Overseeding update

We had a good week putting out the ryegrass at Live Oak. We seeded all the fairways and the Par 3 tees. The fairways we seeded and stopped about 25 yards short of the greens. Now we are going to wait and see how the seed comes up because as many of you have seen we had 2 big rain events after the seed was put out.  In the coming weeks we may have to add seed to certain areas that might have washed. The course reopens tomorrow(Saturday) to cart path only. The cart path only will remain for at least a week. The rain also brought up plenty of ants and mounds. Starting Monday we will put out ant bait in the afternoons when it is dry.

Rain totals for the week-- @4.50" 

Yaupon will be Cart Path Only Saturday as well 

Ants

Please watch out for ants. The rain yesterday has brought them up to the surface. We are going to get ant bait out when it is dry. 

Overseeding Live Oak

Next week we will overseed the Live Oak golf course. We are seeding fairways and par 3 tees this year. We will update on Monday or Tuesday will pictures of the process. The greens will be verticut, topdressed, brushed, and mowed while we are closed during the week. The course will reopen Saturday 9/30 to Cart Path Only for a period of time.

Brushing Greens

Today at Yaupon we ran brushes over the greens in numerous directions. We followed that by mowing the grass that was standing up from the brushing. This process helps reduce the top growth and helps with grain reduction. Next Monday we will verticut the greens two directions follow that with a dry mowing.

Wet Areas

At Yaupon we are working through a hydraulic irrigation problem. The main holes affected are #14 and #15. You will noticed around sprinkler heads are wet because of the hydraulic line that is losing pressure. We are working on trying to locate a leak in the small hydraulic line but this is difficult to locate due to the small amount of water in that line. We will continue to work on this problem and keep you informed as we work through this.

Thank you,
The GCM Staff