Last day at Bear's Best Atlanta

Tomorrow morning, July 29th, will be my last day at Bear's Best Atlanta. I will be the new Director of Golf Course Maintenance at Quail Hollow Country Club in Concord, Ohio. This is also a ClubCorp property. My wife and I are both from Northeast Ohio and are very excited to get back home. Thank you to all the members and guests at Bear's Best for all the support the past 3 plus years. Please visit our new blog at http://qhccgrounds.blogspot.com

GO BUCKEYES!!!!

#5 New Tee Sod

Every year because of shade and the transition of the ryegrass, the blue and white tees on #5 struggle. The tee was 419 bermudagrass. This year because of the lower temperatures and all the rain those tee had no chance at recovery. We leveled it and resodded it with Zeon Zoysiagrass this week. Here are the pictures.

Roots are good

Below are pictures of #17 and #18 green and what it looks like below the surface. For July 15th, the roots are still in good shape and about 3-4" down.

#17 roots.  Looking good and holding soil/sand together.

#18 from the bowl where we always have trouble growing/keeping roots.  Very good for this time of the year

Rain and more rain

We have seen a total of 3.6" if rain since Monday night and more is forecasted through Monday the 8th. Monday the 1st we got 1.3", .7" Wednesday morning, 1" more on Thursday and another .6" early Friday morning. The course is wet, but still in great shape. We mowed greens and tees today and all the fairways and back nine rough were cut earlier in the week. We will get as much done tomorrow before play as the rain and course allows. With all this rain, the greens are soft, but are in great shape. They are the healthiest they have been in July in the past 4 years since I started here. The temperatures in the upper 70s the past few days have really given the greens a fresh start halfway through the summer.

Looking out the back door of the pro shop towards the Big Putting Green