Round Up Application Update
The golf course
renovation starts March 16 with the application by professional
contractors of the herbicide Round Up to all turf grass on the tees,
fairways and rough. Round Up is a herbicide that when properly
applied has been shown in decades of studies by the EPA and other
governmental safety agencies to not pose a health threat to humans or
pets. The Round Up will not be applied anywhere near existing
plant material on the golf course or near residents' gardens. Appropriate
nozzles and surfactants will be utilized to eliminate any drift
potential.
Within 7 days, the
turf grass will turn brown as it begins to die. However, the
integrity of the turf grass will allow golf play up until when the
golf course is closed April 13 for the beginning of the construction
phase of the golf course renovation. After the Round Up
application, divots will not recover, so please remember to fill
divots with sand so that those behind you can avoid landing in your
divot hole.
This image, taken
by the USGA at another Florida course, is an example
of what
Copperleaf will look like in April 2015
The golf course greens, the putting green and the
chipping green will not have Round Up applied to
them. These greens are going to be completely excavated during
the renovation. They will remain green until the course closing
on April 13. Round Up will not be applied to the practice tee.
The golf practice tee will not be changed during the 2015 renovation
work; except to add two practice fairway bunkers, one on each side of
the current practice tee.
The golf course will be closed from April 13 until a
projected course opening date of November 15, 2015.
The plan, weather permitting, is to apply the Round Up
to the turf grass for two hours beginning at 6 am on Monday, March
16. Tee times will begin at noon on March 16, allowing for the
Round Up to be completely dry on the turf grass before play
resumes. If that plan changes because of unsuitable weather,
then the Round Up application will be re-scheduled; members would be
informed of that development as soon as that is known to be the case.
A second application of Round Up will be made Monday,
March 30, to guarantee the successful elimination of the original
turf.
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