Our winter preparations continued today with our late fall deep-tine aerification of the greens. The greens were aerified with 1/2" solid tines at a depth of 10". Over the years we have had good success with this practice in improving infiltration of excess water after snowmelt.
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| Mike deep-tining #2 green |
In addition to the deep-tine aerification today, we also worked on improving the surface drainage on #5 green. Much of our winter damage this year was caused by snowmelt refreezing and not having enough time to get off the green. By regrading the bank, excess water should move off the green at a quicker rate and hopefully minimize any refreezing.
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| green bank on #5 regraded to help move off surface water |
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| sodded and ready to go |