The course renovations are now in full swing. The tees, greens collars and aprons have now all been cored, scarified, fertilised, seeded and top dressed. The greens staff have now started on the fairways. We plan to renovate the front 9 fairways now and look at the back 9 in Autumn or Spring next year depending and our financial situation. The process is similar to the tees and surrounds where the fairway is cored and scarified and then the bulk of the cores are blown off to the edges of the fairway using a blower where they can be dispersed by a rough cutter. The fairways will then be fertilized and seeded with Rye grass seed and finally top dressed. The top dressing is quite a large project and we do not have the machinery to complete this job and it will be therefore carried out by a contractor. The top dressing with the be rubbed into the holes and grass profile as much as possible with the front 9 back in play for Saturday's comp. Over the next couple of weeks we will also be irrigating the fairways, tees and surrounds to help the seed germinate. There therefore may be a need to irrigate during the day for a short period to keep the soil moist and promote germination.
Then next week we will be renovating the greens. This is the major greens renovation where we use large hollow tines to get as much top dressing into the soil profile as possible. The greens will be therefore slow and sandy for the next few weeks and enable us to get them back into top shape before the Spring Classic and then the club championships. Keep on swinging!!!!
PS. Don't forget to fix your pitch marks on the renovated greens as they will be softer after renovation and prone to pitch marks.
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