![]() ![]() Elevation changes, rocky ravines and bunkers provide challenges for almost everyone. Troon North Golf Club’s Pinnacle and Monument courses may seem fancy, but a relaxed jeans-and-T-shirt dress code, carts with USB ports and a 9-hole course that can be played in 90 minutes attract all types. ![]() The sloppy joe makes it worth stopping at Café Bink, as do the funky finds at the eclectic store called Town Dump. The 19th Hole: Take a side trip through Carefree, whose streets are named Ho, Hum, Easy and Lucky. You deserve pampering after tackling one of the toughest courses in the Southwest. Should the game cause tension, consider a Golfer’s Massage at the Waldorf Astoria Spa at the Boulders Resort. Coyotes snatch rolling golf balls, and deep washes demand careful attention. One behemoth formation appears to balance atop another. Granite boulders some 12 million years old dominate the rock-strewn fairways at The Boulders Club, beneath Black Mountain. The 19th-hole options for post-game fun range far beyond the clubhouse, to nearby amusements, spectacular spas and fun restaurants. The scenery changes with the time and season, as do the birds that pass through. *Please note all dates are subject to change due to weather or other factors – please contact each course directly for the most up to date information.More than 200 golf courses bask beneath mountain peaks in the Sonoran Desert around Scottsdale. The weather is usually ideal in October so just enjoy the day and hit your putts a little harder than usual. If you have a choice, it is usually better to play a course that has been open a few weeks after overseeding compared to a course that just opened but that doesn’t mean you can’t have an enjoyable round on opening day. Overseeding process and have slower greens. These coursesĪre great options to play when most courses are just opening up from the Have to overseed the greens (only the fairways, roughs and tees). Usually private courses – have Bent grass greens in the valley so they don’t It might be good to note that some high end courses – Thin and will take a few to several more weeks to get dense. Normally, a course will look great upon opening but the grass is still a little Private coursesĪnd courses with 36 holes will often keep the course closed for 19 – 26 days. Which allow for the extreme mowing, seeding and seed growth. Most public courses are closed for as little as 12 days This is why putts on newly overseeded greens will usually Help keep the new turf healthy and the heights are slowly lowered every fewĭays or per week. Mowing heights are kept higher than normal upon opening to Many courses will allow play to begin on the newly growing grass within Is watered several times per day as the seed must remain hydrated for optimal Takes 5-7 days to “pop” and begin to root into the soil as it grows. Once the course starts watering the seed, it usually The greens use a special blend of seed developed just for After cleaning up the clippings, Rye grass seed is spread ![]() The first step is to mow the Bermuda grass down as low as possible Without being too technical, the overseeding process in the PhoenixĪrea usually starts somewhere between mid-September and late October and lastsįrom 12-21 days depending on the course (another 7-10 days if you count discontinuing Rye grass prefers the temperatures to be in the 80’s orīelow and handles the frost just fine (as long as you don’t walk on it whileįrosty – thus the reason for frost delays). Grass to a winter rye grass (there are various variations of each grass).Įssentially, the Bermuda grass doesn’t like to grow much when temperatures getīelow 80 degrees and it actually turns yellow from frost when the temperatures Overseeding is the process of changing turf from a summer Bermuda
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