Next week we will begin what we hope will be a course wide renovation. For now, our work will be limited to the approach fairways on holes eight and eighteen. This coming Monday, August 6, these fairways will be sprayed with Roundup, and then roped off. Play will be allowed in both areas until further notice, but carts will be off limits for sometime following this application.. The following Monday we will give them another dose of Roundup, and again carts will be off limits. Tuesday and Wednesday, August 14 and 15, we will seed both fairways. As always, we will keep you updated.
For now I would like to draw your attention to a video recently posted on the G.C.S.A.A. website. The video discusses Black Wolf Run's journey to the 2012 Women's Open and features an interview with Bob Vavrek, the head agronomist for the Midwest Region of the U.S.G.A. Mr. Vavrek is also the agronomist who came to visit the course a few weeks ago. While the entire video is interesting, I wanted to point out the comments on how their fairway renovation has given them an edge in dealing with years like these where Superintendent's are trying to manage turf in a furnace.
This is an exciting development and we will be keeping you in the know on our work as much as possible.
See you on the course!
Elliott Dowling
