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WPGA - Western Pennsylvania Golf Association - Green

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Mission Statement: To promote awareness, respect and understanding of course conditioning's overall importance to the game of golf. The Green Committee activities to achieve these objectives include but are not limited to:. Relationships with: USGA Green Section, Penn State University, Area golf course superintendent chapters, Golf course superintendents at WPGA Championship sites, Green committee chairs and course owners at Member Clubs, Pennsylvania Turfgrass Council, Turfgrass related industries.

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The Vue From The Greens...: June 2014

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The Vue From The Greens. A look inside the Longue Vue Greens Department. Thursday, June 19, 2014. I apologize for the lengthy period in between post.lot going on both on and off the course recently. The official start of summer is just a few days away and the increase in temperatures have already settled in. I wanted to take a minute to mention a few reminders to keep in mind during your next round at Longue Vue over the next period of stressful months. Please take the time to follow these key components...

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The Vue From The Greens...: April 2014

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The Vue From The Greens. A look inside the Longue Vue Greens Department. Friday, April 25, 2014. The golf balls in the above picture represent that amount of unfixed ball marks over the last few days. Well over a hundred balls were placed in imperfections created by approach shots into the green (see picture below). The sad thing is that the 7th green is not the only scenario on the entire course, as multiple greens are experiencing an increased amount of unrepaired ball marks this season. Then sand is a...

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The Vue From The Greens...: Aerification: Day Two Recap

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The Vue From The Greens. A look inside the Longue Vue Greens Department. Thursday, August 13, 2015. Aerification: Day Two Recap. Day two of aerification is in the books and momentum is staying on track although we experienced a few changes to the gameplan. Oddly enough, after what seemed to be 40 days and 40 nights of rain, everyone is aware that we have settled into a significant dry period. The cleanup process follows by blowing, dragging and removing all the plugs. Once each green is completed, irriga...

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The Vue From The Greens...: June 2015

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The Vue From The Greens. A look inside the Longue Vue Greens Department. Tuesday, June 9, 2015. Last night's much needed rain was well received on the golf course and most importantly on #5 in the recovery process from last week's aerification. Last Monday Afternoon (June 1st). This Morning (Tuesday June 9th). Josh A. Saunders. Tuesday, June 2, 2015. I have been asked a lot of questions concerning the discoloration in the fairways over the last couple of weeks. (See photo). You have often heard me refer ...

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The Vue From The Greens...: Golf Course Update

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The Vue From The Greens. A look inside the Longue Vue Greens Department. Tuesday, July 14, 2015. With saturated conditions comes damage from equipment and golf carts. For the most part, we used measures to keep equipment off of certain areas and golf cart traffic damage to a minimal. Despite the countless feet of rope and directional signs, damage still occurred. We have done our best to route the traffic, but damage happened both before and after directional signs.. A week later, 2 inches of rain later...

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The Vue From The Greens...: March 2015

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The Vue From The Greens. A look inside the Longue Vue Greens Department. Monday, March 30, 2015. After a weekend that brought night temps in the teens and a all time record low temperature as a high on Saturday, we have to be wondering if Spring will ever get here. With the forecasted rain tonight and into tomorrow; aerification has yet again been placed on hold. However, the mid week warm-up and forecasted dry days could be our saving grace. We will remain on temporaries throughout the aerification proc...

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The Vue From The Greens...: August 2015

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The Vue From The Greens. A look inside the Longue Vue Greens Department. Thursday, August 27, 2015. We are a little over two weeks removed from Aerification and I wanted to take a second to update everyone on the progress of recovery and state of the golf course. First, let me throw some numbers out there for ya:. On July 14th, I posted that we received rain on 22 of the past 37 days up to that point. We then proceeded to have 3 rain events over the following week leading us to July 21. Both surfaces con...

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The Vue From The Greens...: January 2015

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The Vue From The Greens. A look inside the Longue Vue Greens Department. Thursday, January 29, 2015. Hard to believe that just a few short years ago, this is what the right side of #6 looked like.The project conducted prior to my arrival provided added airflow and light to an area of turf hampered by its surrounding growing environment. Clearing of underbrush started at the tee and continued up the entire right-side of the hole, 20-25 feet into the wood-line.. Rightside of #5 Cart Path:. This past fall,...

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The Vue From The Greens...: September 2014

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The Vue From The Greens. A look inside the Longue Vue Greens Department. Thursday, September 25, 2014. Greens Intermediate and Collar Project. The collars and intermediate cuts around the greens throughout the property have become inundated with different species of turf that greatly influences the playability and aesthetics of our green complexes. The inconsistency of both playing surfaces hinders ball roll and affects the decision-making of shots around the greens. Following the grade work, the process...