Course Conditions
All three courses are doing well and we hope to have a good
transition this year starting next month depending on the temperatures. The big
negative that we continue to deal with has been the ryegrass and poa annua on
the White Wing greens. In particular the practice greens and the first few
greens on the back nine. Unfortunately the post emergent, selective herbicides
that we have been applying have not been as effective as usual due to the low
temperatures and from what we are hearing from the USGA poa annua’s ability to
build up a tolerance to certain herbicides. We have made additional
applications since the weather has warmed up and we are now starting to see
wilting and yellowing of the winter weeds. We have to be careful during this
time of year even when using selective herbicides because they can still
“sting” the sensitive Bermuda grass greens that are trying to come out of
dormancy. As the temperatures start to get warmer and stay warmer over the next
couple of months the poa annua will start to go away due to its intolerance of
the hotter weather and the Bermuda’s aggressive growth.
White Wing Greenside
Bunkers
We have started to fill the bunkers on the front nine and
will complete all of the greenside bunkers in the next couple of weeks. Our
goal is to have everything done prior to the member-member at the end of the
month. Most of the bunkers have been completed on the front nine and we are
moving on to the back nine. The best way to decide if the bunker should be
played at this time is that if it has SAND and RAKES in the bunker it is open
for play.
