With a few days of milder temperatures in our rear view mirror and more on the way, we should begin to see some recovery in areas of stressed and damaged turf. The fact that many of these areas will effect their own repairs is a testament to the incredible survivability of turf grass as an organism. However, every organism has it's limits- and no organism has found a way to come back from death.
Two approaches will be taken with repairing areas of dead turf. The first will be seeding, which we will begin this coming Monday. Seeded spots will be ones of reduced area, where the surrounding turfgrass should be able to do a fair amount of filling in as the seeds germinate and grow. The second approach, which will be reserved for only the very worst areas, will be sodding. All sod used in these projects will come from our own nurseries, saving us valuable time and funds. You may already have noticed a few areas that have recently received new sod.
To protect any repaired area from traffic that could kill or stunt new turf, whether seed or sod, we will be staking them. We ask that you please respect our need for these areas to remain untouched by driving or walking around them when you come to them, and taking a drop should your ball land in them.
We cannot avoid the damage mother nature chooses to inflict on our course, but we can make sure that we do not compound it.
See you on the course!
Elliot Dowling
