What a busy schedule over the past few weeks!  A two-day United Way event produced over 500 rounds of golf within 48 hours.  Our Gentlemen's Invitational was recently held this past Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.  Most recently, we hosted The University of Findlay golf outing.  It has been both an exciting and challenging time prepping our course for these wonderful events.

After being very wet throughout the month of July, we have been equally dry for the month of August.  Periods of high temperatures and humidity have also been stressful to our cool season grasses and has kept our grounds department on high alert for the development of turf grass diseases such as brown patch, anthracnose, dollar spot and pythium.  All of these diseases are typical for this time of year.  Constant scouting and observation has kept us ahead of any large breakouts and our greens, tees, and fairways have been mostly disease free to this point.

Here are a few pictures of our greens and fairways









We have been busy 'plugging' some thin areas on #18 green as a result from the flood.  Eric and Evan have both done a great job with this repair technique.


We have also laid some new sod in the approaches on #1, 8, 10, and 17.  Here is a view of the new sod on #10.


Some other familiar sights on the course lately have been our staff hand watering during the warm afternoons to prevent the turf from wilting.  This is done to cool off the turf canopy and reduce heat stress on our greens.  

Crabgrass and nutsedge have emerged in some areas as well and we are spraying on a daily basis to stay on top of these pesky weeds.  This is what crabgrass looks like after Eric finds it with his sprayer.


We have been adding topsoil and seed to the edges of our new cart paths on holes #1, 2, and 3 along with the path from #12 to the driving range tees.  We should see the new seed germinating over the next couple of weeks.


As you can see, we have been as busy as the bee's (and hornets) and are trying to have fun at the same time!


Who's kids are those anyhow????:)




















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