This morning's 20° temperature plus the ten snow-covered greens makes it hard to believe that spring is officially here. Over the last few days, snow melt has been nice and steady. Although none of the greens have completely melted, I have been able to see more and more turf on eight of them.
Considering the winter we experienced, I'm pretty pleased with how the plants look at this point. After the plants surpassed 75 days under ice cover, I did not think the course would come out of winter unscathed. As expected, I'm seeing some discolored turf and signs of injury in areas on greens. The spots are tan in color and are random.
Although the spots are discolored on the leaf blade, there is a significant amount of green tissue down at the crowns of the plants which is an encouraging sign. Once all of the snow/ice melt and temperatures moderate, I will be able to fully assess how the course fared this winter. I'm still happy with where we are and what I see to this point. Although it is disappointing to see some discolored turf, I'm not even close to hitting the panic button.
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