Aeration Reminder

Important Reminder...

Greens Aeration is April 23rd-25th.  That's actually a Tuesday-Thursday this time instead of Monday-Wednesday.  A contractor will help with a portion of the process and we can't start until that step gets going.  A machine called a Soil Reliever will aerate using very long solid tines on Tuesday.  We'll follow that process with our core aerator using 1/2" diameter tines about 3" deep.  Soil amendments will be applied and then sand will be spread and brushed into the holes.  The process is very labor intensive.  In order to get the best result possible, we need time to go back and touch up the topdressing sand and get the holes completely filled.  We hope to finish this up Thursday.

As you remember from last fall, we were rained out on multiple attempts to aerate greens.  Eventually we opted to do some very light duty aeration between storms.  The greens need much more effort this year and in the future in order to stave off a major project.  Aeration is a dirty word among most golfers, but I think everyone would agree that it's better than the alternative.  Please support the effort to perform this much needed task.  Greens are the most valuable asset at the club and they have had a tough few months.