It's nice to start seeing the golf course respond, finally, to the warm weather. As most of you know, winter in Atlanta has brought some less than desired conditions to many courses in the area. If you've had an opportunity to play outside of Laurel Springs then you have probably seen acres upon acres of Bermuda at area courses did not make it. This is due to the extremely low temperatures that seemed to linger for weeks. We faired much better than other area courses that I have either personally seen or have heard about and we all should be thankful that our course came through the winter with very little damage. My initial estimate is about 3000 sq ft of sod that needs replacing. Sod availability in Atlanta is incredibly low and virtually non existent at the current time but we will take care of this as soon as possible.
The greens are doing very well and the health is a directly related to the covers being applied this winter. The covers raised the ground temperature just enough to keep them from detrimental turf loss. I know of one course whose cover blew partially off a green during one of the coldest nights and the turf that was exposed did not make it. As young as our greens are, I'm very satisfied with their health.
The spring dead spot that we deal with year after year is recoving and we should see marked improvements to our fairways if the temperatures stay where they are. Mid to upper 80's are certainly our friend.
Our Champions Invitational is this weekend and I look forward to seeing everyone out on the course.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact me at
wesley.michielsen@ourclub.com
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