Well that raps up the Snooze Club Championships for another year. The course held up pretty well with few players breaking their handicap and the course providing a good test of golf. The greens were a bit quicker being double cut each morning and the rough a bit of a penalty. The scratch rating for the blue course is 74 and the daily ratings for the four days were 73, 74, 74 and 75.
Now that the championships are over what does the maintenance program look like. The greens will now going back to being cut 5 times per week. The greens are normally mowed on Saturday (single cut) and not Sunday unless there is a special event. We are also now not mowing the greens on Thursday and they are rolled with our light weight roller. This helps smooth the surface and increase the roll without having to mow. The greens were dusted (light top dress) between the the weekends of the championships and we will continue this once per month in the growing season. This helps with smoothing the surface and increases firmness slightly.
The growth of the rough should slow now with the drier and warmer weather we are starting to experince. The cut of rough to the tree line is done weekly and if we don't get any significant rain only the watered areas will remain as thick. This should make it a little easier to play when off the fairway. PS. If you are having trouble hitting it out of the rough, you could try a lesson from Matt to see if you can straighten up your drives. You could also try hitting a 7 iron from the rough and not expect to be able to hit your 3 wood from anywhere on the course.
For those avid readers I have included a link to an article about green firmness. I thought it was a good read.
Firmness First
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