October 3

Greetings Members,

After seeing remnants of two or three tropical storms, the golf course received 9.62" of rainfall during September. We went from the dry summer season with stressed, slow growing and thin rough, to a rough that is playing quite difficult. Apologies to golfers for thick rough, and we acknowledge the appreciation from golf ball manufacturer's accountants.

This wet week has interrupted the fairway aeration process. However, we will get back to this important process next week. Most fairways have taken the aggressive aeration quite well, except for shady #15, where obvious injury was apparent.

We are installing a bluegrass and fescue turfgrass nursery in the driving range, close to 18 fairway. This half acre area will enable us to grow and later install sod to turf areas that are mowed at intermediate rough height and higher.

To prepare the area, we first applied a herbicide to kill all existing turf. (This area will turn to a straw brown color in a week or so) After a few days, we will aerate the area to remove thatch and to expose soil. We will then seed with a seed mixture of Kentucky bluegrass and fine leafed fescues. After maturity, the sod that grows from this mix can be used in all areas mentioned above, including bunker bankings.