Perfect temperatures

The Bermuda grass on the golf course loves the same temperatures you do. The mid 80 days and the cool 60's at night are perfect....I call it the 150 rule. That's when you add the day time and night temps together and the closer you get to. 150 the better the growing weather it is. Funny, it's also the perfect temps for us too!

All this growth doesn't come without some negatives though. As we transition out of winter survival mode and back into active growth control there's a little transition period the course goes through where if you know what to look for you can tell this are happening. One of those things is very light scalping of the grass as we begin to gently dig into the grain as seem in the picture below. 

Notice how the scalping isn't all the way across the fairway as is just in the one mower width. This is where the machine was digging into the grain during that specific direction of travel. When the machine traveled the other direction it was going with the grain and didn't scalp. 

As the summer progresses I will have my staff slowing intensify on grain control, culminating when the course closes and we heavily verticut the fairways. For now though, don't worry if you see a tiny bit of scalping...it's on purpose