18 fairway mowed with a black and white pattern

We had quite a productive week. The sunken area in the fairway on hole 4 was repaired. The eroded bunker face on hole 10 was stabilized. A sprinkler head near 14 approach was moved to create more uniform irrigation coverage. The cart path at the practice area was edged.  Additionally, the greens, collars, approaches, tees, and fairways were all mowed.

Aeration holes have grown in nicely

The recovery from the greens aeration is going really well. There are still a few areas here and there where aeration holes can be seen, but for the most part they are pretty much healed over. The greens are rolling pretty good considering greens aeration took place less than three weeks ago.

The weather has been good for growing grass, but it has also been good for Microdochium nivale, which is the fungal pathogen responsible for the Microdochium patch disease (aka Pink Snow Mold, aka Fusarium patch). If you look to the right of the golf ball in the picture above, you can see a small spot of Microdochium patch. Most of the greens have some Microdochium patch, with some being worse than others. There is not much you can do when the conditions are perfect for the disease. We treated for the disease before and after greens aeration. We will treat for it again when we get a break in the weather.

Eroded bunker edge on hole 10

The bunker edge on the left of hole 10 has been in need of stabilization for some time. The bunker edge has eroded over the years, bringing the bunker edge closer and closer to the green. Jerry came up with the idea to use stacked sod and create a wall to stabilize the edge. Sand was packed behind the sod wall and capped with aeration cores. The picture above is what the bunker looked like before the repair. The picture below is what the bunker looks after the sod wall was installed. Once the cores and seed are grown in, it should look really good.

Jerry tamping the seed and aeration cores