Last month was the hottest July the National Weather Service has recorded in the last 134 years.
Here are a few of the highlights:
- Seven-day heat wave (July 17-23); first one in 17 years!
- Eleven days over 90 degrees
- Fourteen additional days over 85 degrees
Although the golf course is far from perfect, I am pleased with how the turf has held up to the unrelenting heat. Cool-season grasses, such as bentgrass and poa annua, were not designed to tolerate the sustained high temperatures and humidity we faced last month.
We will continue to be as proactive as possible to Mother Nature's surprises.
Here are a few of the highlights:
- Seven-day heat wave (July 17-23); first one in 17 years!
- Eleven days over 90 degrees
- Fourteen additional days over 85 degrees
Although the golf course is far from perfect, I am pleased with how the turf has held up to the unrelenting heat. Cool-season grasses, such as bentgrass and poa annua, were not designed to tolerate the sustained high temperatures and humidity we faced last month.
We will continue to be as proactive as possible to Mother Nature's surprises.