Course Aeration: Day 3

The end is in sight! Only one more day of course closure left for aeration, and I'm happy to say we've been largely successful. Yesterday, we finished aerating, overseeding and topdressing all of the approaches:

Dragging in approach topdressing

We made some progress on the fairways as well, though we only got through one and a half holes before all our tines were destroyed. The soil below 2" is particularly unforgiving on our equipment and we're constantly making adjustments. We'll continue pushing our way through pulling plugs on at least the four holes that we will be topdressing, and may switch to a less disruptive aeration (solid tines) in order to continue work in between play once we open back up.

Winchester soil vs. heavy duty tines

We also finished cleaning up the second half of the greens that were completed on Day 2 and have begun double rolling them to smooth the surface back out. The greens will remain a bit sandy and slow as we open for play this weekend, but will get gradually better through next week. With this ideal recovery weather we're getting, the impact of aeration should be minimal after 2 weeks and the greens should be excellent shape for the Sugar Pine tournament at the end of the month.