Last update on aerification

We are two weeks removed from aerifying greens and, except for a few small areas, we are completely healed in. Now, if you look at just the right angle you can still see all the holes but that is simply because the new growth is a different color than the old. We had some good luck with the rain right after we finished aerifying and, despite the cooler weather, the results on greens are great. Most importantly though they are getting faster every day.

This is a picture from today.

All we have left to aerify are the tees on holes two through eight. Today we were able to get six tee complexes aerified and cleaned up and we'll be able to get out sometime this week or next and finish up on the front.

After the great success we had seeding the short rough around greens, we decided to seed some other areas, mainly the short rough around fairways and any thin or weak rough areas around the course. So if you notice a whole lot of slits in the rough or short rough, we are simply out seeding. It really shouldn't affect the way the course plays, but it may look odd to you. We are putting in a new cultivar of Kentucky Bluegrass that grows more aggressively and has improved heat, disease, insect and wear tolerance, so it doesn't thin out in the summer.  Doing this should give us a better stand of grass around greens that looks and plays more consistent and also reduce the chemical and water use in those areas.

Where we ran the seeder on the back of #1 green.

Ian