Dry weather has us looking sharp through July
Two years ago our priorities were a little different on the Manakin!
The latitude bermuda continues to hold up well to cart and golfer traffic in the summer heat!
Our bentgrass greens have figured out the heat and humidity this year as well. You can see the tire marks from the sprayer on Tuesday morning from the pervious Monday morning spray. Our closed until 3pm Mondays are giving us a chance to wash in a fungicide application as well as some topdressing sand. Both are adding up to a better quality putting surface this summer.
The new fans on 6, 7 and 14 Sabot as well as 2 Manakin have made a night and day difference compared to last year.
The lower parking lot walkway and steps are all finished up.
Over behind the pumphouse we have two 14" pipes that allow water to flow into the pump station from the upper lake. There are some old connections there that connect some HDPE pipe to steel pipe at the pumps. One of these connections has been slowly leaking for a few weeks. We finally made it over there to dig ourselves a hole and try to shore up the connection this week. In an effort to fix it, we made it worse which is always an enjoyable time. We have ordered a new piece of pipe and will be able to reuse a connection from a previous fix to tighten things up here next week. For now, you can see water running into the drain to the right of 9 green Sabot, just a free transfer of water from the upper lake to the lower.
In more delightful water news, the recirculation pump on 14 Manakin is now up and running. The lower pool should fill up nicely now and you'll enjoy a nice trickle of water here while you watch your playing partners search for their ball.
Enjoy a cooler than normal weekend!