Once again, the team needed to pivot with the daily (sometimes hourly) changes in the weather. This past week the greens were rolled, sprayed and fertilized.
Cover installation began on Tuesday, which was followed by a very warm (but very wet) Wednesday, with 1.25" of rain. The skies cleared on Thursday, however wind gusts in excess of 40 mph forced a pause in placing the covers. The initial covering of #1-18 was finally completed on Friday.
One change from last year is that we will be leaving the Clubhouse putting green uncovered this winter. This will allow members to continue to use the putting green (although on a bumpy surface). Perhaps more importantly, leaving a green uncovered provides the best test plot for comparing the healing time to a covered green.
Throughout the year, we find the temperatures on the Clubhouse side of the bridge to be a bit warmer than on the open golf course. Therefore, the uncovered Clubhouse putting green still may recover slightly more quickly than an uncovered green would on the golf course.
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