We wrapped up a late season greens aerification earlier this week thanks to some extraordinarily nice weather. As with previous aerations, we used a .25" diameter coring tine on a 1.5" forward x 1.5" lateral spacing that produced 72 holes per square foot. We prefer this tine setup this time of year because the small holes don't affect putting as much as larger ones and they will heal faster. Following aeration we cleaned the cores off the putting surface and applied 50 tons of topdressing sand. Once dry the sand was then dragged and brushed to fill the holes and the greens were rolled to smooth out any imperfections created during the process. The turf isn't growing as fast this time of year due to cooler temperatures and reduced sunlight, so it will take a couple weeks for the putting surfaces to fully recover and the sand to disappear into the canopy.
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| .25" diameter cores on a 1.5" x 1.5" spacing |
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| Putting green after removing cores and blowing debris |
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| Applying topdressing sand |
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| Dragging/brushing the sand to fill the holes |
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| Putting surface after dragging/brushing |
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| Final step is to roll the greens to smooth out any imperfections |
