The course is still a bit slow on the growth front. 2 weeks ago today we had snow and since then the temperatures have shot up but it's gone very dry. Hopefully as soon as we get a little bit of moisture we will have sustained growth. The greens have had a couple of turf tonics in them to keep them ticking over but we don't want to load them fertiliser because when the growth does come this will cause a massive surge in grass clippings that will be caused by soft lush growth. The tees have had a granular fertiliser and will soon kick into life when conditions are correct. The fairways have also been sprayed with a mix of urea, iron, primo maxx and selective weed killer.
The greens have dried out nicely and we have been reluctant to put water on them as this promotes stunted root development also when putting irrigation water onto the plant the water is generally a lot colder than rain water and will stunt growth back further. Further to one comment by I've heard we are no where near "losing" them. The grass sward is healthy! The soil moisture content is well within acceptable limits. The irrigation though has now been primed up and we've put a little water on the sand based greens as a couple of high spots had dried out a touch.
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