Usually March is a hurry up and wait kind of a month for our maintenance practices. You want to get going with mowing, fertilizing, aerification, and such but the turf really isn't ready for it due to the normal March schizophrenic weather. This year has been a bit different though with several nice days to get some projects done. As usual this time of year we have been doing some touchups on bunkers and cart paths, but we have also been able to get some minor sodwork done around the edges of some greens to replace some weak turf and eliminate some ridging along the green/collar interface. Also we reshaped a couple of areas to eliminate runoff into bunkers most noticeably along the left edge of #1 green. New tees on #15 and 17 have been shaped and await seed once the time arrives for that. Yesterday we pulled off our prescribed burn and blackened a good majority of the course. And we have even got a jumpstart on fairway aerification due to the early spring. So I am quite pleased with all we have accomplished this month which usually isn't all that productive.
We have mowed greens three times now, but are still waiting to mow fairways and tees. They tend to green up and then sit there and don't do much until soil temps climb into the 50s. All is looking good and we should start mowing consistently in a couple of weeks.
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