Weekly Photos (8/10/18)

Pylex app for goosegrass in #16 rough, 8 days after application

Before:  8/1/18 - Pylex app #16 rough for goosegrass

After: 8/9/18 - Pylex app bleaching of turf

closeup of goosegrass plant with Pylex application

Before: 8/2/18 - #17 native area before 2,4-D and Outrider herbicide application

After: 8/10/18 - 1 week after herbicide application

Before: 7/30/18 - riparian area #1 fairway (taken from #1 green)

After: 8/10/18 - riparian area #1 11 days after application

Electric Company came out on Monday to swap out 2 electrical posts, drove through the rough in between #16 and #11; got stuck, left large ruts.  We backfilled the areas with leftover greens aerification plug dirt.

8/10/18 - #17 green complex

8/10/18 - #1 green from front center

8/10/18 - #4 green from back right

8/10/18 - nursery green behind #2 green (cultivated from aerification plugs in '16)

8/10/18 - #4 weeping lovegrass native area

Weekly Photos (8/2/18)

Before:  #12 blue tee chopped rock curb

After: removed rock curb, sodded with sod from shop yard nursery (7/30/18)

7/30/18: #4 green - double verticut 1/8" down and back the same pass

7/30/18:  #1 green from middle right - double verticut 1/8"

7/30/18: #1 green from front of green - double verticut 1/8"

Riparian Renovation Areas:
This week we sprayed Outrider (1.25 oz/A) and Battleship III (1.33 oz/1000) to control the johnsongrass, nutsedge, and broadleaf weeds in the weeping lovegrass areas.

View of riparian area from #1 green

Weeping love grass amongst broadleaf weeds, johnsongrass, and yellow nutsedge (7/31/18)

8/2/18: right side of white tee #17 - lots of johnsongrass in this area

Before:  #16 in front of white tee - received a sample of Pylex herbicide from BWI for goosegrass.  I was told that this bleaches the turf for about 10 days.  I sprayed 3,000 sq. ft. worth of this product in the rough on goosegrass patches

8/1/18: armadillo damage #9 fairway.  We treated 28 acres of turf for grubworm control with Meridian 25 WG at 17 oz/A.  Holes #2, 9, 16 have seen damage over the past week.

taken from #10 green complex 7/28/18

7/28/18: #5 green looking back to fairway

Weekly Photos (7/27/18)

Before:  scrub brush in between cart path behind #10 and right of #17 blue tee

Before: bed renovation - right of #17 blue tee

Before (same bed)

brush removal

bed cleanup/leveling

landscape fabric (4.8 oz Restrictor)

After (7/26/18)

After (7/26/18) - need to clean up leaves from orignial bed so gravel blends better

After (7/26/18) - we found the directional sign (rock) face down.  lettering needs to be re-painted

7/27/18 - Armadillo damage right side #9 rough - entire fairway was sprayed with Meridian 25 WG on 7/24/18.  (rough was not sprayed)

7/27/18 - Armadillo damage left side fairway #16

BEFORE: large area between #12 and #15 before sod renovation project in 2017

AFTER:  7/27/18 - #12 and 15 sodded area

AFTER:  7/27/18 - #12 and 15 sodded area

Weekly Photos (7/23/18)

Before:  #17 path through fescue from cart path to fairway - mixture of compacted clay, decomposed granite

After:  StaLok decomposed granite path #17 renovation 7/16/18 (photo taken from #17 fairway)

After:  #17 StaLok path (closeup)

Before:  #11 weak spot near cart path

After:  #11 weak spot near cart path sodded from shop yard nursery (7/16/18)

Cut sod from shop yard nursery for #11 weak spot (419 bermuda)

#3 fairway (7/23/18)

#9 fairway from green (7/23/18)

 The photo below looks similar to what we saw in 2016 before we lost some turf to grubworms.  It has plenty of moisture, and it is in the same approximate location as it was when we had pressure in the past (fairway #3, 6, 9).  We plan on spraying Meridian 25 WG in these areas to control the possible outbreak.

#9 fairway (7/23/18) - potential grub worm damage

#9 fairway soil exposed - grub worm

Greens:  The cutworm damage on the greens looks different than what we saw in 2016.  There are no visible holes from the subsurface, but we did see a few juvenile cutworms crawling on the turf.  The grass underneath the uplifted soil/sand is still green.  We plan to spray bifenthrin in the morning.

cutworm damage #12 green (7/23/18)

cutworm damage #15 green (7/23/18)

juvenile cutworm #15 green