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Old 05-15-2014, 02:45 PM
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Originally Posted by waynet View Post
played Bonifay yesterday. What happened? Its a disgrace. Tees burned out, fairways awful the greens very spotty. I realize aeration done but the rest of the course is very bad. Its my favorite and I'm bummed out about it. We pay good money to play these "championship" courses,they should all be in better condition. How about putting some money back into the golf?
Haven't been on Bonifay, but I wonder if they are doing what they did in CA during the transition. Our club would withhold water throughout the course so the overseed would die quickly and not shade the bermuda. This left the course brown and the greens very inconsistently grassed. Them they aerated the greens and top dressed them. With all the overseed gone, they hit the course with a high nitrogen fertilizer and water to stimulate the bermuda base turf. It would take a few weeks, but the course recovered beautifully. There sure was some grousing during that period, however.
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