MANAGER'S MESSAGE

By Rob Ciapanna

It is nice to see so many members coming out and supporting the club’s dining options and special events.

I hope everyone is enjoying our new Palmetto Hall Golf & Country Club website that was rolled out last month. I like to call it “one-stop shopping.” You can now review your statement, make a payment, book a tee time, see the calendar of events. and make reservations for dining and special events.

With these new upgraded capabilities, I encourage you to please make reservations for dining through the portal on the website. It will only help the food and beverage staff prepare and serve you better.

Thank you for your continued support

Rob Ciapanna General Manager

WHY IS THE GRASS NOT GREEN?

by Patrick Hensley

One of the questions that I am receiving a lot of lately is, why isn’t the grass green or why isn’t the grass growing? Well, let’s discuss. We have hybrid bermudagrass on our tees, fwys, roughs and greens. Now I know what you are thinking, the greens are green. You are correct, they are. That has a lot to do with the height at which we mow them, shorter turf greens up faster, think less leaf tissue to turn green Now the fwys and rough specifically are trying to turn green but these cold nights and the frost that we just had 2 weeks ago, set us back. Bermudagrass doesn’t start actively growing until soil temperatures reach 65 degrees F. Bermudagrass needs lots of sun and warm weather. “But can’t you fertilize it to make it green?” Yes you can but with the weather and cold temps that we have had are slowing things down, and if I put out a fertilizer application with some of the cold weather, it would be a waste of money. So, we try to be patient. We are currently only mowing fwys and roughs on an as needed basis But starting next week, we will drop the height of our roughs to 1 5”, this will help us take off the winter “fluff” and get elp us green up faster Believe me, I want anyone but in this situation, patience is a r mowers to be out and the grass to be ope to see everyone on the course!

This photo is from last August. We all look forward to the green grass!

This picture is from roughly 3 weeks ago. Warm weather and warm soil temps are key for green grass!