Its come and gone!! The date that many of you look towards as being the
start of the end of another season. August 15th passed without so much
as a whimper and hopefully that does not come back to bite us in
September. This week was somewhat hectic from the standpoint of
traveling to the world class Hancock Center at Michigan State University
to see the fine research they are working on there and I will discuss
later. The other interesting event this week was the involvement that
some of us had with potential future industry leaders. In an excellent
initiative I have to give credit to the First Tee for their partnership
with John Deere and the creation of the experience 'Careers on Course'.
This week we had 24 young people who had little background in any facet
of the turfgrass and golf industry interact with superintendents,
clubhouse managers, golf pro's and general managers at the Golf House
and Cog Hill CC. Their intrigue in the positions and opportunities that
the golf industry as a whole affords them was refreshing and despite the
doom and gloom about student numbers and turfgrass programs, potential
to attract and educate people into the industry is there if these
programs continue down the road.
How you handle the end of season cultural practices will help you
recover for what should have been a busy golfing summer. Managers have
said they have been very busy play wise and it does seem in weather like
this that should be the case. Therefore getting the greens aerified is
going to be on many peoples minds, however hopefully you have a set date
and this has been fixed earlier in the year - don't let it float and
get caught out!
Click here to view the August 16, 2013 Scouting Report.
As always if you have a question or query please do not hesitate to ask and you can call or email.
Ed Nangle PhD
Director of Turfgrass Programs
Chicago District Golf Association
www.cdgaturf.org
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