New Trial on 14th Fairway

The Green Committee has requested we try an intermediate rough cut on the course. The picture below shows green spray paint dashes to mark this 6 foot wide rough cut. With the cooler weather it may take a while for this area to grow up to the 1 inch height of cut that is desired. This will help keep some of my errant shots from reaching the more penal cool season ryegrass rough. If this becomes popular we will continue with this new feature to your course.

We recently applied a herbicide to remove the Poa annua and remaining Ryegrass from the fairways. We are starting to see the target weeds (Poa and Rye) to turn yellow and die out. This will cause some thinning in areas that were heavily infested with these undesirable grasses. We are paying close attention to our diminishing irrigation requirements and topdressing with sand on thin areas that develop. We want to keep the fairways as dry as possible without allowing them to desiccate. I am aware that some golf balls are picking up mud which we will manage to the best of our abilities. This will be more of an issue after rain events as the grow of the Bermuda fairways is slowing down. This is part of the conversion process and will improve next season.