Where did all that cool spring weather go? We just came out of a four day heat wave as defined by the regional weather service. From July 4th -July 7th we averaged highs in the low 90's and low temperatures in the lower 70's. When you add drenching rain, it is not exactly "ideal" grass growing weather but we are holding our own! We have spent most of our time "defending" the grass from heat stress damage. One of those steps was to not roll greens this weekend. We have always followed the rule that once it gets past 90 degrees, we stop rolling. We starting rolling the greens yesterday and today to help smooth them out. We are hoping to duck some of the possible thunderstorms over the next 48 hours so we can dry out and firm up a little more.
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.