Based on the physical testing completed of the greens profile we have an accumulation of organic and fine material in the top 3-4" of our profile. To penetrate this material it has been recommended to affect 30% of the surface during this summers' aerification closures. Below illustrates the practices that were accomplished to improve our Tif-Eagle Putting surfaces during the upcoming golf season.
We began our aerification by Verticutting the Greens up and back on the same pass in two directions.
We followed the verticutting by mowing the green up and back on the same pass to cleanup all of the clippings.
Then we began topdressing Greens before we aerified the putting surface.
Attached to the machine is a Turf-Pride Core Collector (Black Box). The Turf Pride collects all of the cores and deposits them on the edge of the green.
Once the surface has was cleaned following aerification we utilized a Graden "Deep Verticutter".
We cleaned the surface once more and topdressed again to smooth out the surface.
We will continue to work in the final topdressing and roll the greens to smooth out as much as possible prior to Opening on Friday, June 7.
