Week 17 This will likely be our last update of the season. With the onslaught of colder than normal weather in the forecast, we had to hustle to get our final snow mold applications down last Thursday and Friday. We included a pigment to help darken our surfaces which will result in quicker green up in the spring due to the increased soil temperatures. It was a relief waking up Saturday to an inch of snow knowing all chemical applications were in the books. Now that we’ve made the conversion to bentgrass, covers will no longer be used. We will instead be applying a healthy layer of sand to help protect the crowns of the plant from winter desiccation. This saves a significant amount of labor by not having to go through the arduous process of applying covers. Additionally, we have more options to get ice off of greens should we experience another unfortunate rain event in the middle of winter because we no longer have cov...