Tornado sirens, ominous skies, lightning, wind and a little rain made for an interesting day. The day did not have much flow as there was a lot of starting and stopping due to the inclement weather. We did manage to mow greens/collars, cut cups, mow rough, mow green and tee banks, spray greens and spray 1/4 of the fairways.
The golf course is holding on nicely as we survived some tough weather this weekend. We picked up .25" of rain today which was much needed since we have not seen any real precipitation in the last couple of weeks. The extended forecast looks pretty grim next week with day time temperatures exceeding 90 degrees and night time temperatures in the mid 70's. The plants will be put to the test as disease pressure will be high and heat stress is always a concern with elevated temperatures for this long of a period.
We will be syringing with hoses and irrigation heads the rest of the week to cool the plants down. As always we will try our best to work around play. Thanks and have a happy and safe 4th of July.