GREENSBORO COUNTRY CLUB GOLF AND GROUNDS MAINTENANCE: Week Three Comes with Heavy Rains

The start of our third week on the project has come with back to back heavy thunderstorms bringing nearly 5 inches of rain over the last two days.

Hole #5
The first heavy thunderstorm came on Tuesday, June 13 at around 4:00 when there was just a few more hours worth of work left to complete the final sodding of the green complex surround. Two systems came through that evening bringing 1.5 inches of rain and then 2 more a few hours later. The resulting damage was fairly small due to the size of the area affected. The bunker faces washed out and the exposed gravel in the drain lines were covered with silt. Repairs were made to these areas on Wednesday and on Wednesday night we received another 1.3 inches so we will need to go back and make a few more repairs.
The green was sodded with Bent on Friday, June 9 and once the sod is well rooted we will spray out the surface with Roundup. We expect to do this on Monday, June 19. Once the Roundup has taken effect we will begin our aggressive verticutting procedure to remove the surface plant tissue. We expect to sprig the putting surface sometime during the week of June 26-June 30.

Bent Sod Going Back on #5

#5 Green Sodded

#5 Green Surround Sod Installation

New Bunker on #5 Damage from Storm Water

Short Game Area
With the construction efforts slowing down on #5 the contractor has relocated his earth moving equipment to the practice area. With only one day of earth moving underway we were hit with the first 3.5 inches of rain. As the shaping work really hadn't got going we were able to push the wet soil off the surface and continue shaping on Wednesday. But with another 1.3 inches last night the earthwork is at another standstill. Eventually, the practice area will see another chipping green installed closer to the clubhouse and a large practice bunker constructed in front of the existing smaller chipping green. We had hoped to sprig this green with #5 but with the weather delays we will move forward with #5 and get the new chipping green planted on what now currently looks like it will be as many as1-2 weeks later.