Aerification Starts Today

I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not so sure.

Starting this morning (August 8th) we began the outlining greens such as 4's and DR nurseries, the small putting green next to 3's tee and both the chipping greens.  These greens are done in advance for a couple of reasons: first, the greens will have time to heal before the course aerification in case minor repairs are needed; and second, so with a limited staff we can finish the remaining greens during the course closure.

Since the entire course has to be aerified, that is the remaining 113 acres, the rough aerification will begin tomorrow the 9th of August.  Special care is going to be taken not to hit the fairways, tees or surrounds to minimize the impact to our summer members and their guest.  As with all aerifications here at Avondale the pro shop has implemented a local rule allowing the lifting, cleaning and placing of your golf ball without penalty.

Next week, the golf course will be closed for three days due to the aerification of the greens.  On the 18th the front nine will be closed allowing us to finish the fairway and tee aerification while the back nine will be open; then on Friday the 19th the back nine will be closed while the front nine is open for the same reason.  Saturday the 20th the entire course will be open and the healing and final clean up will begin.  Due to shortages in labor a very limited staff will be working on the weekend to allow maximum labor during aerification.