Soil is charged, summer is coming

Our sod work on the Manakin is nearing the end. Our summer staff continues to filter in so that has made sodding and caring for the course slightly more manageable. This coming Monday and Tuesday we will lay two more trucks of sod. They may stretch across everything we need considering how fast things are growing now.

Here is how far the new sod from last week has rooted down. These areas are coming back into play quickly.

The Latitude continues to come into summer form. With golfers scared of the rain this week we were able to get a circle cut down on a few fairways. The mowers follow each other in a circle, cutting across the normal direction of cut. This smooths out and tightens up the bermuda nicely. We are also demoing a new fairway mower. This mower has larger reels built for mowing bermuda (not bentgrass) and gives a much more consistent cut.

With increased mowing comes increased chances of equipment problems. Hydraulic leaks are never fun nor are they predictable. We are just lucky our operators keep an eye out for leaks on a regular basis.

The Poa annua continues to melt out of the bluemuda on the Sabot. The bluegrass is hanging around and cooperating with the vamont bermuda nicely. Bring on the summer test!