Fall Aerification Schedule

Over the years, the one constant in our greens management program has been the commitment to aerification.  What started out as a simple spring and fall coring has now incorporated the use of venting greens with pencil tines throughout the season.  For our greens especially, keeping them open and breathing is the single most important practice we utilize.

Along with the aerification, we also use this time to work in an aggressive verticutting with a heavy sand topdressing.  Greens take a temporary setback with the disruption but the long term benefits are clear.

For the fall of 2013 we will begin aerification on September 10th.  Due to a Monday outside event and a Tuesday WGA Invitational our first full day of aerification will be the 11th. The schedule is as follows:

•  Tuesday September 10th:      Aerify Practice Greens.
• Wednesday September 11th:  Aerify Front Nine Greens.
• Thursday September 12th:      Aerify Back Nine Greens.

Throughout the process we will have at least 9 holes available for play each day.  Since we are only utilizing the deep tine aerifier, without pulling a core, this should be less disruptive compared to our spring aerification.  I would expect greens to be decent by the middle of the following week.