That's a lot of holes...

We have just finished seeding all the fairways.  Hole 4 will undergo another round, but to date we have poked over 65 million 1/2" sized holes in the ground and spread about 300 lbs of bent grass seed.   Now all we need is some rain and a little better weather than 10 degrees above normal.  It's sure to come, just when is the problem.

We will slowly relax the carts in the rough to again transiting the fairways.  We ask that you use the fairway when you need to, but try to use the rough or path as much as possible.  New seedlings are prone to damage from us mowing, as well as other traffic.  The strong will survive but we hope to have as many be part of the recovery as possible.

We will begin aeration and seeding of the roughs next.  The heavy traffic around the fairways has started to decline that turf in the past few weeks of hot weather.  With cool weather the fertilizer will come out of hiding in the barn and we can begin the long slow climb back to normal.  Thank you again for your patience.


Well if the weather turns colder then we start to see the foxes at their worst.  We always have several dens on the property that move occasionally, but when its cooler they get frisky.  The picture below shows the latest damage from one that continues to dig in the 12th fairway.  It's hard to deter them when we never know where they will strike next.

The picture below is just another example of what to look forward to as our rough grass in the future.  This area right of 13 fairway is something we sodded three years ago to tall fescue when we were doing a winter drainage project.  Notice the distinctive line of new grass.  Both the color and density are terrific and so far even after this miserable year, little to no disease in the stand!