This week at Sunset: 3-13-2017





The 62nd Pot O’ Gold was a huge success. Overall, the weather cooperated for the most part. However, it was a little wet out of the gate on Friday and then cool and windy yesterday. I want to thank everyone for all the compliments all weekend. As I have mentioned before, the conditions that we are in during tournament play is going to be the standard each and every day. Please be sure to offer your gratitude to our maintenance staff as you are making your way around the course. Also, I want to congratulate all the winners yesterday. It was nice to see Sunset CC well represented across the leader board.

Now, that the Pot O’ Gold is out the way, I am looking forward to focusing on the growing season and making improvements throughout the golf course. We do have the Packer Invitational next Saturday and also the Ramsey Pidcock Invitational in July. It may not feel like it right now with the cold weather in place this week, but spring is about a week away. Over the next few weeks we will be applying spring fertilizations to tees, fairways, and also continuing our nutrient program on the greens. I’m not going to transition the rye out with herbicides like some places that I’ve been. I will let Mother Nature handle that part.

Speaking of Mother Nature, this week it looks like winter is giving us one last visit before spring moves in. It appears that highs will not reach the 60’s until Friday. The morning lows will range from the low 30’s to mid 40’s, including a brisk 31 degrees on Thursday morning. Also, it looks like we’ll be getting about ½” of rain today and clearing out tonight.



Again, thank you for following us this week as we strive to get better every day. As always, please feel free to reach out with any questions/comments that you may have by using this blog, Facebook page, or emailing me at davisjoey@hotmail.com. Thanks for reading!


See you on the course!


Joey Davis

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