Summer Arrived

http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/course-care/regional-updates/northeast-region/2018/summer-arrived-with-a-bang.html

USGA Surface Stress

http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/course-care/regional-updates/central-region/2018/blue-collars.html

GOLF COURSE REMINDER

RIGHT WAY STRAIGHT LINES 

WRONG WAY SPORADIC AREA

These pictures illustrate the proper way to use our grass tee to ensure our surface can quickly mend for a long season of practicing! 

Also please remember to do your part by fixing ballmarks, filling all divots, and raking bunkers!

Thanks Green Department

PLEASE HIT OFF MATS ON DESIGNATED DAYS!!!

PINE HOLLOW C.C. AERATION SCHEDULE

GREENS:

• **March 4/19/18 – 3/8” Hollow Tine Aeration w/ Heavy Topdressing (5%)
• *Monthly (May to July) – ¼” Solid Venting Tine (no removal)
• ***August 8/13/18 or 8/20/18– ¼ ” Hollow Tine Aeration w/ Dry-Ject Sand Injection and Light Sand Topdressing (4%)
• ***October 10/29/18 – ½” Hollow Tine Aeration w/ Heavy Topdressing and/or 2mm Sand Inject Graden (13%)
•   ***December – 5/8” Solid Deep Tine Aeration w/ Heavy Topdressing

*    Minimal disruption to putting surface (healing time a few days)

**  Medium disruption to putting surface (healing time 7-10 days)

***Most disruption to putting surface (healing time 10-14 days)

Emphasis put on removing 20% of surface area per year

TEES:

•    March 4/21/18 - 5/8” Hollow Tine Tee Aeration with Sand Topdressing
• August 8/14/18- 5/8” Hollow Tine Tee Aeration with Sand Topdressing
• October - 5/8” Hollow Tine Tee Aeration with Sand Topdressing

FAIRWAYS:

•  March 3/12/18 – ¾” Solid Deep-Tine Aeration (no cleaning necessary)
• March 3/27/18 – 5/8” Hollow Tine Aeration (DID NOT HAPPEN WEATHER)
• August -  ¾” Solid Deep-Tine Aeration (no cleaning necessary) w/ Verticut
• October – Graden Dethatching of Fwys/Approaches
• November - ¾” Solid Deep-Tine Aeration

ROUGHS:

• Beginning November Aeration of all Roughs

GOLF COURSE UPDATE 7/10/18

• Seasonal Height of Cut - GRNS .115" and double rolled every WED/FRI/SAT/SUN, TEES .325, Approaches .325, FWYS .350", All Rough(bunker edges included) 2.25" cut twice a week to give a 2.5" rough for weekend play.
• Bunker sand detail work will continue with depth checking and additional quartzite added for firmer faces and less plugging.
• Mower line detail around Tees (red lines) and Collars (red dots) this gives mowers guidance.
• Tournament season greens conditioning will continue with grooming, topdressing, and aggressive rolling when weather conditions are favorable.
• Property detail and moving along with tournament golf preparations.
• Bi-weekly greens venting will continue, this practice is largely unnoticeable to golfers and has been performed each of the last few seasons for plant performance during summer stress. 

Coming in hot as the USGA explained in the last update, we have seen a wild ride over the past few months going from cool wet conditions to extreme heat and humidity. Our team is playing defense during these periods to ensure overall turf health is not jeopardized for the season for a few days of golf. With this strategy, we still prepare for our normal tournament speeds of 12' to 12.5' on double roll days and tournaments, but back off when necessary. Part of my daily planning is to mow greens everyday, skip rolling if necessary, properly keep grass cool with syringing, or apply extra water to recuperate with hand watering. This has worked well for us in the past and this season I felt so good about our turf prior to the heat we lowered our effective HOC (height of cut) on all fine cut turf. This will help our product play faster and firmer and will stay constant unless weather or turf health is negatively impacted. Overall, our golf course handled a busy June and the brutal beginning of July nicely and we are ready for the next 4 weeks until we award the 2018 Club Champion and begin aeration.
Looking past August I will be busy quoting repairs to our pump station, exploring options for capital improvements, and planning in-house improvements for this fall. We have had a great season even with the tough start and I know everyone at Pine Hollow is ready to finish strong!

COMING IN HOT!

http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/course-care/regional-updates/northeast-region/2018/coming-in-hot-.html

BALL MARK REPAIR

http://www.usga.org/content/usga/home-page/articles/2018/07/repairing-ball-marks--5-things-every-golfer-should-know-.html