Last Thursday, as we were in the process of preparing the course for the Member-Member tournament, we had some of the most extreme weather I have ever seen in my 8+ years here at Spanish Hills. That afternoon the temperature was 97*, with 2% humidity and sustained winds of around 30 mph. Needless to say, the stress on the grass was tremendous, especially the greens. I snapped this photo Saturday morning to help me track recovery. If you look closely, you can see that the bentgrass (darker plant) is doing fine, while the poa is dying. This is precisely the reason we continue to work to increase our bentgrass population through proper cultural management as well as routine seeding.