Reel to Reel

 

Another productive week was achieved. Highlights included: bulked in hole 17 built new bunkers on holes 9 & 18 sodded greens expansions on holes 9 & 18 demolition of bunkers on hole 10 coring out and addition of greens mix on the green expansion on hole 10 flagged limits of disturbance on holes 11, 12, 13, 16 tilled driving range tee rerouted several irrigation lines on holes 9, 10, 18 tree removal on holes 8, 11, 14, 16, 18

It has been a great start to the project.  Highlights include: removal of bunker sand from holes 9-13, 17, 18 demolition of bunkers on holes 9 & 18 coring out of new green expansions on holes 9 & 18 stripped sod within the limits of disturbance on hole 10 removed sod from 17 green and fairway to repurpose on green expansions and low mow areas removal of irrigation and tilling of 17 flagged limits of disturbance on holes 11-13, 16 tree removal between holes 9/10, holes 9/18, east side of 10 and started tree work on hole 11

... when she quoted Ben Franklin, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". Turfgrass management is no different than any other aspect of life, it is always better to be proactive as opposed to reactive.  As previously noted, annual bluegrass weevil (ABW) was discovered on property last year. This is a new pest to southeast Michigan as the first confirmed cases were documented in June of 2022. Last year, some collar damage on holes #3, #4, and #11 indicated this pest was at thresholds that could cause damage. Despite multiple insecticide applications, we were chasing this aggressive pest for the entire 2023 season. This year has been a different story. Knowing that we have ABW on property, this off-season we developed a comprehensive preventative program that has proven to hold up great. We identified several hot spots which included collars, tees and fairways thorough out the golf course. We were able to track the adult ABW migration through rigorous daily scouting ...