Greens Committee Meeting November 4, 2014

1. Brookstone Golf & Country Club
Greens Committee Meeting
November 4, 2014

2. Greens Committee Meeting
• Agenda
• Discuss past weekend’s course setup
• Greens Covering
• Pigments for greens
• Work on #7 fairway
• Drainage on croquet lawn
• Goals for maintenance staff to have completed in November
• Q & A

3. Covering Greens
Allow plant to go dormant
Dormancy is a defense mechanism
Tells the plant to stop using
Carbohydrates
They’ll be needed for spring “green up”

4. Covering Greens
• Why do you cover the greens?
To protect against winter injury
Minimal survival temp. for Bermudagrass is
19 degrees
• When should you cover the greens?
25 degrees is the threshold
• Not an exact science
Depending on temperature trend for the
next few days

5. Covering Greens
• Black Tarps vs. White Tarps
• White tarps = cloth type material, more cumbersome, hold moisture
• Black tarps = synthetic material, light weight, challenging in windy
conditions
Black tarps have been shown to provide enough protection in the
prevention of winter injury.
• Both tarps used when temps approach 19 degrees and below

6. Covering Greens
• Exercise caution when uncovering
for play.
• Damage can be done to the plant
when tarps are removed prior to
thawing.
• Questions?

7. Is That Paint?
• Purpose of spraying pigments
provides green color during dormancy
no one likes putting on brown
arguably better for turf than overseeding
• Pigments vs. Paint
Paint = longer residual color, more damaging to spray equipment
Pigments = shorter residual color, better for equipment, easier to
clean up.

8. Spraying Pigments on Greens
• Why not overseed?
Eliminate transition periods
Less stressful on Bermuda base
Ease of maintenance
Promotes longer life for Bermuda
More cost efficient

9. Spraying Pigments on Greens
• When do you start spraying?
Typically when you start to see the
Bermuda going “off-color”
• We will be spraying our first winter
pigment application within the next
couple of weeks.

10. Correcting drainage on #7 fairway
• Old drain boxes broken
• Improve grading around drainage boxes
• More aesthetically pleasing

11. Drainage @ Croquet Lawn
• What was the need?
Redirect water from new addition
• Looks like croquet lawn slopes towards pro shop, how will this fix the
issue?
We ensured trench line had fall away from building and in the
direction we want the water to go.

12. To Do List for November
• Complete raising canopy and thinning trees between the driving
range and fairway
• Drains on #7
• Set winter pin placements
• Complete first application of pigments on greens
•BLOW, BLOW, and BLOW some more

13. Q & A
Next Meeting
Tuesday December 2, 2014
@ 6:00 p.m.
You can stay informed on all course maintenance practices
@ www.brookstonegcm.blogspot.com