RSSHOW EFFECTIVE IS RAINFALL
Aug 11
Maintenance schedules are immediately effected by excessive rainfall including mowing frequency, green speed, fairway quality etc. Normally the more often turfgrass is mown the better their overall quality, but once areas are saturated mowing is ceased. Once mowing is recommenced there are two-three days extra growth that needs to be cut which causes scalping and reduced quality of cut. When hours and days of course maintenance time are lost they cannot be recaptured, but the work that is required to meet golfer expectations does not change. Repairing the golf course after excessive rainfall requires overtime and unplanned expenses that stretch budgets. Excessive rainfall keeps putting greens soft but being wet doesn’t necessarily mean they are slow. Often we are reluctant to implement aggressive mowing, rolling and grooming practices on wet greens because of the potential injury to turf soil and leaf structure. In many instances excessive rainfall leads to severe bunker washouts requiring 40-60 man hours to repair all 78 course bunkers. Washouts also lead to sand contamination with soil and rocks once the bunker faces are exposed, further impacting long-term appearance and playability of bunkers. You hear most people say “Nothing beats rainfall” for turf health but how beneficial is excessive rainfall!
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