Reel to Reel

Over an inch of rain and hot humid conditions this weekend has caused a surge in the growth of the rough.  As a result, we are postponing the construction of the forward tees scheduled this week to focus on mowing.  With the short week due to the holiday, all of our available personnel will be mowing to get the rough back in shape. José and Rich cutting the rough on #3

Fairway aerification is still running smoothly.  By the end of the week fairways 1-9, 17, 18 will be completed.  This is 58% of the fairways or 598,807 ft². another early start aerifying fairways Next week we will be taking a break from fairway aerification.  The tractor will be used to build two forward tees on #6 and #9. The new tees will provide another teeing option and provide improved course playability. The remainder of the fairways will be aerified the week of 9/14.

The micro-environment around #5 green has made it extremely difficult this year to maintain dense turf.  As a result, we have closed the back half of #5 green to help establish bentgrass in the thin areas.  Please treat this seeded area as ground under repair and avoid any traffic over the young seedlings. Thank you for your cooperation.

Greens Aerification The greens have almost completely healed in, just eight days after aerification.  After a cut and roll this morning, they are rolling nicely. #13 green this morning Tee Aerification It was a long day yesterday as we were able to complete tee aerification. We created over 1.2 million holes at a 3" depth.  After the cores dried, we chopped, dragged, and blew the excess soil into the holes. aerifying #14 tee chopping the cores on #12 tee blowing off the remaining debris on #12 tee Fairway Aerification We also started aerifying fairways yesterday.  Aerifying fairways with the soil reliever is a slow and tedious process because we have to drive at 1 mph.  To put this in perspective, it took José 14 minutes to travel the length of  #3 fairway (1185 ft).  That is just one pass; it took him over 20 passes to complete the fairway.  Although the soil reliever is slow, one of the big benefits of this machine is th...

Aerification of the greens was completed yesterday.  We created over 7.6 million holes and incorporated over 63 tons of sand into the aerification holes. Example: #16 green = 5,124 ft² Created 491,904 holes Applied 4 tons of sand Using three different aerifiers, we aerified with different tines at 11", 3.75" and 2.5" depths.  This methodology allowed us to create more pore space and work the sand into the profile at varying depths. The firmer conditions and improved water infiltration we have experienced over the years is directly correlated to how much sand we have been able to work into the soil profile. soil reliever aerifying at 11"depth blowing sand into aerification holes #9 green finished product is pretty smooth Weather permitting, we will be aerifying tees next Monday and Tuesday.