Isaac

A quick update after the first day/night of the storm, all is fine.
We have the expected amount of small debris and one larger limb down on the back nine. Other than that the course is good. About 2.5 inches of rain really helped us. Only a few bunkers washed so it never really came down too hard for too long. We still have some storm bands that might hit us later, and today will be windy so more limbs will surly come down. But all in all we are good so far.!

2nd Aerification of 2012

We finished our 2nd aerification Tuesday. This particular time we used a slightly different procedure. Instead of core aerifying (pulling plugs) we simply vented (poked holes) the greens.
We decided to make this change since the current growing conditions are not great. I was afraid that we would not have perfect greens for the Club Championship just on the 17th. This form of aerifying is not as beneficial as pulling pulling cores but it is still effective in temporarily relieving compaction and promoting water and air movement through the soil.
We did verticut aggressively. This will really help with combat thatch build up and will greatly reduce the grain.

Here are a few pictures of the process.

before and after verticut (before is on the right)

Amount of grass removed while verticutting #1 green.

Aerifying

Topdressing