The Open at St. Andrews

I have been asked lately why some areas of the course are burning up. There is an easy answer to this question. We do not have irrigated rough. And so when the temps rise on a hot and sunny day some areas will tend to get a little "hot". Also we do not fertilize any of the rough either. Being a links style course we try to maintain everything to roll and run. The rough can be thick in spots where it does receive irrigation. But for the most part there is a lot of hard pan.

I read an interesting article that I have attached to this blog about the definition of links golf. Found it to very interesting and I would hope you will take a look at it. And for those who have golfed wildflower, keep the course in mind while reading this article.

www.worldgolf.com/features/links-golf-meaning.htm

Bunker Edging

The bunker edging project is complete on all greenside bunkers. We only have a few of the larger fairway bunkers to do and the entire course will be done. We wanted this project done before the MGA Junior State Championship. Got 95% of the way there. Kudos to the guys for working as hard as they did to get that far. The bunkers have not been edged in years. I didnt take a before and after photo, but im sure if you have golfed here you know as well as i do that they were horrible! They are looking good now!