USGA: Five Things Every Golfer Should Know

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2nd Assistant On His Way To Druid Hills

Taft Burrell, 2nd Assistant at The Peninsula Club has accepted the Senior Assistant position at Druid Hills Golf Club in Druid Hills, GA.

Taft has been with the GCM department for just over two years leading the way on many of our renovation projects over the last few years. He has worked at many great clubs such as Eagle Point Golf Club, Starmount Forest Country Club and we were lucky enough to snatch him from Sebonack Golf Club.

Taft has been an integral part of the success of the team here at The Peninsula Club and we are sad to see him go. Although we are sad, we are extremely proud of what he has done and where he is going. Druid Hills is an amazing club and we cannot wait to hear what Taft accomplishes in his next position.

Another Record Broken

Spring is in the air and it feels as though we did not have a winter. February was the warmest on record since 1927.  Most of the days recorded above average temperatures as well (See Figure 1). That means a lot of golf was played and the course is greening up very early. Turf managers across the southeast are holding our collective breath. A huge dip in temperatures could cause wide scale turf loss similar to two years ago.

Figure 1. The records continue to be broken

Due to warm temperatures the turf covers on the practice tee have been removed. The tee is waking up and if temperatures continue we may begin using the tee in the coming weeks. If the temperatures dip for an extended period of time we will put the covers back on. 

We are continuing to topdress all surfaces with bunker sand from the green side bunkers. All fairways, tees and approaches have been topdressed at least once. Some wet areas are getting secondary applications.

Topdressing #10 Fairway