Above, we've recently made some Clubhouse landscaping improvements. We replaced a couple trees that had outgrown their space and we growing too close to the structure. One of the trees we removed was a large Norway Spruce that engulfed the left hand side of this entrance. Next week, we'll begin mulching the Club grounds and golf course.
In the photo above, we applied another layer of topdressing sand to the greens. Two weeks ago, we aerated greens using 3/8" tines on a very tight spacing. The result was a lot of holes that need to be filled with sand. We applied the usual sand rate of 60 tons of sand to the greens. However, that wasn't enough to fill all the holes that we created. Since then, we've gone back and doubled the amount of sand put on the greens to 120 tons. Using a drag brush, we'll test one of the greens this afternoon to see if we got enough sand on them to adequately fill the holes. I feel like it may even require another 25 ton load to be able to finish the greens. That just goes to show you how aggressive we aerated greens this spring. This type of aeration is required for the health and life expectancy of the greens.