Between the cooler than normal spring and lack of rain (until just last week), tree pollen is ever where! For anyone who has allergies, it has been a tough few weeks. We have spent the last few weeks raking, mulching and blowing pollen. I am hoping the trees will be done dropping pollen in the next week or so. On the course, we have been concentrating on trying to keeping the rough at a manageable height. As with every May, the rough really starts to grow.
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.