Sunny and 75

Daytime and nighttime temperatures are becoming conducive for turf growth, and with the soil temps also on the rise, it is time for our annual Pre-emergent herbicide application for weed control. The sparged fertilizer will provide a slow and steady Nitrogen source for the turf to feed on throughout the upcoming months. The main weeds this product will provide control for include crabgrass and goosegrass, as well as some other pesky summertime weeds.

 Truck applying Pre-emergent on Hole 9, Magnolia

In the coming weeks, we will begin sodding areas around enter and exit stakes that would have more than likely had a poor transition due to heavy shade/traffic. Some of you may have already noticed this work taking place on Marshwood earlier this month. As always, these areas will be marked G.U.R. so that they do not affect play.

Sod on Hole 10, Marshwood

In an effort to become more efficient, the staff here at Marshwood and Magnolia is going to revive our nursery area located next to the sparrow field. This area is fully irrigated and will provide us immediate access to all cultivars of turf that can be found on our courses.

 The nursery in its current state

Landings Bird Cam

We began some repairs on the Eagle/Owl camera this week.  We look forward to whichever species decides to take up residency in the nest.  I wanted to share a link to the article Mary Landers wrote for Savannah Morning News that made the front page!  It was great having her out to cover our efforts to get the cameras up and running again.  I also would like to thank Josh Galemore for being on hand to take photos for the article.

Landings' owl nest cam returns in Savannah

Irrigation Blowout!!

On Thursday June 18th, I got a report of a "stuck head" on the 7th green of Palmetto.  I did not think much of it, as it tends to happen from time to time, and it is usually a simple fix.  As I rounded the turn going from 8 tees to 7 green, I could not see any sprinkler heads running.  I was relieved and figured the head had gone down on its own.  But once I topped the hill and saw what the issue really was; I wished it had just been a stuck head.  As you can see from the picture below, there was quite the mess on the green.  The PVC elbow cracked and blew the head all the way off.  The pressure from the water blew out  about a 10' X 4' hole, that was about 4 feet deep.  Once the water was cut off Chris, Embree, and I began the clean up process.  Thankfully, they were still around to pitch in on the effort.  After about 4 hours of shoveling in the hot sun we had the green back in shape and ready for play.  We sodded the area this past Tuesday and after a few weeks you won't even be able to tell there was ever an issue.

This was how it looked as I pulled up to the 7th green.  I was amazed at the amount of material on the green.

The end result of out 4 hour clean up.