Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Golf Course Maintenance Update

As many of you know by now, we have removed some trees throughout the golf course. Our goal was completed and the improvements are already helping improve turf conditions and playability.

Area behind #14 green around restroom



View from #9 tee
Recently you will have noticed we aerated the greens using what we call needle tines. This process helps "vent" the greens. The holes are generally only visible for a day or two. This process helps get the water and  air down into the root zone. The holes will assist us in some of the localized dry spots you see on the greens as well. We plan to do this at least once a month during the growing season. The process takes about two full days to complete. Thanks for your patience during this time.
Aeration machine




Needle tine holes



On Monday of this week we started aerating the roughs. This process takes about four days to complete. It leaves a pretty good size plug on the ground. We will be dragging and mowing these up and most should disappear in about another week or so. Again thanks for your patience and please check in with the pro shop regarding current rules during this time.

Around the pro shop you will be noticing some new turf that will take the place of the ivy that was overgrown in this area. We plan to have this completed by Friday.