Greens aeration has been our main priority this week and, considering the rain, it went very well. Unfortunately, the downpour on Monday afternoon messed up our progress with the front nine and the downpour this morning kept us from fully catching up. However, we were able to complete the aeration of all 20 greens. The goal of completely filling all the aeration holes with sand was not accomplished due to the wet conditions and recurring rain events. Ideally we would have used today to put additional sand down and do more brushing and rolling to get the holes full and smooth out the surfaces. We will open for play tomorrow, but be aware that we are not "finished" yet. I don't know if we will be able to complete the process to my satisfaction, but it will be too wet for another few days I suspect.
In other news....it's really wet. As previously mentioned, we received two more good rains this week to push our August total to over 11". We found a sliver of time last week where we were able to mow some fairways, but rains interrupted us and we didn't finish. They are still far too wet to mow and there is more rain in the forecast. Typically we mow fairways 2-3 times per week, but some may end up going nearly 3 weeks without seeing a mower. For that reason, we'll have to make some adjustments to the height of cut when we do finally get a chance to get on them. The roughs are equally out of whack and we are falling further and further behind each day. In general, the course is just really messy and good weather will be needed for some time in order to catch up.
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Aeration with 1/2" diameter tines at roughly 3" depth spaced about 2.5" x 1.6"apart
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Ryan and Matt kept the machine running while the others grabbed a quick lunch
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Once the sand is spread it gets brushed into the holes
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Mike hauls the sand around the course while Alan spreads it on the greens.
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The rough is deep
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