Green reclamations

With yesterdays rains, shaping bunkers was not going to happen today, so we ran for higher ground. The areas around the greens were dry enough to work this morning allowing us to concentrate on returning the greens to their original dimensions. We were able to work on 9,12,16, and 17 today.

This is the before......

And here is the after. The crew went through and stripped off all the sod, raked the soil, added sand, and then leveled the area. Then we ran the aerifier over the sanded areas to incorporate the sand into the subsoil. Next the crew will go back and add another layer of sand, tamp the areas, and then one final check for level. This process added approximately 1,000 square feet to 9,16, and 17 and about 1,500 square feet to 12. But more importantly, it added some very interesting new cupping locations. With any luck we will be ready to start laying the new greens height sod at the beginning of next week.