Another week down

The golf courses continue to green up day by day. We have been mowing the cool season turf on the Sabot with the brushes down this week to continue working on texture and density.

The greens on both courses are just about filled in. The Manakin greens are actually closing in on 100% before the Sabot even though they were punched a week before. The Sabot was lightly verticut on Monday and topdressed to help close up the final holes and smooth things out. The Manakin will get the same process on this coming Monday if mother nature cooperates.

We have had some rain and wind this week. Some cooler temperatures are going to swing through over the next week or two slowing turf growth down. Debris blowing everywhere and down trees also add an extra element in getting the courses set up with a limited crew each day.

We did get the first mowing of the Manakin bermuda down this week. It is a little slow to wake up (even though its only April 9th) mainly because of the pre-emerge herbicide we had applied in the winter. This is not a bad thing however, considering we may be looking at a frost on Saturday. Spring is not a pretty season for bermuda!

The Sabot crew has been working to patch up a number of in play stump holes this week. With our sod budget on hold, we reduced the size of the areas we wanted to sod and are just using our own nursery sod to patch.

The new yardage plaques are slowly going in on the Sabot. The new pieces are slightly more attractive and legible than the old!