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re: Baton Rouge Golf
Posted on 7/26/23 at 12:44 pm to Bawpaw
Posted on 7/26/23 at 12:44 pm to Bawpaw
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Also they obviously don’t have competent greenskeepers/supers to provide the maintenance and upkeep year round.
SO another competent golfer that thinks he knows everything. as a Superintendent for 24 years, I love you guys. BREC has Qualified Superintendents, but there is only so much you can do with what you are given to work with. Santa Maria for example has a very old irrigation system that is always leaking and breaking. they can't even run the rough without blowing pipe out of the ground. so when you are in a hole everyday fixing leaks and breaks, something else isn't getting done.
Let me ask, do you think we just mow grass? are uneducated? lazy? I'll tell you this, most of use are highly educated with at least a Bachelors degree. We work long hours, have to understand and perform electrical, plumbing, mechanic, hydraulics, agronomy, horticulture, run heavy equipment, business management, finance, weather man, HR, and I can keep going.
Just because a course is in poor shape, doesn't mean the Superintendent is incompetent. their are so many variables to this. Staffing, budget, capital improvement or lack of, equipment age and condition, weather.
I'm not going to hide either. My name is Brent LeBlanc and I can be found at the Golden Nugget Lake Charles if you have questions or want to understand more. My resume includes Koasati Pines, TPC Louisiana, the Bridges, The Broadwater, and the National GC of Louisiana.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 1:52 pm to leblanc272
My last response from BREC’s director of golf:
Here’s an update on the putting greens at Webb GC.
The putting greens at Webb golf course are overseeded with rye grass during the winter months when the underlying Bermuda grass goes dormant. This year the transition from the rye grass back to the Bermuda grass has been rougher than recent years. The situation was made worse by invasive goosegrass that has slowly infiltrated the greens over the last couple of years. This goosegrass has become resistant to herbicides that used to kill it. Other golf courses in south Louisiana are also battling this goosegrass problem, this isn’t unique to Webb.
The Webb GC putting greens were aerified on 7/10. After the aerification we did some herbicide applications that appear to have been successful in eradicating most of the goosegrass. Unfortunately, killing the goosegrass left some considerable bare areas on a few greens. The greens on holes 8, 10, 14, and 16 are the most affected. Most of the greens still have good, but not complete, Bermuda grass coverage.
In the next few weeks, we will use a strong dose of nutrients along with verti-cutting and solid tine aerification to promote aggressive Bermuda grass growth in the hopes of filling in bare areas. Although hard to see, there is some grass alive in some of the areas that appear bare.
Hopefully we’ll see some strong improvement in the next couple of weeks. Depending on the speed of the improvement we may need to sod areas on a couple of greens. What happens in the next couple of weeks will determine if that’s needed.
Here’s an update on the putting greens at Webb GC.
The putting greens at Webb golf course are overseeded with rye grass during the winter months when the underlying Bermuda grass goes dormant. This year the transition from the rye grass back to the Bermuda grass has been rougher than recent years. The situation was made worse by invasive goosegrass that has slowly infiltrated the greens over the last couple of years. This goosegrass has become resistant to herbicides that used to kill it. Other golf courses in south Louisiana are also battling this goosegrass problem, this isn’t unique to Webb.
The Webb GC putting greens were aerified on 7/10. After the aerification we did some herbicide applications that appear to have been successful in eradicating most of the goosegrass. Unfortunately, killing the goosegrass left some considerable bare areas on a few greens. The greens on holes 8, 10, 14, and 16 are the most affected. Most of the greens still have good, but not complete, Bermuda grass coverage.
In the next few weeks, we will use a strong dose of nutrients along with verti-cutting and solid tine aerification to promote aggressive Bermuda grass growth in the hopes of filling in bare areas. Although hard to see, there is some grass alive in some of the areas that appear bare.
Hopefully we’ll see some strong improvement in the next couple of weeks. Depending on the speed of the improvement we may need to sod areas on a couple of greens. What happens in the next couple of weeks will determine if that’s needed.
Posted on 7/26/23 at 1:54 pm to leblanc272
Wow. Touched a nerve? If you worked for BREC amd you were the super at SM, Webb, City you should would be updating your resume or be ashamed of your performance. It’s horrendous and inexcusable and has been for some time. I know they don’t make as much as private clubs, so if it’s not the supers fault I would think they would move on to a private club if they are being handcuffed by other obstacles that prevent them from adequately caring for the course.
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