Aerification Update

We finished 10,12,14 and 15 today.  Perfect weather with sun and wind. Thursday we will try for 11,13,16 and 17.  It will be cooler, but no rain in forecast.  We will again put a temporary pin in the fairway.  When we finish the green, the flag will go back on the green and will be ready for play.

Wednesday Aerification Schedule

We will go for 4 holes on Wednesday.  Our goal is to aerify 10,12,14, and 15.  The spoils will be used on the new chipping green and new #15 tee.  We will then blow the greens, topdress with sand, drag, fertilize and water.  It's a lot to do for myself, Jose, Juan, Jesus, Salvador and Dennis.  Dave will help after he takes care of some of the equipment that needs attention.  That's in addition to mowing greens, tees, and fairways in the morning.  The crew has experience with the process, so that makes it go faster.

Aerifing Update

With the overnight and morning rain, and cloudy conditions, we will postpone aerifing until Wednesday and Thursday.  We hope to finish the back nine on Friday.  This will leave the front nine for next week.

Ball Marks

Please fix ball marks.  This picture is from Saturday.  A ball mark fix that days heals in a couple of days, but if done the next day or mowed, it may take a couple of weeks.

Just another reminder, aerification begins on Monday on the front.  Play will be allowed on the back.

Seeding On New Hill

We seeded the hill under the power lines today.  We used a low maintenance mix that contained fescue and rye grass.  It was picked because once established, minimal water is needed.  I hope that it will germinate next week.  After it was seeded, Jose followed with bunker rake to spread it around more evenly.

Aerification Has Begun

Here, Jose is aerifing the putting green with a Toro walking aerifier.  We only have this machine, so it's going to take a few weeks to get throught the greens, tees, and small fairways.  In the future, we need to purchase a machine for the fairways.

Here, Salvador is shoveling the cores to the side.  They will be picked up and used as the growing medium for the new chipping green and new tee on #15.  When we do the rest of the course, we will use more workers.  High end clubs have special equipment that picks up cores.

This is the green after Jose applied the topdressing sand.

After the sand has dried, we drag the green with a special coco mat.  Our goal is to fill as many holes as possible.

This is the goal.  At this point we use a blower to remove any extra sand.  Holes that are filled heal quicker.  Later, we will go out and fill any areas that need more sand.

This is the 1st tee.  We do a similiar process except that we drag the cores instead of picking up.  The soil falls into the holes and we blow away the thatch.  After finish a tee or green, we apply some irrigation water.

Vietnam Vet Outing

Thursday, we had a Vietnam Vet outing.  Many fished, some golfed, some sat in the shade and told stories. All had a good time.  There was also a Middle East Vet that attended.  Chef Bob was in charge of the burgers and hotdogs.

Just another reminder, we start aerify greens on September 19.  Please be patient as we do this necessary practice to keep the greens in top shape.  We are doing this in house this year, so it will take a couple of weeks.

Mike Locke supplied us with some seed for the hill project.  We plan on getting the seed out next week.