The White Wing Short Game Chipping Greens WILL BE OPEN starting July 7th,
2014.
White Wing Greens
We have been on temporary greens now for seven weeks, with
only five of those weeks having the optimal temperatures for the greens to grow
aggressively. They have improved greatly over this short amount of time and are
very close to being ready to play again. The sod eventually arrived last Monday
June 16th after being delayed two weeks due to rain at the sod farm.
Of the 153,000 square feet of greens at White Wing we had to replace 5,175
square feet of sod with 675 square foot coming off of our own nursery green at
White Wing. Now a week into the sod being down we will aerify, water and roll
it so that it will match up perfectly with the existing greens surface.
White Wing Re-opening
of Original Greens
We are planning to
close White Wing completely starting July 7th – July 13th
and re-open the course and original greens on July 14th, 2014. Between
now and then is the time that we need to get the greens back down to height and
rolling smooth again. This is something that has to be done incrementally or
scalping could occur. We are currently mowing the greens at .200 for grow in
purposes and look to have them cut at .120 by the time we open the greens back
up. To be at a true .120 the greens need to be cut at this height for at least
a week in conjunction with rolling, verti-cutting and light topdressing. Our
overall goal once we open will be smooth and healthy with green speed coming in
third. That being said, we will still be shooting for a 9 to 9 1/2 on the Stemp
Meter but not at the expense of turf health.
On a side note:
I hope that everyone can take the time to observe the
conditions around the greens at White Wing and notice what a difference there
is when the traffic has been alleviated from the approaches and walk up areas
near the green. There are those who don’t believe traffic has anything to do
with playability or conditions, well the green surrounds at White Wing say
different.
We greatly appreciate the Golf Committee’s support over
these past couple of months and will be glad to be past this. Again, thank you
very much!
