First Real Heat Wave

It looks like we are finally going to have a summer heat wave over the next couple of days. Forecasted highs are supposed to be in the upper 90's with humidity levels extremely high as well causing the heat indexes to be in the 105-110 degree range. I guess it had to come at some point right? I mean it is the end of July! Our schedule this week has changed somewhat. We are using today as our off day on the greens and are currently out venting them prior to this heat wave to help them get the oxygen and water that they need to survive. We are not mowing them today. Also we are going to begin our fairway aerification process as soon as we get our tractor repaired this morning so it can pull the aerator. Our sweeper showed up on Friday but now our tractor is not wanting to run properly. The way things usually go is as soon as you need the piece of equipment the most it doesn't want to work! So we are delayed in getting the fairways started but hopefully we will be able too soon. The staff are doing their other normal mowing of the fairways, tees, rough, and banks as well this morning. I will update the blog with some photos once we get going on the fairway process, which I am crossing my fingers and hoping it is very soon!!

Sweeping the plugs up!!