Forest Lake Country Club: Golf Course Update

A tremendous amount of things are happening all at once on the golf course. Soil temperatures have started to warm up and have caused grass to start growing rapidly. While trying to keep up on mowing roughs and other areas, our main focus is still on greens recovery. It is very tough sometimes to judge progression when you are looking at the same green everyday trying to pick out the positive advancements. We have been taking periodic pictures of the greens better monitor this. Shown below are pictures of #2 and #13 greens, with the first photos from April 7th, and last on May 23rd. Our recovery is very much related to the damage that a particular green has received. There are additional factors such as moisture management, percent of seed germination, algae and fertility that also playing a role in recovery. We are addressing these hurdles as we run into them. The greens are moving along, but are not perfect, that will come in time. We are looking at introducing some greens in play at the start of June and progressively be playing others as the turf canopy becomes dense enough to support daily play. Although these putting surfaces will be played, expect to have slower greens speeds, and some bumpy ball rolls at first. As the surface matures and we are able to put into effect more maintenance stresses the greens will consistently improve.