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Dear Golfers,
Due to the extreme drought that started last Fall and the July heat, at the recommendation of Doug Melchior, Golf Course Superintendent, we are going to take advantage of the improved weather and intentionally over irrigate our fairways for the next 7-10 days to try and re-establish a reasonable soil moisture level in the 3-6 inch depth of the soil profile.
You may have noticed brown patchy areas in the fairways where those areas have become hydrophobic (repel water due to dryness). Although the Zoysia fairways can take the heat and be allowed to go dormant during droughts, in the long term without sufficient sub soil moisture this will be detrimental to the overall health of the plant. The only way to re-wet those hydrophobic areas is to saturate them and that is what we will be trying to do. We are also applying some surfactants (wetting agents) that will help the water penetration of the dry areas.
You all know the drought has been very challenging on the golf courses but may not remember this all started late last summer and has continued for more then a year now. The good news is most turf areas will recover well when we get good soaking rains, hopefully this Fall. In the mean time we will do what we can with our irrigation system.
The water supply at Overland Park and Westlinks all comes from creek pumps we have installed on Indian Creek and although the ponds are low we still think we can irrigate as needed. Unfortunately, the water supply at St. Andrews is insufficient to allow us to do this same process at this time and we will need to wait for a improved creek flow on the Tomahawk Creek for St. Andrews.
You may have to play around some sprinklers at times and those areas should be treated as ground under repair and take relief with no penalties as allowed by the rules of golf. You will also encounter some casual water at times due to the over irrigation and again, you are entitled to relief under the rules without penalty. Carts will NOT be restricted from the fairways even though at times you will be driving through some wet areas. Please avoid as best you can.
We appreciate your patronage and support of our golf courses and hope you will understand the need to re-wet the soil profile. In two weeks the golf course will look and play much better but the main benefit is for the long term health of the fairways that had to be addressed due to the severity of the drought. Please remember this will only last for a little over a week as we plan to go back to normal irrigation beginning Saturday, August 25th.
If you have any questions, please feel free to send an email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
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Due to the extreme drought that started last Fall and the July heat, at the recommendation of Doug Melchior, Golf Course Superintendent, we are going to take advantage of the improved weather and intentionally over irrigate our fairways for the next 7-10 days to try and re-establish a reasonable soil moisture level in the 3-6 inch depth of the soil profile.
You may have noticed brown patchy areas in the fairways where those areas have become hydrophobic (repel water due to dryness). Although the Zoysia fairways can take the heat and be allowed to go dormant during droughts, in the long term without sufficient sub soil moisture this will be detrimental to the overall health of the plant. The only way to re-wet those hydrophobic areas is to saturate them and that is what we will be trying to do. We are also applying some surfactants (wetting agents) that will help the water penetration of the dry areas.
You all know the drought has been very challenging on the golf courses but may not remember this all started late last summer and has continued for more then a year now. The good news is most turf areas will recover well when we get good soaking rains, hopefully this Fall. In the mean time we will do what we can with our irrigation system.
The water supply at Overland Park and Westlinks all comes from creek pumps we have installed on Indian Creek and although the ponds are low we still think we can irrigate as needed. Unfortunately, the water supply at St. Andrews is insufficient to allow us to do this same process at this time and we will need to wait for a improved creek flow on the Tomahawk Creek for St. Andrews.
You may have to play around some sprinklers at times and those areas should be treated as ground under repair and take relief with no penalties as allowed by the rules of golf. You will also encounter some casual water at times due to the over irrigation and again, you are entitled to relief under the rules without penalty. Carts will NOT be restricted from the fairways even though at times you will be driving through some wet areas. Please avoid as best you can.
We appreciate your patronage and support of our golf courses and hope you will understand the need to re-wet the soil profile. In two weeks the golf course will look and play much better but the main benefit is for the long term health of the fairways that had to be addressed due to the severity of the drought. Please remember this will only last for a little over a week as we plan to go back to normal irrigation beginning Saturday, August 25th.
If you have any questions, please feel free to send an email at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
I have finally taken the first step. I took the results from my screening, submitted it to TPI and actually started my workouts Wednesday, July 4, 2012. There were a couple of moments that I felt as old as our nation, but I got through the first day and am excited to see the effects on my golf game. There are a several things I like about what TPI does. For starters the exercises are simple and adapt to the equipment that I have, which is minimal. Each exercise was presented with video on my computer and I could replay them until I understood the activity. And finally I know that TPI has experience with golfers of all abilities from tour players to high handicappers and from juniors to seasoned seniors.
So what’s the big deal about equipment that fits your swing? What’s the big deal about shoes that fit? What’s the big deal about pants that fit in the waist? On this one I am sure they don’t put the right numbers so you can wear your “true” size instead of the inflated numbers they use. Seriously, if you are going to have equipment in your bag, why wouldn’t you want it to match your swing? Just one item to have customized for you is the lie angle on your irons and wedges. Lie angle correct or incorrect influences the direction of your iron shots. Lie angle is the angle between the ground and the shaft of the club. On the average golfers swing more vertical than the lie angle of their irons. For right handed golfers it means the club is looking more right and more left for left handed golfers. Does that sound familiar? If your lie angle is off as I have just described you may; close the clubface for straighter shots, have a very strong grip, address the ball in the heel because you usually hit in the toe and on and on. What if your club’s lie angle matched the one you swing on? You wouldn’t have a built in miss. Then you really could say, “It’s not the clubs fault”.
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