Greens Report
Posted on: 10 September
Winter grass program for 2024
As we continue with the winter grass eradication program for our greens, this year we’ve decided to approach the control of Winter grass in a similar way in which we did in 2021 on the back 9 greens.
After the past 2 years of using the same product with limited success and high cost, this year we will use a different herbicide in an effort to achieve a better result. When we used this product in 2021, we found it did a great job but left behind an uneven surface as the winter grass died out which required regular topdressings to smooth out the surface. This is what we expect to see again during the 2024 program. The surface will have dark spots and be a little uneven but this is perfectly normal, as the bent grass takes over the general look and feel of the greens will improve.
The program involves four applications of herbicide four weeks apart, we have completed two applications so far with one remaining in mid-September and again in mid-October.
We appreciate that the surface of the greens during this time is not perfect, but it is necessary to keep our bent grass greens free of foreign grasses.
David Aplitt
Course Superintendent