As we close the books on June 2013, here in Philadelphia we have been witness to the wettest June on record! With the daily cycle of showers continuing for a least another 5 plus days, I hate to think about the impact on the turf and the cash register at many clubs. Coming off a center of the golf universe high of the US Open at Merion, clubs are all wet.
Many Superintends are talking about opening up greens to get some air into the saturated surfaces. Others have talked of beginning to build an ark and start collecting two of every animal species on their property....The second half of the equation is when this weird Florida cycle of daily storms breaks, how high will the disease pressure be with the turf so wet and the normal hot and humid weather of July and August just around the corner. This will definitely be one of those years in the future you will be saying "Do you remember the summer of 2013?".
WJC
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