Musgrove CC October 9, 2017 Update
It was great to meet
with the MGA last week and answer their questions concerning the greens as they
currently are and to talk about the future. We also appreciated the opportunity
to make a presentation and answer any questions at the Annual Meeting. We are
excited about the future of Musgrove CC!!
Greens
The greens continue
to improve since the double aerification. We lowered the heights of cut last
week and will continue to do some more this week. We topdressed the greens
heavily which helped a lot with smoothing them out. We have some areas where
the seed has done well and other areas where it is not as good. We will begin
using the good grass in the nursery and begin sod work on the smaller areas. We
will then begin to use good bentgrass from the Putting green to repair other
areas. Rooting depth is improving and the roots look white and healthy. As we have shown we have made considerable
progress from September of last year on the greens. We are not satisfied and
our plan is to continue to do the right procedures and processes to make them
better and better.
As we have mentioned
before we may aerify the greens again in November if we feel the temperature
will allow for a good recovery. If it is too cold we will wait until later. We
do want to get 4 core aerifications done over the next 12 months. We will be
working with Phil to get these scheduled and give everyone ample notification
of when the work will be done.
Weed Control
We will be applying
pre-emergent herbicides for Poa annua control this week after the Tropical
Storm Nate has finished. We will also be applying some herbicide to the Putting
Green and Chipping Green that will cause the bermudagrass to be stunted and
turn brown. We are doing this so we can best identify the good bentgrass on the
putting green.
We have been
applying post emergent weed control as well to touch up some areas for Sedges, Virginia
Buttonweed and a few spots of Goosegrass.
Entrance Sign
We also took some
time last week and added some better soil to the planting at the front
entrance, edged the planting area, added pine straw and scrapped the old paint
from the letters and re-painted them.
#2 Green
Lettering with Fresh Paint
White Healthy Roots