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.JPG) The legend is building - Redstone is starting to get a reputation for some of its tightly mowed areas around the greens, mainly those that run down to water.
They can cause headache for golfers that just barely miss the green, but they can cause serious long term headaches, backaches, etc. for those that have to maintain them!
It is no easy chore, but over the course of 5 years we have learned how to master it.
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It looks like somebody turned on the water faucet in the sky and hasn't shut it off yet.
Hard to believe you would be hearing that after the 2011 drought. We go from the biggest drought event in Texas in 100+ years to an extremely wet winter just like that. You hear about changing weather in Texas all the time, but this is crazy!!
I'm not here to complain about the situation, only to shed some light on the challenges it presents to a crew trying to get ready for the SHO...
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This past week we had our annual Pre-Tournament PGA Tour Agronomy site visit. They normally come out and tour the entire course looking at all greens, tees, fairways, etc. and make assessments, suggest projects and timetables, and report back to the Tour with the results.
This year's visit was a little less stressful... | |
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