6 green

We were able to get quite a bit accomplished during the nice weather at the beginning of the week. The grass growth has really picked up over the last week due to the longer days, warmer weather, and recent fertilizer applications. Greens, collars, approaches, fairways, surrounds, and rough were all mowed this week. Greens were mowed multiple times, and yielded a fair amount of clippings on each mowing. Tees and fairways were fertilized.

Driving range tee hitting strategy

The driving range tee was opened at the beginning of the week. I wanted to remind everyone of the hitting strategy we prefer while hitting balls on range. Please hit balls starting at the forward part of the designated hitting areas (indicated by paint lines). Once you have hit a ball, please place your next ball just behind the previous divot. This will displace the minimum amount of turf while practicing. Continue hitting balls in this fashion until you have reached the back of the designated hitting zone. Once you have reached the back boundary line, begin hitting at the forward portion of the designated hitting area again.  Leave 3-4 inches between the last divot line you made (as pictured above on the left). This method will maximize the amount of hitting space, while minimizing healing time. The scatter method (pictured above on the right side) takes up the maximum amount of hitting space which leads to using up the driving range tee turf much faster. The take it all method (in which all turf is removed from an area) uses less turf than our preferred method, but greatly increases recovery time. If you have any questions, feel free to contact me.

ProCore 648 preparations

We are gearing up for greens aeration, which is scheduled to take place April 21st, 22nd, and 23rd (If you have a tee time on April 21st, don't panic, we are starting at noon following morning play). Peterson is in the process of going through all the equipment we will be using in order to minimize the risk of a breakdown during the greens aeration process.