Hermitage CC Golf Course Management

  We know the crew at CCV is happy that frost has yet to form this week. The forecast temps have been 39/40 but we have been coming in to 42 degrees each morning. A few of us have been helping out in the early mornings for the Dominion Energy Classic. The River Course looks fantastic! Hopefully we can make it through the next few days and keep the frost away because next week again looks amazing and we don't mind the leaves hanging in the trees a little longer. We have started swapping out the summer annuals with our winter plantings. Not much more than snapdragons and dusty millers go in the ground this time of the year. Anything else just becomes rabbit and deer food! Dunstano and Carlos have been making some headway on their mechanics shop renovation. The second lift is in place and ready to be wired up. They are certainly enjoying the added space by moving the parts room to where the old lockers were. We are patiently waiting for November 1st to roll around so we can get moving

 The golf courses are in beautiful shape once again thanks to some sun and finally some wind. Enjoy while you can and before the leaves really start coming down!

  The last two weeks have now been quite wet on the golf course. We accumulated a little over 3.5" of rain this week from left over bands of rain from Helene. In the last 90 days we have only had two other days where we received over an inch of rain at a time, let alone 3. Of course we are no one where near what people in the true path of Helene are dealing with, 20" of rain and hurricane force winds. We should consider ourselves lucky that we are still out here playing golf and have a house to go home to. Mushrooms have been popping up in peoples lawns and on the golf course also. The wet, cloudy weather is a perfect breeding ground for fungus. Again, be thankful we are managing mostly bermudagrass. Cool season courses are ringing up the fungicide budget this year for sure. The golf course was looking fresh and beautiful after the mowers were forced to stay in the shed for 5 days. Since our dry and cool spell in early September the warm nights have come back along with some