Greens Aerification. One Week Later!

     It's been one week since we aerified the greens with 5/8" holes. Today we're mowing the greens for the first time. We're getting some sand in the baskets, but we will  mow daily, and should have all the excess sand picked up by Friday. Because we gave the greens extra fertilizer the past two weeks they are growing nicely and the holes are filling in quickly. Last week we actually verticut the greens twice. Once on Wednesday afternoon and again on Friday afternoon. This process pulled up some sand, but when the greens were dragged following the verticutting, the sand filled the holes up to the top.
 

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1st Tee Project: Day 7- Sodding Complete

 

Let There Be Light.

We finally have both fountains on the 16th and 17th holes working.
 

1st Tee Project: Day 4-Tee Mix Arrives

 

 

Finishing up before the tee mix arrives 

 

  

The tee mix is here

 

  

Backing up onto the tee 

 

Dumping the tee mix

 

 

Spreading out the tee mix

Course Closed for Greens Aerification

The 18-Hole Course will be closed Monday, April 22nd for aerification and topdressing of the greens . We will be making 5/8" holes and then topdressing with sand. We will do as many greens as possible on Monday. Any that we don't do will be done Wednesday, April 24th. Any greens that aren't completed when play gets to it on Wednesday will be played as a temporary green. The Par-3 Course will close at noon so the greens can be aerified and topdressed.
 

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Day 3: 1st Tee Project

Just two inches lower and we're there!
 

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Day 2, 1st Tee Project

The sod has been removed, Now it's time to lower the tee.
 

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Lowering the Back Tee On the 1st Hole

There have been some concerns that a golfer playing the blue tees on the first hole could accidently hit someone in the Bistro with their ball. In order to prevent that from happening, there were two possible solutions:  First was to move the blue tee forward and eliminate the back tee. Golfers did not like the idea of shortening the golf course, even by a few yards. The other solution was to put up some short fences, hidden from view by some low shrubbery. The fences would stop any ball from hitting someone in the Bistro. The problem with doing this was that it would block the pro shop’s view of players coming down the 9^th fairway. The final solution was to lower the blue tee so that the fences and shrubs would be no higher than the blue tee is now.