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General Manager's Scorecard

Greetings from Bright's Creek,

Don’t forget to make your tee time for this weekend. We will have a flag day tournament on Saturday and the course will be open Monday morning July 4^th and closed Tuesday, July 5^th. Please contact the golf shop for more information.

Save the date for our Mixed Couples Invitational on July 23^rd- more details to follow.

The Amenity Center roof framing and sheathing along with dormer construction is well underway. This work should be completed by next week and the main fireplace framing will start as well. Grading and utility rough-in for the pool house site is complete and construction should start very soon.

The golf maintenance staff just completed solid tine aeration on the greens with minimal impact on the putting surface and will not be noticeable within a few days. Solid tine aeration helps to reduce compaction and increases airflow into the soil. Next week we plan to begin applying fertilizer to all of the Bermuda grass including tees, fairways, and rough. We will also begin to aerify fairways with slicing tines. Slicing tines cut slits into the soil three to four inches deep and three to four inches long. This process reduces compaction and increases water & air flow into the soil. Slicing tines do not remove material from the soil so disruption to the playing surface will be minimal. This agronomy practice has not been conducted on the course in several years and will help promote healthy turf and long-term improved course conditions.

Regards and thank you for your support of the club,

Steve Alden | General Manager

Golf Update

TIP OF THE WEEK

Lower scores start with your identity as a golfer. Are you a risk-taker? Are you a play the percentages or a mix of the two?

Assessing risk is something we do every day and in most facets of our lives, whether it’s crossing the street in traffic or what stock you decide to invest in. Same deal in golf, what club are we choosing, what’s our target, and how advantageous to our score is this choice?

More often than not, keeping the ball below the hole and the course in front of you will yield lower scores. This includes what club you hit into the green, where you leave it, and how that affects your ability to get up and down. Uphill simple chips will help with putting, side hill downhill short-sided chips will not!