Michigan Golf Journal October 2018

ŽƵƌƐĞ ŽŶĚŝƟŽŶƐ Winter is coming. dŚŝƐ ƉŽƉƵůĂƌ ƚĂŐ ůŝŶĞ ĨƌŽŵ 'ĂŵĞ ŽĨ dŚƌŽŶĞƐ ŵĞĂŶƐ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ Ă ůŝƩůĞ ĚŝīĞƌĞŶƚ ĨŽƌ ŐŽůĨ ĐŽƵƌƐĞƐ ĂĐƌŽƐƐ ƚŚĞ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĂƐ ƚŚĞLJ ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌ ĨƌŽŵ Ă ůĂƚĞ ƐƉƌŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƚŽƵŐŚ ƐƵŵŵĞƌ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞ ĨŽƌ ƚŚĞ ƵŶŬŶŽǁŶ ƚŚĂƚ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ ŵĂLJ ŽīĞƌ͘ ,ĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ϱ ƚŚŝŶŐƐ ŐŽůĨĞƌƐ ŵŝŐŚƚ ŶŽƟĐĞ ŽƵƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ůŝŶŬƐ ĂƐ ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ƐƵƉĞƌŝŶƚĞŶĚĞŶƚƐ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĞ ĨŽƌ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ͘ 1. Shade management Winterkill seeks out the weakest, ŵŽƐƚ ƐƵƐĐĞƉƟďůĞ ƉůĂŶƚƐ ĂŶĚ ĮŶŝƐŚĞƐ ƚŚĞŵ Žī͘ tŝŶƚĞƌŬŝůů ƉĂƩĞƌŶƐ ŽŌĞŶ ŵŝƌƌŽƌ ƐŚĂĚĞ ƉĂƩĞƌŶƐ ŽŶ ŐƌĞĞŶƐ͖ turfgrass growing in the shade is not as healthy as turfgrass growing in sunlight. /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ƐŚĂĚĞĚ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŝŶ ǁŝŶƚĞƌ may result in ice forming and staying ŝŶ ƉůĂĐĞ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ƚŚĂŶ ĂƌĞĂƐ ŝŶ ƐƵŶůŝŐŚƚ͘ /ŵƉƌŽǀŝŶŐ ƐƵŶůŝŐŚƚ ƉĞŶĞƚƌĂƟŽŶ ďLJ PREPARING THE GOLF COURSE FOR WINTER LJ ƌ͘ <ĞǀŝŶ t͘ &ƌĂŶŬ͕ DŝĐŚŝŐĂŶ ^ƚĂƚĞ hŶŝǀĞƌƐŝƚLJ