Aerification Recovery

Greens are recovering pretty well following the removal of a 5/8" diameter core during aerification last week. This process always puts some stress on the turf and last week's brief heat wave only made it worse. We plan to push growth for week or two to ensure a quick and complete recovery. 

A photo of the green six days after the process.

Aerification Plug Processing

Below is a video of a piece of equipment we are looking at using for aerification clean-up. It has the potential to make aerification a much cleaner process and less of a hassle on both us and the golfer.

In the past, the core clean-up process on greens required 13 people hand-scooping everything.

The old fairway clean-up process left fairways full of dirt for weeks. You can see here that the clean-up and recovery is pretty quick. This picture was taken five days after aerifying the fairway on #7 Red Feather. 

Following a few modifications to our cart beds and some work on our aim, the dumping process worked out great.

#6 Black Bird Drainage Install

The collection area along the left side of the green on #6 Black Bird has always been too wet, due mostly to surface runoff from the cart path and surrounding tee complex. In the hopes of firming this area up, we installed some drain tile and a 12" catch basin in order get the water underground and away from the area more efficiently. 

 Trench excavation

Plywood allows us to save as much turf as possible.

 Prepping for pipe and gravel install.

 

New basin to catch water on the cartpath.

Backfilling and grading is complete and the area is ready for seed.