Hello Golfers,
This Spring weather has set the maintenance of the course back a little. One of the necessary evils of the business is the need to Aerate the greens and for that matter as much of the golf course as possible. We try to get the greens done A.S.A.P. and that has not happened yet. One of the key parts to getting it started is ground temperature. The soil must be 47-50 degrees for the plant to not suffer too much shock. We are hoping to be near that soon. The process will take about two days with nine holes being closed each day. That will give the crew time to plug and clean the greens. Then the topdressing will be laid down along with fertilizer for the plant to help in recovery. Approximately one week later a second layer of topdressing sand will be applied to fill in any remaining holes and to top off the first application of topdressing.
