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.