Number 7, low areas showing signs of damage.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nSo on these greens there is a significant amount of winter damage.\u00a0Once we are able to see the extent we put a plan in place to begin the repair process. The rest of the golf course faired better but was still touched by the long winter.\u00a02, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 1, 15, 10, and 14 greens have very small areas of damage and will recover quickly.\u00a016 and 18 are a little more severe and as a result are we are following out recover steps to return the condition to normal.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The obvious question is how long will the recovery process take.\u00a0That depends on a few factors, the weather being the most important.\u00a0We have seeded, fertilized and topdressed the weak greens and have placed breathable tarps over those areas to increase temperatures.\u00a0Aside from our efforts we also need a helping hand from mother nature.\u00a0Seed begins to germinate at around ten degree, but doesn’t really effectively take off until the upper teens.\u00a0The up and down temperatures we’ve been experiencing aren’t\u00a0 helpful, but doesn’t cause issues with the efficacy of the seed. However it will slow its gemination rate. Warmer consistent temps are what we are after, and we haven’t seen this yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Once the temperatures do get to where we want, things will move quickly and in short order the course will return to normal conditions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here are some photos of the slightly damaged greens:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Number 15 April 28th<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNumber 1, April 28th<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNumber 8, April 27<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNumber 9, April 28<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nNumber 18, Tarped and waiting better weather.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\nOn the subject of opening day, we haven’t been able to solidify a date as of yet.\u00a0Please stay tuned to see how the course develops over the next few weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hey folks, For those returning, welcome back to the golf course. For those who have just joined welcome to West Hills!! This post will be about the current conditions on the golf course and some the changes that have occurred on the golf course over the winter.\u00a0The 2022\/2023 winter has been tough one on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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