Since the last Golf Course Update, we have received 7.5 more inches of rain! 2.5 inches came last night and it is still raining! The course was so wet yesterday that we had to close it even to walking. It is safe to say that we will not have carts today at the least. As for the golf course, we are seeing the growth of black algae on some areas where the water is either puddling and/or flowing across on fairways and greens. This algae can damage and/or kill turf. We are going to do what ever we can to reduce the areas of damage. Lets just hope for the return of some sunny skies.
Starting yesterday, the construction crew began sodding the 18th green complex. They have installed bentgrass for the fairway extensions, low cut bluegrass for the intermediate cut and turf type tall fescue for the rough. They also installed some fine fescue on the bunker edges. We plan to finish sodding by tonight but might need to purchase a small quantity more next week to fix some construction wounds.