The CRCC Turf Management blog is designed to communicate the goals and strategies of our management practices along with some general information to ensure that you have a great golfing experience.
Friday, April 19, 2013
Spring Flooding
The golf course received 7.2" of rain over the last week with 4" of that coming in the last 36 hours. The result was Indian Creek blowing out of its banks and flooding the golf course. I assessed the situation this morning and the course isn't in too bad of shape. We should be back to normal in a couple of days after we get things cleaned up and the course de-watered. The golf course will open at 10 AM Saturday. As of right now we are only opening the front 9. Cart usage and range will be assessed at the end of the day. Follow me on Twitter @crccsup for all golf course updates.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Poa
Here are some pictures of number 1 green and number 2 green. Both greens have a large amount of poa on them. This past winter I decided not to cover the greens to continue to try to promote the bent and not the poa. You can see from the pictures that in the spring of 2011 we lost more grass than this past winter. This indicates that the bent population is increasing. Our greens will always have a poa population, but we can continue to push bent with our management programs.
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| #2 green, 2011 |
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| #2 green, 2013 |
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| #1 green, 2011 |
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| #1 green, 2013 |
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
No Carts Today
There will be no carts today as we received 1.5" rain early this morning. The course will open at 10 AM as scheduled. Our two day total for precipitation is 2.2". I hope we miss the rain tonight.
Monday, April 8, 2013
Golf Course Opening
The golf course will officially open Tuesday, April 9th at 10:00 AM. The warmer weather over the last couple of days along with the .6"rain Monday morning settled the ground and allowed the golf course to green up.
There are a couple of things I would like to make note of as we open. First, we have only had one week of clean up following winter and spring flooding. Please be patient with as continue to perfect the course. Second, the decision was made to not cover the greens last fall. The reason behind this was to continue to promote the bent grass and not the poa. The greens came out of winter in great shape, but you will notice some stressed poa. This is OK as this was a goal for not covering. Also, the greens will play better sooner as we didn't get a surge of growth under the the covers.
I hope you get out and enjoy the course
There are a couple of things I would like to make note of as we open. First, we have only had one week of clean up following winter and spring flooding. Please be patient with as continue to perfect the course. Second, the decision was made to not cover the greens last fall. The reason behind this was to continue to promote the bent grass and not the poa. The greens came out of winter in great shape, but you will notice some stressed poa. This is OK as this was a goal for not covering. Also, the greens will play better sooner as we didn't get a surge of growth under the the covers.
I hope you get out and enjoy the course
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