Aerification of 4's Nursery

Yup ... that is right, we have started aerification today.  Well at least on the nurseries and the small putting green near 3's tee.  Next week we will be doing the chipping greens.  You may ask why are we doing these greens now?  This is a good question:  The reason is because first we have to test out all the machines and get the topdressing rate correct for the course aerification; second, it allows these out of play greens time to heal in case we need sod from them for course green repairs; and lastly, my shop's sand bins are not large enough to handle all of the needed sand for aerification.

Working on Removal on 11's Green

Barraza, one of my long-term employees, finished the removal and re-sodding of the greens that got contaminated with Poa Annua.  Everything has been leveled and we will be rolling them once again today to aid in the smoothing.  Within another week and half at most they will be 100% playable again thus until then consider them GUR and move your ball without and penalty.

Leaves All Over 7's Fairway

The picture above is what we see every morning in the summer months.  The trees are great for shade but since they are not trees that enjoy the summers here in the Valley every morning they lose leaves for us to clean ... if we didn't clean these leaves you might not be able to find your ball in the morning in the middle of the fairway.  This is just one of the reasons that the summer months require much more maintenance than in the winter and put us behind everyday.