Big news for Westham!!!

On Saturday April 20, it was officially announced that Westham Golf Club will begin construction on the unfinished nine holes!! Construction will begin in March/April of 2014 and we will be set for a Grand Opening in May of 2015. Late this year we will begin the expansion of the existing pond to ensure that we have enough water to make it through the grow-in. Bermudagrass will probably start going down in June. This will give us plenty of time to grow in the bermudagrass before it goes dormant. The greens will be seeded around August 15 and will be ready for play the following spring. 

This is very exciting news for all that are involved and we have been eagerly awaiting this day. I hope everyone has a great week!

Aerification recovery

We have almost completely healed from aerification. This picture was taken on Apr 9, 2013. Once the weather warmed up a little, we finally started to see some grass growing. The greens have grown through all of the sand that was put on them and we have started lowering the height of cut. Within a week or so we should be mowing daily at our normal height of cut.

Also, along with this warm weather we have started seeing a green up in the bermudagrass. This year we did a little experiment. We used a turf paint on #1 fairway. The true reason we did this was to add a little color as you drove down Magnolia Green's main entry. What we found is that the paint has helped that fairway green up much more quickly than the other fairways. This happens because the dark paint helps keep the soil temperature a little warmer than the dormant bermuda normally would. The pictures below were taken on April 15. The difference is pretty drastic. I think we are going to have to figure out how to come up with money for the other nine fairways this year!

We are gearing up for a great season and hope you are too! Enjoy the rest of your Spring!