9/13/19
Golf
Maintenance FYI
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It
has been another busy week on the golf course as we enjoyed the 3-day closure
to get some late summer cultural practices completed.
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All
greens were verticut, aerified, topdressed with sand, fertilized and brushed on
Tuesday. They were then rolled 2 directions and brushed on Wednesday. Lastly,
they were rolled 2 directions on Thursday followed by another verticut and
brush on Thursday. Thankfully the weather cooperated and there were no issues
with rain or lightning.
Aerified Greens using 1/2 inch tines |
Picking up plugs |
Cleaning off debris |
Topdressing with sand |
Fertilizing with organic fertilizer |
Brushing the greens to incorporate the sand and fertilizer into the aerification holes |
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The
entire golf course had granular fertilizer applied on Wednesday and Thursday to
help with turf health and to aide in turf recovery from the summer cultural
practices.
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All
Collars around the greens were verticut and all Collars and Greens Surrounds
topdressed with sand on Wednesday. This practice helps smooth out the playing
surface and encourages new growth.
Sand topdressing Approaches and Greens Collars |
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New
St. Augustine sod was installed in a notorious washout area behind Hole 8 Back
tee. It is a substantially improved appearance and the members in that area are
very thankful.
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New
concrete curbing was added to the bathrooms on Holes 4 and 14 as well as new
curbing on Holes 1 and 5 where golf carts continue to cut the corner impacting
turf quality. Broken concrete pieces were also replaced on the cart path
leading from Hole 13 to 14 to improve the overall look of this area.
Addition of concrete curbing to Hole 5 green complex - keep 4 wheels on the path now please! |
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Over
3000 native grasses were installed throughout the golf course this week in
areas that were void of vegetation. It will not take long for these new plants
to mature and provide additional color and beauty to the golf course.
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Rough
was not mowed this week as I am raising the height from 1.5 inches to 1.75
inches to improve definition between the fairways and roughs. It will be
interesting to hear member response to the higher height of cut and to assess
the turf appearance.
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Additional
Areca Palms, as well as 30 Clusia shrubs, were installed along the golf
maintenance fence this week to improve the view for the residents in Cinnamon
Ridge.
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It
was an extremely productive week and I can’t thank my staff enough for their
continued efforts and hard work.
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We
are watching the Tropics again this weekend with the possibility of feeling
some of the effects of a Tropical Depression on Saturday. It has been
surprisingly dry for the past 2 weeks so some additional rain to help activate
the applied fertilizer and moisten some dry areas would be helpful.
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Next
week we will continue to detail the golf course with edging of bunkers, basins,
weed-eating lake banks, lowering sod along cart paths to allow water to reach
drains and fixing sink holes along rock walls.
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