October 9, 2017 Update

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