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| Core aerating #18 Green in 2015. |
One of the better moves we have made in awhile was moving our traditional fall aeration date's from early October to early September. Its a little risky because September can still be hot, but moving dates takes a whole month out of the end of summer and combines it with aeration. Recovery will happen quick and we should be in great shape in October rather then in a recovery mode. And it is almost like it was meant to be because the weather has been unseasonably cool for the end of August and it is forecasted for more of the same. Below is our 2018 Fall Aeration Schedule.
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Why do golf courses aerate so much is explained in the USGA article or you can search GBGC's aeration history in these updates by looking at our
Aeration link in lables if you want to know more about why we do this pesky process.
2018 Fall Aeration Schedule
- Tuesday 9/4/18 - Course Closed 1-18 Greens & Tilleys
- Wednesday 9/5/18 - Closed Till 2:00 PM Tees
- Thursday 9/6/18 - B9 Closed Till 2:00 PM Fairways
- Friday 9/7/18 - F9 Closed Till 2:00 PM Fairways
- Tuesday 9/11/18 - B9 Closed Till 2:00 PM Surrounds
- Wednesday 9/12/18 - F9 Closed Till 2:00 PM Surrounds
- Thursday 9/13/18 - Closed Surrounds
- Friday 9/14/18 - TBD Finish Surrounds
We will be cart path starting Thursday 9/6/17 as all traffic at that point will be driving on freshly aerated, seeded & topdressed fairways. Because of all of the seed on these fairways, we will have to keep them wet for seed germination and know this short term sacrifice will benefit the golf course as a whole. We are targeting around the weekend of 9/22/18 to allow the carts off the path once again. Upper practice green and chipping green will be aerated a couple of weeks after 9/4/18 so members have a practice green to use.
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| #7 stripped out and ready for sod |
#7 Surround Re-Sodding Completed
One of attributes of Hybrid Bermuda is that it thrives in warm to hot temperatures. And Hybrid Bermuda does much better then it's great great grandfather, common bermuda as the weather starts to cool down however when getting it established we a higher level of success when the temperatures are at least in the 80's and preferably 90's. That being said, we are running out of the best weather to get more Overseeded Hybrid Bermuda sod installed around the surrounds.
So we jumped on #7 last week and got it prepped for sod which was installed this past Monday 8/27/18. We want to try to get #3 stripped and installed in the next few weeks either after we conclude aerification or possibly while we are aerifying. Either way we want to get it done while we still have some good establishment weather. We'll keep you informed. Below are some more pictures of our Overseeded Hybrid Bermuda progress for those who are interested.
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| Adding some irrigation and tree root barrier to the rear of #7 |
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| Finished product after re-sodding |
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| Another view of the finished product |
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New sod around the rear bunker
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