10, 9, and 5 are the greens with the most winter damage. |
The whole crew came back to work this week. Aeration was scheduled for the week, but once again the weather has been tricky. Newly renovated greens (2, 3, and 16) were all aerated along with greens that were damaged from winter. Damaged areas were then seeded, and all greens were sprayed with fertilizer to help them grow out of damage.
I believe the greens will grow out of most damage, but we are still waiting on growth to start. The forecast looks great this weekend and all next week! The turf should catch up quickly with the right conditions.
Crew adding , compacting, and checking depths of sand in newly Restored bunkers. |
Most of the focus this week was to finish up Restoration. The crew has been working hard finish off drainage in bunkers so sand could be added. New sod laid in the fall on greens and fairways all took aeration very well. This is important for establishment and also for smoothing the new playing surfaces.
Fairways were aerated today. An outside company comes in to pull the cores, Rockville Links staff cleans up. Cleanup is always 2 day process, with the poor weather it is taking some extra effort to keep pace. Today we will clean and sweep up as many cores a possible. Friday fairways will be cleaned a second time. Also, irrigation heads/yardage markers will be cleaned and trimmed, then all divots will be filled.
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