Tour-Like

Like many sports golf can be a game of inches. Golf and golf course maintenance are very alike in this way. A win at a Major tournament can come down to coming up short by an inch or stroking it perfectly. Similarly the maintenance of the course is also a game of inches. Many would not believe the difference inches make in the presentation and playability of a golf course. We see examples of this everyday in the height of cut of the rough, fairways, and greens. How many inches of rainfall also greatly affects the presentations for many courses as well as the playability.

The months of May and June at Swope have been very blessed compared to the hand mother nature handed us this time last year. We have been able to make many improvements to the course in the last few months which is not going unnoticed among our clientele. Common complements we are receiving are that the conditions are the best they have seen them while playing here. Our greens are getting a reputation for being very fast and healthy, two things not usually associated with one another. Rough is much cleaner than previous years and is playing true. Maintenance to our ageing bunkers took priority this May with close to 100 tons of sand added to bunkers to increase playability.