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Indian Wells Insider - February 2020

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Continued >>> prIME TIME! Golf courses in peak condition and ready for 2020 as the season gets under way By Joe Williams, Director of Golf, and Jonas Conlan, Director of Agronomy I t's looking like another great year for Indian Wells Golf Resort. The players Course, which was recently voted Top 25 Best Conditions in America by Golf Advisor for 2019, is in great form and the recent spraying of the dormant rough really makes the green overseeded short grass stand out. You may won- der how can it be so green. It's a complicated answer. In short, it has to do with some timely nitrate fertil- izer applications, along with ferrous sulfate and man- ganese nitrate foliar sprays. The ryegrass seems to respond very well to this fertilizer cocktail. In addition, we are continuing to work on landscape areas around the Players Course and continue to clean them up. It's a big task, but it not only helps the course look better, it also speeds up play. That's a great double bonus. u u u On the Celebrity Course, we are doing similar things with fertility as well with landscape areas. There have been many more flowers planted during the past couple COursE rEpOrT Continued >>> BOOK A TEE TIME The Players and Celebrity courses both recently received top awards.

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