Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Aerification Update Plan B

Due to the weather we've had to go to plan B, which is to remove some of the sand off of the greens. Pictured below is a machine we use to remove the aerification plugs from the greens. Because the sand is not drying and going down into the holes, removing some of the sand will allow the expected rain to wash a portion of the sand into the holes. When we get a better stretch of sunny weather, which looks like next week, we will spread more sand to fill the holes completely. Unfortunately this will drag out the process.

Removal of excess sand
After the machine picks up the excess sand we drag the greens with a brush unit to smooth out the surface and attempt to get the sand to fall into the holes.

Brush drag mat

Below is a picture of what to expect on the fairways until we can get the plugs screen dragged and blown off to the side. This can only be done when the plugs dry out so please bear with us.

Fairway aerification plugs