De La Vista 5-15-23

De La Vista 5-15-23 Contractor: Down to Earth dtelandscape.com

Here is what I saw Monday 5-15-23 at De La Vista.

The bunkers all looked good. They were groomed and had been edged recently.

The greens were almost weed free. Almost all of the greens have dying areas probably caused by nematodes. Did the last set of soil samples show nematodes? Has Down to Earth treated for nematodes? I am guessing not. Too expensive to treat.

Hole 1

New sod was added to some of the tee boxes. But none were fully sodded. Here the sod is to the left and part of it is under stress.

This is the tee box we hit off of.

Nicely groomed and edged trap.

A couple of rare weeds on the greens

Hole 2

Walking to the second tee there is a 4 to 5 inch drop off along the cart path.

Lots of weeds in the area not sodded.

This is the collar area in front of the green. You cannot expect someone to play their ball off of this mess.

Damage on the green

Walking off of the green you pass a lot of debris on the course. Pretty much the entire course has debris that is not being cleaned up.

Hole 3

Weeds are not being sprayed on the course except the greens. This is the sign post with weeds that need to be sprayed.

Cart paths need to edged when the growth exceeds 1 inch. Now that grass is growing they should be edged weekly like we do at our homes.

There is a dead tree just off of the tee box.

Dying areas of the green.

Hole 4

Well, it has returned. The dirty bacteria covered broken water spicket that is a health department violation.

They all need to be edged.

Hole 5

They make it hard for the walkers to get around the ropes. On the championship courses they leave an opening for the walkers.

Damaged dying areas are on most of the greens.

Here is a very old cup that was set too high and the mower scalped it. It went un-repaired because the superintendent does not care. Then mold grows and it takes months for it to heal.