Core aerification was completed on all 18 fairways on Monday, May 6th. Our staff worked in shifts from 3am - 7pm to complete the process in 1 day. Tons of thatch and built up organic matter was removed from the fairways. In the long term core aerification is key to providing healthy turf and firm playing conditions.
Three tractor mounted aerifiers began work at 3am Monday morning. The above photo was taken at sunrise on the 5th hole.
Our 1st shift cleanup crew began dragging fairways at 8am. The metal drags separate the sand from the organic matter and thatch returning the sand to the fairways as topdressing.
Turbine blowers followed the drag crews moving the thatch and organic matter to the edges of fairways.
A turf vacuum picks up the debris from the fairway edges.
Mountains of removed material are deposited at our dumpsite.
