A Slight Break in the Weather

After going almost a full month without any rain, Saturday night we received .12" of rain.  It's not much, but at this point, anything will help.  Along with the rain, our temperatures on Sunday topped out at more of a normal range (94 degrees) compared to where we have been.  Best of all may have been the cool temperatures Sunday morning.  For those of you keeping score, 18 of the last 19 days have been over 100 degrees.

Looking ahead, it appears the heat wave will be moving back in early this week.  However, later in the week we should have another chance at some rainfall.  Cross your fingers...this is getting out of control!

At this point we are simply trying to hang on until the weather breaks.  Greens aren't very pretty right now, but surprisingly they have held up well.  Outside of a little thinning on the back edge of #7 green, the greens are doing good.   This time of year clearly explains why we want a pure stand of Bentgrass on the greens.  As the Poa goes off color and slows its growth rate, the Bentgrass is maintaining good color and health.  With the fairways and tees, the Zoysia has also been kept on the dry side throughout the past couple of months, fortunately, one good rain and the warm season grasses will be back to normal.

After two years of record setting heat and drought, I know we are all looking forward to a break in the brutal weather pattern we have experienced.