Well, the forecasters are calling for May type weather for the rest of the week which means the course will be packed. Arriving today, after over 2" of rain over the weekend, it is the first day since December with no snow on the course. For those of you coming out to play golf this week, I wanted to give you an idea of what to expect. First, before the schedule of work, a couple things to keep in mind. The snow has only been gone for 4 days now and with 2 plus inches of rain, the course is SOAKED! We are going to utilize cart paths tomorrow without the use of Blue Flags. We may release the use of Blue Flags on Tuesday. Please abide by the cart rules, it is very wet. Also, with the snow only being gone for 4 days now, we have a lot of catching up to do. We are busy cleaning up and fertilizing. To ensure we catchup and make sure we are in shape for the opening of the season, we are going to be pushing hard the next 2 weeks. We apologize now for our aggressive move towards course preparation.
Now for this weeks schedule. Today we are fertilizing all the greens with a granular fertilizer. I am hoping we get a bit more rain tonight to wash the fertilizer in a bit. Our irrigation system is not charged for the season yet, so we have no way to irrigate the fertilizer in. Tomorrow early morning we will aerate the putting and 18th greens. These were unable to be aerified last week due to snow cover. On Wednesday through the end of the week, a few of us will be fertilizing the remainder of the course. On Wednesday the fairways will be fertilized. We are utilizing the Purdue Chicken bio waste material again, so there will be a faint smell on Wednesday and into Thursday. The remainder of the fertilization should not hinder play much at all.
The remainder of the crew, Tuesday through Friday, will be concentrating on course cleanup as we have had a lot of debris fall over the winter.
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