Plug from #13 green

This picture show the importance of deep aerification.  Notice the roots that follow the deep holes that were filled with sand.  Except for 10 and 18, we have push up greens.  The greens was made with native soil.  Through topdressing and our small aerifier, the top 4 inches have become sand based.  When we deep tine, we created 8 to 10 inch columns which the roots take advantage of.  We don't have a deep tine aerifier, so we hire a company to do this.  It takes a good 8 to 10 times to change the profile to look more like a USGA green.  When you play after a heavy rain, 10 and 18 are playable much faster because the sand based greens drain faster.

We have worked hard to make the course playable after last weeks rain.  So far, 4.25 inches were recorded this month.  That's the average for June.  We were able to get the water off #16 fairway, and now are concentrating on #12.  This pond is feed by the pond on #17.  As # 12 goes down, so will #17.  Since #16 is down, we will start on the bunkers.  We have to concentrate on the ponds first, because all drainage goes there.  If the water stays on the fairway surface, we start to loose turf.  Thank you for your patience this year.

This week, I plan on spraying for grubs and weeds.  The clover is making a comeback at LCC.  I have enough herbicide to make it big difference.  It's been hard to spray this year with the combination of heat and wet weather.