BonesMalone

Westdide in Brusly
Gonzales Country Club

My man, there was a time when all Poa was gone in April. Now you’re saying June.
If that’s not biology, then what is it?

Here’s my take on grass growing….

When you get up in the early morning and your shirt sticks to you from muggy heat and humidity, that’s growing season for Bermuda and the end of growing season for Poa.

That won’t be for awhile now.

If a grass can become resistant to all chemicals meant to kill it, don’t you think it can get a touch more resistant to heat?

Then when it finally gives up, the playing surface has to get rid of one species and fill in that spot with another.

I ask because I’ve seen private landscape companies maintaining the parks. The courses are no more than a park to BREC.
Why not lease it out?

Sure man. This whole thread is about golfers taking care of the courses they play. But apparently, if all these courses just rip up everything they have and plant this super grass, then run as many people as can through the gates and there will be no worries.

Or…..people can start taking care of what we actually got and will continue to have.

Nothing has grown since October to keep up with the traffic that beats it down. Not greens, not tees, not fairways, not rough.
Greens get thinner and bumpier and ball mark prone, cause they…aren’t….growing.

Louisiana actually has nice fall to spring playing weather. Most of the golf you’ll see on courses happens at this time. But the grass isn’t growing and taking care of the course is much more noticeable.

Don’t make it a fight chief. That just shows immaturity.

Okay….
New grasses help for what? Carts driving off the path and leaving ruts? Ballmarks on dormant greens that are soft from winter weather and don’t heal?
New bunkers rake themselves?
A great super is on the prowl all day, everyday making sure the golfers do the these little things to ensure the course is nicer for play behind them?
Maintaining traffic is literally carts on the path during non-growing seasons, which happen to be the best weather to play golf.

My man, you are splitting hairs. 4 of those courses are actually 55K+. One is borderline 50K. You can’t take care of the little things on a course when they’re run like Walmart.
50K is waaaaaaay too much.
45K is waaaaaaay too much.

A 100 golfers a day is still 30K+.
Sun up to sun down through the gate isn’t getting ball marks fixed, bunkers raked, divots fixed, cart traffic regulated. It just isn’t.

People like to play golf. I understand. People also like to go to steakhouses. But they ain’t trying to get each and every meat lover in the door.

It truly is the difference between an avid golfer and someone looking for something to do.
An avid golfer will respect a course on instinct (and even more when it’s in great shape). A person looking for something to do just doesn’t care. The latter has grown immensely since Covid.
Here’s a stat:
Santa Maria, Webb, Beaver, Greystone and Carter all do 50,000+ rounds. City and Clark (for 9 holes) are probably more. Im sure Copper isn’t far behind. And the Island would be in that group if the bridge didn’t deter them.
(And that doesn’t include LSU, which can’t supply a decent product)

That’s a f—-kload of golf on these places!
The problems you list from golfers will always remain because the odds are so high of the clientele is just looking for something to do.

Soon the “Poa” report will start being the dominant topic for greens. Hopefully, the courses can keep it contained.

I love the officials blowing whistles, like that’s gonna stop the brawl. It’s not a play, and no one out there cares about the penalties.