The down side of the season is officially here in parts of the NE of the USA! Some courses have started fall aerification this week with more on the docket for next week. So where are we? The majority of courses are having major up swings in rounds. I am hearing stories of public golf killing it. Over 240 rounds on both Saturday & Sunday and 140+ rounds during the week. These are numbers I have gotten from multiple public courses. On the private side, the talk is of how beat up my tees are....which is from the big increase of rounds too. The lack of rain & heat has made it a brutal year for the Turf Manager but the club's bottom lines are looking better. The other big positive is not one horror story of turf loss in the area. Which is a big plus in a ridiculously tough year like this one.
Will there be a restart to the golf construction boom? NO but are things much brighter than where we were 4 years ago, YES! Some of the clubs that were on life support have come out of intensive care but are still in guarded condition. It will be interesting to see the level of reinvestment this fall. That will be a good indicator of the condition of the golf industry's true health.
PAGCS First Tee Aeration Event Update:
We are almost set for next weeks 2 day aeration event at Walnut Lane GC. One of the coolest things was all the vendors who stepped up and supplied all the seed/topdressing/fertilizer etc...
Many thanks to:
Mike Janzer-Plantfood
Jason Criss-Genesis
Chris Friel-Pocono Turf
Mike Susshine-Helena
Mike Warner-Fertl Soil
Tim Davisson-Davisson Golf
Bob Burd-Agrium
Volunteers for lending a hand are slowly coming in and hopefully by this time next week we will be full!
WJC
No comments:
Post a Comment