Verticutting Continues

Verticutting 7's Green

This morning the verticutting of the greens continues along with the Thatch Master on the hot spots around the golf course.  The goal is simple ... to remove the cool-season turf, but it takes time to slowly remove this unwanted turf.

Using the Modified Hula-Hoe

In addition, we will be modified hula-hoe the greenside bunker bottoms this morning. This process is less disruptive to the bunkers than the tilling but makes the top two inches more playable for the golfers.  Hopefully, we will finish this process in one day but if we don't we will finish the remaining bunkers tomorrow.

Virginio Hand Shovels Sand Back to Where it Belongs

Lip is Gone, Better Playability

Today we are also starting the lip wash down repair work.  Over time irrigation water comes over the lip and washes down the sand towards the center.  This repair is a very labor intensive process that until now we haven't had the crew size to tackle.  Today we started and hopefully in a week we will be completed with the project ... of course I choose a day to start this process when the temperatures will reach 110 degrees.  Yuck.

Ernie Blows 6's Fairway

As you can see by the picture above, almost everyday we have to blow debris from the fairways just so our members can find their golf ball.  The trees during the summer months just love to drop their leaves due to the excessive heat, and the eucalyptus trees shed their bark for two months adding the the debris removal.  I should note the until six years ago when I bought the first blower ever purchased at Avondale this process was never done ... now this has become the expectation of our members even as crew sizes have diminished.