165 man hours were spent in 2 days to core all the greens.
First cores are pulled.
We used 1/2" hollow tines on 1 1/4" spacing.
Alook after we have pulled cores. I do beleive in aggressive cultural pracitces for the putting surfaces.
Then the challenging part of picking up plugs, lots of labor and man hours on shovels and blowers.
The new sweeper is a very good tool to have. It sweeps up the cores with brushes, collects them in a hopper, and leaves a very clean green surface, decreasing the amount of hand labor we had to perform.
The core sweeper then dumps into a shuffle vehicle to haul the plugs away and maximize the time the sweeper is actually sweepng.
The finished product after cores are collected.
Then the roller to smooth out all tire tracks, foot prints, and leave a smooth green.
The greens are then topdressed with pure sand. Nobody has ever accussed me of going too lite on the sand. We applied 45 tons of sand over 90,000 sq ft, putting down about 1 3/4" of sand to fill the holes and to be worked into the turf canopy.
Then the sand is brushed in, irrigation is ran to help work the sand in, and more brushing.
The finished product after 2 days and ready for golf.
People may say why so much sand, the holes are filled and there is a lot left on the surface? The holes are not actually completely filled. They have bridged the hole where the upper part is full, but the bottom of the hole is still empty. This week, the staff will continue to brush and water to work the sand down in the holes. As the sand is worked down in the holes and the holes become full, then the sand on the surface will disappear.
This aggressive coring practice, heavy amount of sand, and precision of cleaning, rolling, filling every hole, is what allows us to have such firm and smooth putting surfaces come summer.
Thank you the entire staff for a great job over the two long says.
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