Bring on the Rain

We ended up with 1.5" of rain overnight and this morning.  Looks like more rain is on its way over the next couple of days.  With the overseeding and fertilizing on the golf course, the rain could not have come at a better time.  At this point, it looks like the weekend should be clear.

Carts will be restricted to the paths this morning.   If things dry out, we will let the carts go as soon as we can.

MGA Club Championship Final Day

Prepping the Putting Green for Final Round

Congratulations to the 2012 MGA Club Champion, Pete Krsnich.  71-67.  Well done, Mr. Krsnich!

Almost Finished

Unfortunately, the rain came a little too early.  With five greens left on our fall greens aerification we were forced to shut down today due to the rain.  Although it doesn't look like we are going to get much, the moisture prevents the sand from filling the holes properly, leaving too much on the surface and not enough in the aerification hole.

Up until today this has been a smooth process.  Prior to deep tine aerifying the greens, we verticut the greens in two directions.  I'm always amazed at the amount of thatch and organic matter that comes off the green.   Following the verticutting, we interseeded the greens with bentgrass.  This is not typically part of our procedure due to the low survival rate of the seedlings.  Thought we'd give it a try this fall; any amount of success will only help the greens in the future.

Putting Green following aerification

Barring any unforeseen weather, we will finish up the remaining greens tomorrow.   At this point, we are planning on the first mowing for the front nine greens and the practice greens tomorrow.  Back nine greens will be mowed for the first time over the weekend.  Greens will be a little bumpy over the weekend, but should be back to normal late next week.

Next Week

We have a couple of items for next week I wanted to make sure you were aware of.  On Monday and Tuesday we will be hosting the Wichita State Shocker Classic.   The golf course will open following play each day.

On Tuesday we will aerify the Practice Greens during the final day of the tournament.  We will move to the golf course on Wednesday with the front nine greens on Wednesday and the back nine greens on Thursday.  

Greens will be aerified using our deep tine aerifier with 1/2" solid tines.  With this aerifier we are able to shatter the subsurface to a depth of around 8".   The wider spacing on this aerifer along with the smaller tines typically allows for quicker healing times compared to our more aggressive spring aerfication.