to you on "Daily Conditions" sheets that are placed at the clubhouse each morning.  These sheets include a lot of information from; weather, starting tee time for the day, pin locations on 1 and 10, green speeds, daily tasks, and if there were any fertilizer or pesticides applied and where.  Sheets are posted at the desk of the ladies and men's locker rooms, on message boards in hall to men's locker room and in back by handicap
computer, and lastly in the golf shop.  Next time you play check it out, you'll get a detailed caption of condition and care for the course.