Fall Colors Are Here

Our amazing weather that we have been blessed with over the past couple of weeks has continued.  Low temperatures haven't been overly cold, however we have had a few frosty mornings, things have been pretty pleasant.  This time of the year is definitely one of my favorites as the turf grass is enjoying life in a nice and calm state and then all the fall colors that the trees put off with the leaves turning is just breath taking and gives us a nice back drop to come into to work everyday!  The maintenance team this week has been busy working on a few projects around the golf course.  Hopefully by the end of today we will complete the rough aerification.  This has been a week long process that takes a lot of time and effort to get done, but the benefit it gives us in our turf quality is worth every minute of it.  Also this week we have been working on putting a nice clean edge on our bunkers going into winter.  This is a great time to edge the zoysia as it is dormant and the clean edge stays in place well into the following spring.  We have completed about half of the bunkers at this time and will continue to work on them as the weather allows.  Another item we worked on was applying our last fertilizer application to all of the roughs.  This application will give the turf plant food to store going into the winter so that it can survive and then give it a boost coming out of winter so it can start to grow once spring gets here.  A lot of studies have shown that the most important fertilizer application to make is the winterizer application, so if you are looking for a little home lawn advice I would suggest you putting down your application as soon as possible.  Our upcoming schedule looks to stay busy as we are going to continue our tree work around the course cleaning up overgrown areas and removing dead trees that have died throughout the season. We are also planning to start some fairway drainage projects on holes #17, 18, & 10.  Also we are going to be adding some irrigation heads in a few isolated areas around #12 & 14 greens.  Have a great weekend and I hope to see all of you out at the club for the Closing Day tournament and chili cook off!