The above photos show the practice green next to the room on the green. Notice the stressed brown areas in the corner of the green. This is a result of too much foot traffic in this specific area. The area is already dry, as we maintain the greens on the edge of wilting to promote the best possible putting surfaces we can. The concentrated walk on area just pushes the grass over the edge and it starts to go south. We can prevent this by avoiding areas such as this as we walk on or off of a green. We could certainly avoid this by watering the greens more often but I don't believe many members would like the resulting wetter greens for playability. Please avoid these areas and take note of the fence set-up there, it is there for the betterment of the green.
Mike O'Neill
GCS
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