Range tee divots

While doing our normal Monday range maintenance with the range closed from 12-4, I noticed some of the divot patterns  that are on the range. Below are pictures with the good and the bad.   The bottom two pictures are how we would prefer you make divots while on the range.  THANK YOU.

VERY BAD!! This will take all season to recover and seed will not germinate well in this big area with mowers going over it

VERY BAD AS WELL!  Same situation as before.  A big pit.

MUCH BETTER!! Grass can grow in from two sides and seed can sit down in the lines and will only be disturbed a little.  This takes up very little space on the range.

VERY GOOD AS WELL!!!  While this takes up a much bigger area, the divots can recover from all four sides and seed has a small bed to germinate in and thrive. 

Sunscreen and bug spray

Please do not spray sunscreen or bugspray while you are on the turf. It will turn it brown or even kill it. You can see this persons footprints and the brown grass caused by either bugspray or sunscreen in the middle of 8 Weiskopf fairway.

Footprints amongst brown grass

More rain

Last night and this morning we have had 2.7+" of rain. The Weiskopf course will open at 11 today unless we get more this morning and the Devlin will be closed. We had a lot of water on the course this morning.

#3 Weiskopf Greens Complex

#4 Weiskopf Creek

#15 Weiskopf Fairway

#7 Devlin Green.  It was half covered at one point

Wednesday driving range setup

On Wednesdsy morning, we have to run a power line on the left side of the driving range for the irrigation system. We will start around 8:30 and hopefully are finished around noon. During this time the hotel side of the range will be closed and the mats will only be setup on the right side of the cart barn range tee. This will only allow 4-6 people to hit at a time, but we will keep it open and keep shots as far away from us working as possible. Thank you for your understanding. 

Flowers

One of my favorite days of the year is when we plant our annual flowers. We used green leaf rose "Whopper" begonias this year with some white begonias mixed in as well. Whopper begonias get about 2-3 times as big as regular begonias and produce many flowers. Our annuals were grown specifically for us at Middle Ridge Nursery in Madison. The were very good quality this year and they have provided us with excellent service. Flowers were planted in pots at the back veranda, the pro shop entrance, the clubhouse putting green, main entrance and #1 tee.

Prepping and planting

Entrance to pro shop

Side Entrance

New Beds this year at clubhouse putting green

Maple seedlings and updates

The maple seedlings have been especially bad this year. We have been sending extra guys to blow greens/tees/fairways off in front of the mowers and then cleanup greens later in the day. Most of the time within a few minutes you can hardly tell as the playing surfaces are covered again. Hopefully we are winding down and we won't be dealing with them much longer.  

The seed is coming up nicely on holes 2/3 Devlin. We are going to start allowing carts on #3 Devlin this week, but continue with Cart Path Only on #2. Please abide by the black enter/exit posts as they will be placed to allow traffic away from the seeded areas. Thank you for your patience with this as we have seen good results the past two springs getting grass to grow in those areas where there used to be dirt. Once established, the irrigation is now operable and should keep the grass healthy. As always, cart traffic is not the best for turf, but using the rules that are in place will make for the best possible conditions this season. Below are some pictures. 

Maple Seedlings on #3 Weiskopf 

#18 Weiskopf Saturday morning

Annual Flowers delayed until Tuesday

Today we were scheduled to plant our annual flowers around the clubhouse, at #1 tee and a few other areas. I had our grower hold the delivery until Tuesday due to a slight frost chance on Friday night/Saturday morning. We will be using white begonias backdropped by my favorite flower "Whopper Begonias". They will be green leaf Rose colored.