On #10 island, where this photo was taken, you can see the 3 rings that is the beginning of a fungal pathogen known as Take-All Patch. This is a stubborn disease that affects Creeping Bentgrass on our fairways during cool weather in fall and spring. Once warmer summer weather takes hold, the pathogen disappears on its own. We’ll be treating this area and a few other fairways and approaches with a fungicide concoction in the next several days.
Above, this Red Maple is about as beautiful as they come. There are 2 maple varieties that give awesome fall color and they are known as ‘Autumn Glory’ and ‘Autumn Flame.’ We planted this particular tree in 2002 along with a few others around the campus and golf course.
The next few photos show the aeration process that was done on the croquet lawns. We initially wanted to use 1/2" hollow tines but the weather wouldn't allow it. When it rains, pulling a plug and then trying to backfill the holes with wet sand is very difficult and messy. Therefore, we decided to take a less aggressive route and reduced the tine size down to 1/4" hollow tines and combined that with a heavy sand topdressing. We will be doing more aggressive aeration in the spring season, where we backfill larger diameter aerification holes.
