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Aerification Updates September 24th

Aerification Updates Dear Oconomowoc Golf Club Members, Last week, we finished greens aerification (Sept. 16th). The crowd roars... Thanks for your patience this month and understanding with Mother Nature. We also aerified the green collars on Tuesday and Wednesday which was done to improve the health and reduce the accumulation of sand on the greens edges. Some in the industry call that "sand dams". This week, we have started fairway aerification. This process will take time and very important to the health of the fairways. Our plan is to aerify early each week (Monday through Wednesday's) if weather allows. Yesterday, our team was able to aerify the practice tees and #1 fairway. Today, we plan to work on #9, #10, and possibly #18 (unlikely). Wednesday most likely #18 and/or #16. We do not plan to close these holes any of the days but we ask to keep carts in Rough to avoid squishing those soil plugs into the ground. I'll post our plans each day on the putting green so you know our plans. Next week we will plan to do a few more if Mother Nature cooperates. Another project update is the work done on #16 tees. We are in the process of converting the naturalized area to a fescue blend. We have closed the upper men's tee for that reason. Our goals are to seed this area within the next week. Aerification of the Greens Collars #9 Green and Fairway Vista #14 Looking Great! ©2019 Oconomowoc Golf Club | 5261 BROWN ST. OCONOMOWOC WI 53066

September Rain

Right after Labor Day, the Southeast part of Wisconsin has been hit with generally normal rainstorms but they have happened at the worst times.  Typically on Monday's and Tuesday's which has not been good timing for our aerification goals.

September 3rd      .25"
September 4th      .06"
September 9th      .06
September 10th    .71"
September 11th    .13"
September 12th    .94"
September 13th    1.34"

Total to date:        3.49"

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Nonetheless, our team was hard at work showcasing the fine layout... Check out our teams mowing... Fantastic!

Aerification Update

Aerification Update Dear Oconomowoc Golf Club Members, If you've been trapped, under a rock, or even recently in Italy, you may even know the weather hasn't worked in our favor for our greens aerification. Yesterday, we aerified and sanded the greens on the front nine including the putting green. Last nights rain has halted our plans to close the back nine and finish the greens aerification. We have rescheduled the back nine greens aerification for this coming Monday or Tuesday. For an educational background on the process, see the fantastic photos taken from our photo journalist. Deep tine aerification of putting green Blue flag inserted into one aerification hole... Creepy hand in picture or reading the tape measure ~9" down Sanding the greens... Result after brushing sand and ~0.75" rain. Looks great! ©2019 Oconomowoc Golf Club | 5261 BROWN ST. OCONOMOWOC WI 53066

Aerification Dates

Tuesday after Labor Day begins the process of aerification on the course.  We aerify for many reasons, but the most important reason for the membership is that it continues to make the course consistent and healthy, the way you’d like to play a golf course.  Aerification ultimately improves the health of the plants and without healthy turfgrasses, we don’t have a golf course.  Our turfgrass team plans to begin aerification this coming Tuesday, September 3^rd, weather permitting. The tentative plans are as follows:

·       Greens Aerification – September 3^rd and 4^th (Deep Tine Aeration)

·       Tee Aerification – September 5^th and 6^th (Hollow Tine Aeration)

·       Approach Aerification – September 9^th and 10^th (Hollow Tine Aeration)

·        Fairway Aerification will be determined throughout early September based on how the weather cooperates.  We plan to notify you on those times, so you are aware of what is happening on the golf course.  Generally, other than greens aerification, the other parts of aerification are less intrusive to the game.  We plan to accomplish our goals to strengthen our turfgrasses.

#16 Naturalized/Native Area Renovation

Recently, our team has been preparing the site around #16 tees for a turfgrass renovation in hopes to change the turfgrasses/weeds to a more natural fescue area.  To fully accomplish this task, it may take a few years, but our goal is to create fine fescues that do not get 7’ high as some of the turfgrasses currently in that area.  The next step on #16 is to spray to eradicate some of the noxious plants.  Once safe to seed, we plan to seed the area with fine fescue and allow time for establishment.