When will we dust off the irrigation system?

On Monday we were closed for the first time in a long time and we didn't waste the opportunity. We ran our PlanetAir over the greens to open up the surface and allow for some air exchange on the putting surfaces. Ideally we would do this every two or three weeks but with all the outings this is the first time we've done it since late May. I suspect some of the reason the greens didn't look quite right is because they needed to breathe a little bit. The PlanetAir not only slices the green but it also acts as a roller, so it's not very disruptive at all, in fact I'd guess some of you didn't even notice we did anything.

Right after PlanetAir. 

On Monday morning we also found a lot of dead spots on 18 fairway, which is a direct result of the crowd that gathered for fireworks Saturday night. It appears that some bottle rockets were shot off, leaving burn marks in the fairway and there were a lot of people who applied bug spray or spray on sun screen. This is likely just a foliar burn and the plant will quickly grow out of it but, if possible please apply your sprayed on bug repellent or sun screen on the cart path in the future. 

Notice how my feet fit perfectly into the spots where the grass isn't damaged? 

I'm not surprising anyone by telling you that we haven't used our irrigation system since May. However, we haven't used our system in so long that it's literally collecting cobwebs. I found an irrigation head this morning covered in them. There's a first time for everything. 

Ian