Several members and other golfers have asked us our thoughts on what caused this. Since none of us have been there for the past 8 months, we could not give a reason that is not full of assumptions. Our assumptions will not be made public as it would be unfair to them. Do we think the situation was handled correctly? Not at all, we think there should have been full disclosure as to what happened. It was something other than the "cool and wet weather" comment I heard several times last week. The weather has been absolutely perfect for growing bentgrass. Our Greens were probably the best they have ever been over the past few months and our weather has been almost identical to Quail Hollows. I heard someone mention it was possibly vandalism or a miss application of a chemical. Neither of those reasons could be farther from the truth as it would have entire Greens or there would have at least been some sort of pattern. At some point as small is this industry is, some of us will find out exactly what happened and we will either understand why it happened or we will shrug our shoulders and accept it. Until that moment we will keep our assumptions in our Maintenance Facility.
One thing is certain, there will be an ultradwarf grass on the Greens at Quail Hollow next year when the PGA rolls back into town and I can promise you that the staff there will make sure they are some of the best Greens that will be played on next year. Thank you for taking a moment to read our thoughts on Quail Hollow and their Greens issues.
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