Jim Prescott Joins the Inside the Ropes blog with his Superintendents Corner!

I'd like to welcome Jim Prescott to the Inside the Ropes blog!  Every so often he'll be chiming in with a report from the course we're calling "superintendents corner".  This time he's going to highlight what we're doing with the greens mower to get the greens back in shape after their long winters nap!

“Here We Go!"

The first cut of the season.

Yesterday while many of you were out enjoying the golf course you may have noticed that we were working in the maintenance barn. Winter has been very kind to us the year and we're taking advantage of this early start and getting the machines in shape.   During the course of play you may notice the greens will be cut higher for a few weeks. This is a common practice used by most golf courses to reduce the stress levels on the greens coming out the grasses dormant period during the winter.

We have reset the greens mower to 1/4” and our intent is to cut the greens this week at this height and then to reduce the high each time we mow. So golfers should see a increase in green speeds over time as we drop our heights. Our greens are normally cut at 3/16” which gives us a green speed of around 9.0(green speed and how we measure it will be explained in a future blog)

My staff and I will be making every effort this season to reduce our visibility on the golf course during playing hours, insuring that your round will be uninterrupted by our maintenance. I have been working with Andrew all winter long creating a new golfer friendly work schedule for the staff , which will put more of our efforts into getting all work to the greens and tees completed before you tee off in the morning.

I hope you and your family can enjoy the 2012 golf season with us here at Brunswick Greens. The Grounds Crew and I will be making every effort to ensure that your visit to the course is both pleasurable and memorable.

See you on the course!

Jim