I just wanted to make you aware of some work we did this afternoon on the front 3rd of #15 green. It’s no secret that the front of the green suffers from very poor drainage. This is largely in part due to the “sand-dam” at the front edge where the green transitions to the approach. We are not adequately staffed at this time to renovate to remove the sand-dam so we spent a little under 2 hours completing a deep-tining and heavy topdressing on it to alleviate some of the drainage concerns. We are confident that the green will heal up quickly and perform much better throughout the winter months. Please understand though that this is a temporary fix and that an extensive renovation to remove the sand-dam and install new drainage is the ultimate solution.
The process completed this afternoon was as follows:
1. Topdress heavily with Greens Grade Profile (crushed ceramic soil amendment) – this is the same soil amendment that was used for the Drill & Fill demo on the lower putting green back in June. As you can see below from this photo taken from that putting green last week, this amendment is permanent and creates ideal channels for water to infiltrate and drain:
2. Deep-tine
aerate behind the topdressing (solid tines approximately 8” deep).
3. Brush soil amendment into open holes to fill them to the surface.
Here are some photos of this
process:
We will be completing this same procedure on other “problem
areas” on our greens in the coming weeks as time permits.
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