Lotta chatter......thoughts... in no particular order
All executive courses must have golf car paths around the whole course to minimize compaction. Handicap cars okay. Fairways on exec courses are like teats on a bull, look nice
but non functional.
Obviously the executive course greens were not built to USGA specs. They lack proper drainage and possibly not enough loam used.
Fairways on championship courses will always be preferred lie areas........no big deal.......
they are fine as stand
It's all about the greens. A true greenskeeper knows every golf course and every green acts differently from a growth and need perspective. If you treat them all the same you are asking for problems at some point. And those problems don't happen overnight, so who is watching. Pro's are not greenskeepers, turf managers are. Again, a green doesn't get crusty overnight.
Regardless of El Niño or El bozo, the greenskeeper adjusts cultural practices accordingly. Regardless of El Niño or El blamo, the greenskeeper understands if theirs no air flow or sunlight issues and adjust accordingly. What we have here is cookie cutter maintenance. Similar to the maintenance on your lawn. And thats why problems will always arise.
Solutions, redo greens to usga specs..........get more boots on the ground, qualified greenskeeper with less courses to monitor and to watch and analyzing conditions daily. It may cost more, BUT,
you won't have to redo courses every so many years.
My biggest fear is that USGA Specs were not used when the greens were built. Time to make up for that. And adjust cultural practices for each course as determined by its peccadillo's. No more cookie cutter maintenance practices.
Quote:
Originally Posted by The Gazette
A report released this week from the United States Golf Association links El Niño, tree coverage limiting sunlight and aging infrastructure as some factors contributing to worsening golf course conditions in The Villages. The visit from Chris Neff, a consulting agronomist with USGA, comes amid a string of executive golf course closures due to renovation
More... |