Well, we are certainly going through a hot, humid stretch right now and except for some minor dollar spot break through on some tees we are clean in the disease battle so far. I am going to fertilize tees and approaches this week which should help beat back and heal the dollar spot.
I expect if the weather does not break we will start to see some disease in the fairways.
The dying cottonwood on #14 is laying down and will be cleaned up tomorrow. We will start a grub preventative sometime this week and could start working on our drainage problem on #14 although the answer right now seems to be to adjust the fairway and lay sod with the thought of moving the fairway back sometime in the fall.
We will also be removing a couple of dying birch trees in the roughs on #13 and #14 but I doubt anyone will even know when they disappear.
The crew has been getting worked hard these last few weeks and I, not unlike you, appreciate their dedication to the golf course and its condition. But, we have a lot of work yet to accomplish so I am going to keep my foot on the gas. The best thing about working on the golf course is you get to work outside and the worst thing about the golf course is you have to work outside. Most days in July cover the second part.
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