Another .85" of rain fell last night bringing our two day total to 4.25". Fortunately, no additional washouts occurred and there wasn't any hail. I mentioned in yesterday's post that our progress of repairing Grove greens was halted due to afternoon storms, so we finished those greens first thing this morning then turned to Lakes. The overall process went much smoother today with everyone knowing their role, even with a few rain delays. We ended up finishing Lakes greens in a rain storm and I am pleased to report that all the greens completed today achieved the same great results as yesterday. Orchard greens are scheduled for tomorrow and I don't anticipate any issues as long as the weather cooperates.
In addition to repairing the greens, six staff members spent all day repairing the greenside bunkers on Grove and Lakes. Pushing the wet, heavy sand up is a tedious job and the staff did a great job given the current conditions. We will repair the fairway bunkers on Grove and Lakes tomorrow ahead of the tournament, along with touching up some of the greenside bunkers that need additional work.
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| Here's a closeup of our greens aerifier. The machine has a 48" working width with six independent coring heads and four different forward spacing options. This current setup uses sixty .25" solid pencil tines that will penetrate 3-4" into the rootzone. These smaller tines will only last nine holes before wearing out enough that they cannot reach our desired depth so we usually install new ones after each nine is completed. A complete set of new tines averages $500 after freight and tax. |
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| Grove 8 fairway bunker washed out again after being cleaned up yesterday. |
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| Every time our bunkers washout the sand becomes more contaminated with rocks and sediment from the surrounding native soil. |
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| Hail damage on Grove 4 green Wednesday morning. |
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| Grove 4 green this morning after completing all cultural practices. The cup is in the same spot as yesterday. |
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