Maintenance News

Happy Holidays from Southern Pines Maintenance Crews! Winter months are on the way. To prepare for winter we began to raise the mowing height on the greens to ensure turf grass health through the winter. Not only does increased height of cut create more root structure of the plant but also enables that plant to absorb more sunlight as well as increasing the canopy of the green. This canopy allows the plant to be more tolerant to traffic through out the winter while it lays dormant from the cold weather.

Most of you that have been out on the course this winter realize just how wet the course has been.  The ground is saturated and the springs are flowing.  This is the reason for the Driving Range to be closed at the Calvert course.  Both courses are extremely wet everywhere and I hope it dries out before the end of February!  Wet conditions limit our course improvements that we try to accomplish through the winter.  We have been able to trim a few trees and you may have noticed a few trees missing as well.  Trees do provide comfortable shade in the summer, howev