My Name is...

Curtains are drawn to avoid me. If you spend to much time with me, you turn red. If you look at me, I hurt your eyes.  People gather to see me go away and wake up when I come back.  I can make good iced tea, or dry your clothes for you.  I can make it hard for you to see or light up your whole town.  Who am i?

In the Northwest we seem to be lacking much needed sunlight.  Throughout the winter months cloud cover resides most of the time.  The days become shorter and the sun angle is lower.  Sunlight for turf becomes a finite commodity.

#10 and #5 greens are the most hungry for sun out of any of the other greens.  Morning sun is the most ideal sunlight for healthy turf.  Don't get me wrong, any sunlight is better than nothing.  Shorter days and increased cloud cover make for some difficult micro-climates.

Here is a project that we have just started to help #10 get some more sunlight.  We opened up a slot for about and hour or so of sunlight.



If you have any questions or comments about sunlight and the necessity for healthy turf please feel free to contact me.

Justin Ruiz, CGCS
justinr@indiansummergolf.com