- With the next winter blast of 2011, we will be covering the greens again for the third time. After speaking with Nathan and Gregg, we will be closing the course on Monday to get the covers out. The current forecast has severe weather moving in late Monday and lasting through Tuesday night. We are then expected to see the temperatures staying below freezing until Thursday or Friday. It's difficult to anticipate when we will take the covers off, but right now it's looking like either Friday or Saturday. I know it's a substantial inconvenience to close on a nice day, but with the chance of precipitation moving in, it's imperative that we get the covers out. Once they get wet, they become much heavier and we would not be able to move them.
- We made a herbicide application to the greens last week to take out what poa annua there is. The population we have this year is substantially less than last years, but it's still visually unappealing. The chemical we used is very slow acting, so it will take a few weeks before you won't see the plants on the greens.
- We made an application of ferrous sulfate (iron) to the fairways also. The iron simply 'stains' the turf and makes it much darker to allow for visual distinction between the fairways and roughs. Below is a picture of #9 to show an example of the distinction.
- As far as pin placements go, we will change cups again on Monday, February 7th. We will use hole locations 1, 2 and 3, as noted on the hole location maps.
Thanks,
Chuck
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