Still snow on 4th hole on opening day, May 13th, 2011
Friday May 13th, Mother Nature grudgingly gave way, producing nice enough conditions for the fair weather activity, "golf". Thank you very much for that Mother, even though you will have your fickle way once again Sunday and Monday with more snow, and highs in the 30's. Too cold for golf. Probably not too cold for work.
The grass is growing very little so the densities that we need for intensive grooming will not be in place until June. I have always observed that grass top growth occurs when the aspen trees leaf out. We are still not there.
Green speed, the never ending topic of every player who is not making putts, will be worked on next week. It is best to meet the grass as it is going up, rather than scalping it down before it begins to grow to get speeds. Cold temperatures result in little top growth, thus compromising the health of the greens at this time is not worth a modest speed increase.
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| Painted road repair, and spring in Lahontan Drive |
I have a lot of road work planned for next week. Within the community, Lahontan Drive has about 23,000 square feet of repair, Schaffer Mill Road about 10,000 square feet. Eric Sutton will be finishing crack filling, and painting cross walks, parking stalls, and traffic directionals. All this is weather dependent, so stay tuned, but the goal is to be done by the end of the month. I have also planned repair of the cart path from #3 tee to #6 green once the ground dries out in the swamp areas along #4 and #6.
Kevin
