Oakdale Greens Department

Last week we received over 3inches of rain in a 24hr period. This has made conditions very wet in select areas. With a small amount of rain over the weekend some of the wet areas are persisting. Quickly we are behind in our maintenance and cutting. I'm sure you may find some damp areas and long grass that we hope to catch up on by the weekend.  

 We have started our first week of maintenance (Thompson) on greens/tees/fairways. As part of this we will be vertidraining the greens and sweeping sand into the holes. This is to increase infiltration on the greens. In helping water move down through the greens soil profile so they will breath better and drain better. The dryer we can manage the greens the more consistently firm conditions we can provide. On Thompson the only green that we will not need to do is #5. This is a USGA built green that has a sand profile that doesn't need to be modified.

 For the Men's Member Guest we put a putting course on the practice green. Designed and constructed by the greens crew and cleaned up the next morning.