A lot of the focus in early spring is trying to drive surfaces forward quickly in order to see results now.

The course has leapt forward in the space of 1 week and at last resembles something we've been looking for 4 months.  Turf coming on Tuesday ready for tee, should be open in about 6 weeks.

Ready for turf

 The chart below is a good visual indicator of why even when the sun is out, surfaces don't improve as fast as we would expect and in our constant drive for consistency it is a useful indicator.







 This model below is of the weather in the last week.
The red line is Max daily temperature and the blue line Min.  When we divide them in 2 we get a 

temperature figure in C.  For any meaningful growth soil temperature needs to be at 6C as indicated by the green boxes at the bottom of the chart.  What the data shows us is a gorgeous warm day offset by cooler nights so any temperature gain is quickly lost and growth is slow.

This type of model is very useful when applying fertilizer so we target good growing conditions for application and get the biggest benefit for our budget.