2 Approach

This past week has brought about a change in the approach on 2, and various other spots on the course.

These spots are the result of a herbicide application to control weeds in these areas. The pattern was created by the hand sprayer used to spot apply the herbicide. We did anticipate some discoloration of the turf, but not to the point it is currently exhibiting. The application was made now in an attempt to establish turf in the areas where the weeds died before the end of the year.

2 approach is the largest, and is exhibiting the most significant damage from the application. This area is the largest area that has been treated on the course. The weed on 2 approach that is being controlled is called Common Knotweed. The weed has died, unfortunately some of the grass has died with it.

The dark brown plants in this picture are the Knotweed plants. You can see the discolored and thinned turf as well.

There is a good amount of green grass still in the discolored areas, but this will take a couple of weeks for those to reestablish. We plan on dropping some seed in these areas early next week to help recover from the injury and establish turf where the weeds were.

The other areas on the course are much smaller spots, and we do expect those to recover from the injury.

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