This morning we are addressing the problematic greens that still are having percolation issues by either full or spot aerification. Areas such as the right side of 1's green which between roots from the tree located less than 10 feet from the green and the the shade of this tree has led to years of weaken turf on that side. When the turf is weakened along with lower than needed percolation algae easily forms thus preventing the spread of healthy turf. We are planning today to address 1, 5, 10, 12 & 15 ... and if play allows maybe 13 later in the day (did not happen). Thursday we will address 11 & 13's greens.
Tee aerification has been completed and the fairways of 2 - 5 and 18 as well. The fairway of 6 has had the first pass done but needs another pass to complete. The roughs of 5 - 2 still need to be completed too. We are starting on 1's fairway then going to 10 forward this morning.
Some may ask why do we have transitions at all? The temperature is high and the bermudagrass enjoys the heat ... so why isn't transition seamless. There are several reasons for transitional issues the vary vastly from course to course. As you can see by the picture above the prep and the suppression of the bermudagrass especially on the green is quite drastic. First the green is heavily treated with growth regulators to suppress the bermuda ... some course even chemically burn the leaf tissue off to obtain this effect. Then the surface is scalped, heavy verticut in numerous directions including circle cut, then scalped again. This process provides an excellent seed bed and stunts the return of the bermuda to allow the overseed to thrive without completion. But sadly sometimes it also kills sections of bermuda that we must address during transition.
Some Aerification Pictures:
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| Pull Behind Aerifiers Working 18's Fairway |
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| Aerifying 12's Green - First Time This Year |
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| Dragging In Sand After Topdressing |
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