We closed out the month of April with 3.84" of rain, or .83" above the monthly average. Over the first four months this year we've received 12.16" of liquid precipitation, or 1.22" above our year to date average. We were hoping for a drier spring, but seem to be caught in a similar wet-weather pattern from last year. Our chronic wet spots have returned and we've adjusted our maintenance schedule accordingly. That includes more walk-mowing of tees and approaches, and using smaller (lighter) rough and fairway mowers. The smaller equipment is gentler on the wet turf, but we lose productivity since the smaller mowers don't cover as much ground as the larger equipment. To compensate for the lower productivity we're working more hours when the weather allows.
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| Push mowing new sod around Lakes greens and conducting springtime bunker maintenance (edging, weeding, moving sand). |
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| Last of the fairway topdressing sand being loaded. All fairways were topdressed this week with some problem areas receiving a double application. |
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| Located and dug up the drain line for the bunkers on Grove 8 green that holds water after a heavy rain. It was a lot deeper than we thought (about 2.5'), partially crushed and filled with tree roots. Normally we would dig up the old line and install a new one, but it runs under the cart path. |
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| Here's the section of drain line we cut out from the above picture. Notice the root mass that is blocking most of the pipe. We're going to use a special drain cleaning machine that will cut up the roots and allow us to flush them out with water so we don't have to dig through the cart path. |
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