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Originally Posted by Papa_lecki
I don’t think the courses are this way due to lack of trying. It seems that, given the resources that are available and being spent on the problem, the powers that be can come up with a solution. It’s not like this is a new problem since Jan 2024.
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El Nino this year was not a surprise. It is a well known weather pattern that happens on a somewhat regular basis. Lawn fungus is well known here, and if identified early on can be dealt with before or runs rampant and is spread. There have been complaints about the courses since we moved here over 10 years ago and from what I've read over those ten years, each year has been worse then the year before. A Death Spiral if I may refer to it as such. It has been blamed on everything from snowbirds to El Nino. This has been a tough year on the grass, but we knew (or the ones in charge should have known) and taken PROactive measures to ensure the courses were well fed and protected. The lawn "specialists" should have been in the field weekly if not daily to look for signs of trouble and dealt with it immediately. The current situation could have been much better then what we have now.
No. I am not a master gardener or have any special expertise in golf course management or maintenance. But I am a fairly keen observer and a caring resident and golfer. Several of my neighbors who maintain their own yards have amazing lawns. El Nino hasn't been noticed and it is just a matter of looking with pride at what they have grown and addressing the first sign of a problem. It is called caring.