The Verve 08/15/2019-08/21/2019

The Verve

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As we get into the middle of summer, I have been asked many times “Why is the course wet?” or “Why are certain areas of the course wet and others dry”?

First, let me give you an understanding of our irrigation system. There are nearly 1,800 sprinklers throughout the golf course. They are separated by zones, such as greens, tees, fairways, rough and native. To determine how much water to use each night, we pull weather data from a weather station on the course tied directly to the irrigation software that gives us an “E.T.” value. E.T. is an acronym for evapotranspiration which is the measure of how much water has transpired from the soil and plants each day. We are able to calculate this daily and replace a portion of ET each night. This is done through a computer and software system.

Each zone is given a run time each night. Beyond that we have the ability to limit each area within that zone to a percentage of the total amount called for that night. This can be done by reducing the % for a specific zone or green, tee, fairway etc.

In a perfect world, our course conditioning would be such that the water put out each night would be absorbed into the plant and soil profile. With many years of deferred maintenance on the course, some areas take the water well, and others don’t. In addition, much of the prior drainage work done has not been maintained and needs addressing. The lack of core aeration has created excessive thatch in many of the fairways and short grass areas around the greens.

Thatch is a layer of dead and living shoots, grass stems, and roots that accumulates just below the surface. When thatch becomes too thick, it acts like a sponge and holds water at the surface after rain or irrigation. To combat the thatch, we have begun aerating some of these areas. As the weather cools, you will see much more aeration and verticutting of tees, fairways and short grass areas around the greens. This will result in a much more consistent, firmer playing surface. This process won’t happen overnight.

Throughout the remainder of the summer and into the fall, you will see much action taking place. By this time next year we will be able to reduce the number of wet areas we have. In addition, we are cleaning out many of the drain lines that were installed during the last 20 years, but have not been maintained.

Jason Conrad Golf Course Superintendent jconrad@winchestercountryclub.com

Thursday, August, 15th | Dining Room Lunch Service 10:00am -3:30pm Pub Menu 3:30pm-5:30pm Dinner Service 5:30pm -8:00pm Friday, 16th | Dining Room Lunch Service 10:00am -3:30pm Pub Menu 3:30pm-5:30pm Dinner Service 5:30pm -8:00pm Saturday, 17th | Dining Room Lunch Service 10:00am -3:30pm Pub Menu 3:30pm-5:30pm Jackson Family Vineyards Wine Dinner 6:00pm Sunday, 18th | Dining Room Brunch 9:00am-2:00pm Pub Menu 9:30pm-5:00pm Monday, 19th| Pub Lunch Service 10:00am -3:30pm Pub Menu 3:30pm-6:00pm Wednesday, 21st| Pub Lunch Service 10:00am -3:30pm Pub Menu 3:30pm-6:00pm

$5 Heirloom Tomato & Goat Cheese Tartlet All Wines By The Glass Get a 9oz. pour for the 6oz. price

$12 Seared Rare Ahi Tuna Salad mixed greens, cucumber, edemame, shredded carrot, soy ginger vinaigrette

$8 Almond Cream Biscuit Strawberry Shortcake with crème fraiche

Saturday, August 17 Social Hour @ 5:00 pm Dinner @ 6:00 pm Dinner with pairings $95++per person Dinner only $70++ per person Apertivo Tropical Fruit Bruschetta, puff pastry, formaggio fresco, kiwi, dragon fruit, mango, star fruit Paired with Le Crema Rose

Secondo Pan-Seared Tuna, compressed watermelon, pickled hakuri turnip, avocado, cilantro-ginger pesto Paired with Matanzas Creek Sauv Blanc

Intervallo Strawberry Basil Gazpacho

Terzo Grilled Smoked Berkshire Pork Tenderloin Medallions, peachblueberry sugo, roasted corn polenta Paired with Freemark Abbey Chardonnay

Dolce Lemongrass Panna Cotta, tequila macerated wild berries arancello Paired with sparkling wine

After Dinner Delight A sampling of the portfolios finest blends with local artisan cheeses (included in the cost of dinner)

Reservations available on ForeTees

***NO REGULAR DINNER SERVICE ON THIS DAY**** Menu subject to change

Golf

Wednesday—Monday Golf Shop 6:30am-7:00pm Golf Course 7:00am-Sunset Range 30 min. before the first tee time-Sunset The range will be open until 5:00pm Mondays.

The staff will clean pick after to prepare for mowing on Tuesdays.

Tuesdays Golf Course & All Practice Facilities Closed

Fitness

On Tuesday, August 27th we will be going on a group hike on the Stagecoach Trail in Auburn.

Stagecoach Trail is a 4 mile round trip hike and is for all different skill levels. We will be meeting at Winchester in the parking lot at 8:30 to carpool to the trailhead. Sign-ups for the hike will be available on ForeTees.

Please email Bryan Twardus at btwardus@winchestercountryclub.com for further questions. Hope to see you there!

Interested in getting into a Fantasy Football league here at Winchester? We will be hosting the Fantasy Football draft on Wednesday, August, 28th at 5pm here at the Club. Sign-ups for the league will be available on ForeTees from August 8th through August 22nd. Participants who are not able to attend the draft will be able to draft using their smart phone or desktop computer.

Please contact Bryan at btwardus@winchestercountryclub.com

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