Another Greens Aerification Finished

We have officially finished another aerification on the greens. This year we did not do a double aerification. This gave us a lot cleaner look to our aerification. We started by punching the greens with a 1/2" inside diameter hollow tine. After the greens were punched and the plugs were collected we had to blow some of the debris out of the holes. 

This gave us a good clean surface with a lot of open channels for the fresh sand to fill. 

We then topdressed the greens with some fresh sand. 

After the sand was down, we drug it into the holes using our pull behind drag which left us with this look. 

After we finished on Tuesday, we got a good rain event over night that worked the sand in even better. Sometimes we get lucky with the weather and this was definitely  one of those times. 

Over the next few days, we will be rolling and dragging sand on the greens numerous times. We are expecting more rain over the weekend which will only help more in the healing process. 

Thank you for your understanding as this process is one that everyone (especially the maintenance crew) hates, but it is one of the most important processes for greens health and longevity. 

Hope to see you on the course soon.