C O U R S E U P D A T E

This past W inter felt more like a long Fall and short S pring. L uckily for our terrific membership, the course is primed for great golf right off the bat here Technically, the conditions of the course are a month ahead of schedule! This is great for golfing but also creates a challenge. O ur agronomy team is currently cramming 6 weeks of timed applications and processes into a 3 week period. Thankfully, with most of our agronomy team returning, and the support of our membership, we will be ready for the coming months!

T Ees

Adjustments to the winter/spring aeration combined with the warm weather has the greens completely healed and rolling great Daily speeds are currently in our normal May/June range of 11f t+. There will be no disturbance to the putting surface until late June when we vent all the bentgrass surfaces before the nastiest days of Philly summers. Hopefully, these warm and dr y days continue and the greens keep on rolling

RO U G H/F ES C U E

Preventive weed controls have been made to the rough and fescue areas. We are already seeing the emergence of spring seed-heads of cool season grasses in the fescue areas W hile this ear ly emergence will have the fescue looking wispy sooner, the rough will be tough the next few weeks as those same stalky seed heads emerge and are mowed off. We will do our best to keep up with the mowing, but be prepared to be in more of a sur vival mode and less of an attack mode if you land in the rough.

The new par-3 divot boxes seem to be a big hit. Thank you for helping us manage the divots on the course These boxes are being used up ever y few days, and we have already seen an improvement in the man hours dedicated to the divots on the fair ways. The tees are having a great spring, they are in great shape and will be fertiliz ed for the season in coming weeks.

Fa I Rway S

They are great! It's been really fun to see the course play as firm as it has this spring, watching balls bounce like they were hit on concrete and roll for days. We have begun applying all of our preventive weed and disease chemicals and will be fertilizing the fair ways in mid-May.

Thank you all for the support and feedback on the golf course. We are looking for ward to an amazing season at the Crest. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concer ns.