Aerification

Our aerification of the playing surfaces throughout the golf course is "officially done". This past Monday and Tuesday we have finished aerifying the tees and driving range tee. Our fairways and greens were completed during the first two weeks of March.

Our healing process has been slow so far on our putting surfaces and there have been a couple of factors that are delaying that healing process. First, the soil temperatures in the greens did not reached 50 degrees until Monday. Temperatures for optimal root growth is 50-65 degrees and optimal leaf growth occurs between 60-75 degrees. Unlike at this time last year we have not had the same temperatures to give us a warm up. This has been our typical March. The second reason for the slow healing is from an application of a plant growth regulator that we have applied to the putting surfaces to inhibit the poa annua from producing seed heads and creating a bumpy and less desirable putting surface. Unfortunately the timing of when the putting surfaces needed to be treated fell right at the same time we were aerifying greens. We could have delayed the aerification but we felt this would provide less impacts to play.

With the warmer weather in the forecast we should a dramatic increase in the healing process. Before July 1, we will be solid time aerify the putting surfaces to help better prepare the putting greens for the most stressful period of the summer for us, July and August. This will be less intrusive and playable immediately after completing. So please bear with us and remember what we are doing now will allow is to provide the best playing conditions possible. You can't win the World Series without a great Spring Training.