Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Storm Damage & Spring Aeration

We received .75 inches of rain on Friday the 13th and 3.5 inches Saturday night into Sunday morning.  (Two inches of rain fell in twenty minutes Saturday evening.)  Also included was small hail along with high winds.  Apart from the bunkers we were very lucky - no significant tree damage.

The bunker; pictured below, is to left of 13 green which has the new bunker liner & performed very well, the bunker in the background (right of the green) does not.


Number 17 bunker is featured next with complete devastation. 


We should have the bunkers back in playable condition by the end of the week.  The bunker on 17 and the left bunker on 5 had extensive damage and will require much more work.  Repairs for these bunkers are on approximately a two week timeline.


We are also aerating greens this week.  Holes 1-9 were completed April 16 while 10- 18 should be done today.  This aeration is the 1/2" diameter deep, solid tine.

Blowing excess sand from 8 green.