Welcome to the SCC agronomy blog! My mission is to inform members with insight into our seasonal maintenance practices.
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Fall Update
“Life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it.” Charles R. Swindell It’s been an extraordinarily challenging work environment since that fateful day of the fire. The staff and I have risen to the challenge and have managed to maintain the property to a relatively high standard. This fall the…
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Season Ending: Course Improvements Ahead
The season ended with dry and blustery conditions which produced very good golfingconditions. After the conclusion of the Pro-Member, we started to work on expanding thesecond green. This expansion doubled the square footage of the green and it is now our largestgreen at 8,600 sq ft. It was sodded with 007 bent grass, which is…
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Optimizing Golf Course Conditions: Cultural Practices Explained
The moderate temperature change in Mid August was a welcome break for our greens, tees, and fairways. Plants respond to cooler temperatures by using less energy on transpiration and diverts that energy towards shoot and root growth. The greens start the season with a 6-8 inch root system. They lose half those roots during the…
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Mid-Season Golf Course Update: Turf Health Insights
It’s hard to believe the summer solstice is in the rear-view mirror. We are now closer to Labor Day rather than Memorial Day. The short-cut turf is holding up fairly well as we reach the midpoint of the season. Intermittent rain events have kept the fairways and rough a nice even green. In the month…
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