The high temperatures and recent rain have our soil temperatures rather high and have reduced the oxygen in the root zone of our greens. To combat any potential issues that could arise from these factors we will be venting our greens with needle tines following the Men's Club Championship weekend. On Tuesday, September 3rd we will apply a very light topdressing of sand, vent the greens, matt in the sand with a coco matt and then follow up with a good rolling. There will be very little disturbance and once rolled, they will putt very nicely.
A week has passed since our annual spring greens aeration. We have had a mixed bag of weather, hot, dry, cold, wet and even frost! These conditions make it challenging to aid in healing, but with the more recent consistent warm temperatures we are seeing solid recovery. We were fortunate to have decent weather to complete the process on time, allowing us to fill all the holes created by the 1/2” hollow tines. As there are some minor depressions within some of the holes we will be beginning our bi-weekly topdressing program early next week. Our team is mowing and rolling our greens daily, while slowly lowering our height of cut to our summer norm. We all know that spring cultural practices are not popular among golfers, but these all important tasks are the building blocks for high performance greens conditions throughout the heart of the golf season. Check out this video produced by the USGA on Aerations effect on putting...
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