Fairway Aeration

The Fall Fairway Aeration has begun!!  This year our main focus is compaction relief. The compaction relief will allow nutrients, moisture and air to enter the soil, providing a healthy environment for healthy turf. We will be using our aeravator style solid tine aerator. This will give a good compaction relief in the top 3"-4" of the soil profile. 

We will be working on holes 1-9 the rest of this week and holes 10-18 next week. There will be very minimal disruption of golf course playability during this process. 

The golf course is in great shape!!

We will see you on the course. 

Ross

Fall is here!!

Leaves are turning colors, some are actually starting to fall already. This morning we are having to blow off some of the greens before we top dress. 

The above picture is if Mitchell using our Toro Blower to remove leaves off 14 green. 

The course is in great shape!! 

Fall is a great time to golf. 

Ross

Sodded tees

As some of you may have noticed the new sodded tees have started to struggle a little. This is a normal happening with a sodded tee. It is a result of a layer of compaction. 

Today we are going out a relieving that compaction with solid needle tine aeration, as shown below. Going to a depth of 4" will give us the relief we need to keep the tee in good health. 

We mow the tee surface tomorrow, once mowed there will be very little effect on the courses playability. 

The leaves are turning and fall is in full swing.  Fall is also a good time for weed control, right after this first frost is the best time. We will be going out with a control product in some of our sensitive areas. These areas include the collars and aprons. These are sensitive due to have the bent grass green right next door. The bent grass limits the products we can use. We were also limited due to the areas being reseeded this spring, there is a buffer time needed for new seed before you can treat for weeds. That buffer time is typically 3-6 weeks.  Hoping to get good control this fall. 

If you have questions please feel free to contact me. 

The Golf Course in great shape!! 

Ross

Irrigation Leaks

We have had a couple of small irrigation leaks occur over the last week, one in 11 fairway and the other by 12 tee. So today is the day to fix them. 

Wednesday we brought in the small track hoe to dig the area up. This morning we cut the pipes, to drain the system as shown below. We will then repair the leaking pipe with new fittings. This afternoon we will the flush the irrigation system out and charge back up. With any luck at all the system will be up and running tonight. 

The golf course is in great shape, come out and play some beautiful fall golf!!

Ross

Top Dressing

Today we are top dressing greens. This is basically applying a light coat of sand to the greens, as shown below. Once the sand has dried we will then use our vibratory roller to roll the sand into the green's canopy. During the season we try to top dress the greens on a weekly basis. 

Applying sand in light applications does several good things for the greens. First it will smooth the putting surface of any inconsistencies. Second is it will help control thatch and organic matter near the green's surface, this is important due to more organic matter = a more bumpy moist surface. And finally this will help build up out sand base over time, creating a better root zone to grow grass.  If you have any questions feel free to contact me.  

The Golf is in Great shape right now. Play Golf Aberdeen. 

Ross