More hot weather coming

I checked out the weather forecast for the next week and and it's back to the mid 80's and low 90's. This has to be the driest May, June, and July in all the years I've superintendent at Glendale CC. The rainfall totals from our on course weather station for May through July are listed below.
May 2015 .43 inches                     Average May rainfall  1.60 inches
June 2015 .16 inches                      Average June rainfall  1.39 inches
July 2015  .19 inches                      Average July rainfall  .61 inches

Total          .78 inches                      Average May-July      3.6 inches

We have received 22% of the normal rainfall the past three months. Our irrigation system is handling the the job but can only do so much. As long as the temperatures stay below 85 degrees the course stays in pretty good shape. Once we go above 85 degrees the turf goes into panic mode and we start losing areas where the soil is bad and the irrigation coverage is not up to par. South facing bunker slopes are the hardest areas to keep alive during hot dry weather.
The turf team will have to be out in play watering as needed during the late afternoons this next week. They will do their best to not get in your way but there may be a green in which you have to wait several minutes for the water to turn off. Thanks for your understanding during these times.

Steve Kealy
Golf Course Superintendent