Sunlight!

Sunlight is an essential part of photosynthesis. Turfgrass needs at least eight hours of it throughout the day to survive and thrive in a golf course growing environment.

This picture was taken on #7 at 0845 on 21Apr2014. We are about eight weeks from the summer solstice so the hours of sun are only going to get better as time goes on throughout the summer. This is about the amount of shade that will be on this green eight weeks after the solstice putting us well into August. Selective tree removal around the green complex to allow better sunlight penetration is a large focus of our off season program. This green should show much improvement over last year due to this selective removal yet the play of the hole remains unchanged.