Game On!

Members of the Golf Maintenance Department have consumed 2.5 tons of sand while filling divots in the fairways this week. That's approximately 15,000 divots filled with sand and seed one handful at a time!

7,200 violas have been installed at various locations around the clubhouse.

Preemergent Crabgrass Control

In an earlier post I promised to inform you of the optimum timing for your pre-emergent weedgrass (crabgrass) application. The optimum timing for crabgrass preemergence is when the soil temperatures are between 50-55 degrees F at the 0-2 inch depth. This can easily be measured with an inexpensive meat thermometer inserted two inches into the soil. Check the temperature between noon and 2 pm. It appears now that the week of April 13th would be a great time to pull out that spreader and get some exercise walking around the lawn as temps are expected to spike.

A brown squirrel clings to a branch amid the buds on the Kentucky Coffee tree located on the south side of #17 fairway.