GOLF NEWS AND EVENTS

February 5

What a great start to the year it has been! With San Jose Country Club taking on record number of rounds course care and adhering to the club’s bylaws are extremely important Please be aware when you are playing to continue to fix ball marks, fill divots, and rake bunkers When walking on the green please be courteous to players behind you and pick up your feet When taking your ball out of the hole please use care to not damage the cup edges, remove the flag stick or use your hand without a glove on. Making tee times and checking in is a part of our club’s bylaws, please do not access the golf course without making a tee or checking with the golf shop to make sure the tee is open for play. Thank you for being a member of San Jose Country Club, we are looking forward to a great 2023!

February 9

As Bobby Jones once stated, “Few written rules are needed amongst a club of Ladies and Gentlemen” Please be reminded of our club rules as we head into 2023, no bags are to be brought in the clubhouse including the hallway of the golf shop Please utilize the bag drop in front of the golf shop and our outside attendants will assist you Men and Juniors must keep their shirts tucked in at all times, please remind your guests prior to arrival. All players must register prior to play, please check in with the golf shop before heading out for your tee time, this ensures proper check in and helps avoid billing errors.

February 12

February 13 & 14

If you ’ re looking to improve or get your kids started in this great game, we have our award-winning instructors on site to help any individual improve their golf skills Keep a lookout for our snag golf, operation 36, Ladies clinics and PGA Jr League coming up Player development programs are a great way for new golfers to be introduced to the game of golf. Please contact the golf shop for more details!

February 28

I hope most everyone has taken the opportunity to visit the club’s website and read the recent USGA CCS report There is a lot of good information and article links within the report Numerous times during the CCS tour the USGA staff mentioned small area maintenance and management Thinking about this, we Superintendents have been doing this for many years, although we know them as microenvironments Different situations within the whole of the course

Microenvironments are caused by variations in soil conditions, sunlight, slope, drainage, traffic, air movement, or any combination of these Throughout the course here at San Jose we have many microenvironments, even within each hole, within each green, tee, and fairway. It is understandable why we employ small area maintenance and management techniques on golf courses, and rarely are any the same. The CCs report also noted data collections, which is part of or standard protocol, i.e., soil sampling. We routinely sample all greens and select tees and fairways for soil macro and micronutrient levels, pH, buffer pH, base saturation, Cation Exchange Capacity, and organic matter percentage. With these samples, we determine fertilizer needs and applications based on what the soil needs. Examples for greens above our normal ¼ pound of nitrogen every other week the sample shows that #1 green has good phosphorus, potassium, and magnesium levels.

However, the soil needs calcium to reach our target number Since the magnesium levels are adequate and the pH does not need to be raised, we will apply gypsum at a rate of 6 pounds for the entire green This will give us the calcium required and sulfur to help with oxidation of the other nutrients in the soil Our #3 green has lower than desired phosphorus levels so we will apply an application of 12-24-14 (phosphorus is the middle number) at a rate of 6 pounds of material for the entire green, roughly 1 pound of material per 1000 square feet of green As you can see, each of the 20 greens is its own little microenvironment and we use the soil samples to prescribe individual treatments for each It is kind of like having 20 children, all with different needs of attention Some need love, some need discipline, some just need understanding Please

Tennis News And Events

MONDAY MEN'S NIGHTS

February 13 - Register Here >

February 27- Register Here >

Pickleball Courts

Due to construction on the temporary pickleball courts, open play pickleball will not be available for the next 8-10 weeks.

Clinics will still be held on Wednesdays from 9:00am-12:00pm using a temporary net and "drawing" lines on a tennis court

2023 MEMBER-GUEST COMMITTEE

Save the Date!

April 21-23

Junior Tennis Team

Friday afternoons, beginning in February Please contact Dorian if you have a junior in Green Dot or Yellow Ball that would like to participate.