Fall Maintenance

Fall is a very busy time of the year for the Maintenance Team. The top priority is recovering the greens from aeration and preparing them for winter. One of the ways to help promote a healthy plant is to raise mowing heights. Historically, Radrick greens are mowed .03" higher in the fall than peak season. This allows the plant more leaf surface to collect sunlight for photosynthesis. Another key area is fertility. There is a balance between over-feeding and starving the plant going into dormancy for the winter.

Right now, our greens are in prime health and offer great playability. Fertility and growth are monitored daily. Adjustments will be made for the remainder of the season to give the turf the best fighting chance during the winter months.

A big part of Radrick's beauty is found in our trees, especially in the fall. But with that beauty comes the dreaded leaf cleanup. This necessary and time consuming process takes an average of 800 man hours each season. The Team does an outstanding job doing this task day-in and day-out in the fall.

There are areas of course maintenance in the fall that don't receive the same amount of maintenance as they do in-season. Bunker maintenance and turf mowing are some of the areas that receive less maintenance in the fall. Turf is mowed only as needed during this time and the bunkers are raked less frequently. Areas the Team focus on include: leaf cleanup, turf health and the off-season project preparations. We try very hard to make the golf course as playable as possible during the fall while balancing the next season's demands.

Thank you for your on-going support of the Turf Team!