AGRONOMY REPORT

December 2009

Dear Members and Guests,

During the month of December we continued seeing the successful overseeding of the tees and fairways. We have also seen the arrival of the shortest and coldest days of the year. This will cause the roughs to be slightly brown, due to the cart traffic, once we are on the onset of winter dormancy.

We have successfully overseeded the citizens’ practice tee and re-opened it on Thursday, 17th of December.

During the month of January, we will pencil tine and roll all of the greens to continue to improve the putting surfaces.

Please always remember to fix your own pitch mark and one other on each green of the championship course and the par 3 course. This is especially pertinent as growth and recovery has slowed in the winter months. With your help and our agronomy practices we will try to maintain the highest level of playing surfaces through the winter season.
 
Thank you for your continued support!

João Gonçalves
Asst. Golf Course Superintendent