Project Update

 "What happened to the Rough?", this is a question I have answered on more than one occasion over the last couple of weeks!  After years of working hard to make the course look its best, we are now working equally hard to kill it. 

We are now three weeks into the project and so far things are right on schedule.  Actually, we are one week ahead based on the original schedule we mapped out months ago.  As you may have guessed, our primary focus is killing the existing turf.  We have applied two applications of Roundup, with the next application scheduled for late next week.

Overall, we are getting a good kill, although, I'm amazed by some of the random grasses that are showing very little injury.  We might need to do a Roundup resistant study on a few areas.  With the third application we should finish off any signs of living plant material. 

Over the next couple of weeks we will begin to scalp the rough to remove excess plant material.  We will also verticut  to reduce thatch for better seed to soil contact. Seeding is still scheduled to begin on July 7th. 

Looking across #8 Green.

#9 Fairway.