[LittleDog]

Played Sweetgum today and the greens were spotty at best. Many bare spots.
Sad as that course is very pretty to play.

John

[djl8412]

Originally Posted by mikeod

Did you meet with Eric? What did he say?

Our group meets quarterly. At the last meeting (April) there was no problem with conditions. Our next meeting is Thursday. We will discuss what is going on and what is being done. I reiterate, from my work with these people I can safely say that no one is happy or satisfied with these conditions. But there is no magic treatment that will suddenly grow grass.

I did not meet with Eric and shared our communications with other golfers whom I golf with regularly and the consensus was there was no point in meeting as Eric had already determined that conditions were probably not going to improve any time soon. That answer convinced us that meetings are not going to be anything positive. When your group met in April conditions were good as many seasonal residents were still here in TV. Beginning in May conditions rapidly deteriorated. Even Glenview, which I always praised for good conditions, was inundated with apparent fungus on the greens resulting in bare areas. Even after aeration, these conditions did not improve. Other courses both championship and executive also became despicable with greens and fairways. I hope your group can exact some specific answers from Eric such as scientific identification of problems, remedies and most importantly, not allowing these conditions in the future. Since we have resided here for 7 years, each summer season seems to worsen over the previous one. This has to stop.

[djl8412]

Originally Posted by drcar

Samples of the soil and grass and water have been sent to Univ. of Florida, it is a problem that they are tying to correct.

Finally!! This is a step in the right direction.

[Bogie Shooter]

I doubt if anyone will agree with the results?

[mickey100]

Originally Posted by djl8412

Finally!! This is a step in the right direction.

Yes, I agree. You'd think that might have been one of the first things they did, if they didn't know what was happening. Oh well.

[waynet]

It's good that the people in charge are friends of the Morse family.

[jdguscinski]

Originally Posted by LittleDog

Played Sweetgum today and the greens were spotty at best. Many bare spots.
Sad as that course is very pretty to play.

John

I played it 3 weeks ago and there was more dirt and weeds than grass......