Battling Mother Nature
What a battle it's been keeping the golf course green this month. As of right now it feels like we are losing. We expect to lose some turf during the summer months but with the high temperatures and relentless winds, we have more dry areas than we normally get this time of year. The temperatures have been in the mid nineties to triple digits most of the month and the wind never seems to let up. Day and night it constantly blows. Not only does this cause havoc with our irrigation at night but it makes it hard to spray during the day. Another reason we have more dry areas is because our irrigation computer was down for three nights until I was able to get a replacement. We manually watered for three days but it doesn't compare to what a computer can do. We are diligently working to keep the course green and the hot spots and turf loss at a minimum. You may notice us running sprinklers during the day and hand watering greens, tees and fairways. My staff tries to be as courteous as possible and stay out of the way but sometimes they might miss getting a sprinkler head turned off before you come upon them. June and July is the most difficult time for us in golf course maintenance, but as the days get shorter and we start to catch a break from Mother Nature, the course will start to look better. I'm still praying for rain. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
