In an effort to increase our green speed, we will be verticutting greens this afternoon and again in the morning. Tomorrow afternoon, we'll follow that up with a light sand topdressing. I'm hopeful that the weather will turn for the better allowing for some full sun and drying conditions. With the damp past week, mowing has been a challenge on tees, fairways and roughs. We are doing the best we can to get caught up in these areas. Intermediate rough, for example, is being double cut today; once in the morning and once in the afternoon. Looking at the forecast, it looks like it will be a great week! On our sun challenged greens, we are backing off them and mowing them with a separate mower that has a solid front roller that leads to a less aggressive cut compared to grooved rollers on our everyday greensmowers. I'm also working on a plan to get Arborcom (the outfit that does shade studies that I talked about several times in the past) here in late November. My hope is we could get some solid answers this year and make some improvements this winter.