Course update

     What a summer we are having.  The heat and humidity are full throttle.  It does not take hardly any activity to be drenched in sweat.  The turf has the same problem we have it cannot cool itself when the humidity is extremely high.  With the added pressure of high temperatures this can be very hard on our cool season turfgrass.  Greens are the most susceptible to problems.  We are taking precautions to help our greens make it through this rough time.  On Monday we vented our greens with 1/4'' holes.  This helps the root zone of our greens get much needed oxygen.  It also helps keep our root zone drier.  What happens when you have a wet area like your shower at home that stays wet or moist?  You get mold and mildew.  We do not want our root zone to get mold.  That could be devastating.  We are also alternating mowing and rolling our greens.  Mowing is very stressful on our bentgrass greens.  We want to minimize as much stress as we can.  You will see a little slow down of ball roll.  This will be temporary until we get cooler temperatures.  When night time temperatures get below 70 degrees our bentgrass greens can recuperate.  They get no rest when night time temperatures are in the high 70's or above.  We cool down a little next week.  I know I can't wait. 

 Nick venting greens.  It takes 6 hours to vent all greens.

 Holes are 1/4'' on 2.5''X2.5" centers

Tim rolling our greens.